These lamps were a really great price for a set of two. They were perfect for my den!  They were packaged very well but the lamp cord was very difficult to pull through the bottom of the lamp in order to put it together. My husband had to do it for me and he was afraid he would rip the cord. The color of the base was darker than it looked online in the picture, in person it's an espresso color and the lamp shade is gold. Originally I had bought these lamps for the bedroom but the espresso color of the base clashed with the brown/red tones of the wood bedroom furniture. All said, these lamps are well made and a great price for two of them!