The gold color was more of a beige as opposed to the reflective gold color the photo shows. The lamp shade sat unevenly. The stickers that called out the piece (for assembly instructions) left a paper/sticky residue. The plug-in is routed externally and is an eye sore, though you can get creative and hide/tape it to the back of one of the posts. Ultimately we tore it back down and are in the process of returning it. There are much nicer floor lamps available in this price range.