IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ASSEMBLY: After laying all the pieces out, begin assembling from the top down. When fitting the top four prongs into the four holes of the smallest shelf, it will require a surprisingly GREAT AMOUNT OF FORCE. I seriously thought I was going to break my new lamp - the four prongs spread out much wider than the corners of the shelf, and need to be forced closer together and into place. But once that step is done, everything else is easy and straightforward.

I purchased two of these and they look fantastic flanking a large couch. I did not know that each lamp comes with two bulbs - one for the torchiere that points up, and one for the black cone beneath it that points down onto the smallest shelf. You can turn either one or both bulbs on at once. I've been using both bulbs in both lamps to really brighten up the room.