The lamp is beautiful, and very tall. However, the instructions that came with it were not very clear. Nowhere did it state that the arms were not bendable and that they could turn. After I put it together, I could not figure out how to spread the arms and with a small amount of pressure trying to "bend" one, I broke it. I had to actually get online and search for more information about the lamp; found it on a different website. Now I have one arm tied to another to keep it from falling.