These lamps were just what I was looking for to go in my living room. You do have to put the shade together yourself as you can see in the pictures. There is a Velcro strip across the bottom and top of the shade and around the bottom and top of the shade bass. It took a couple of times to get it straight, but it wasn’t hard. I love that it has a usb built into the base which works great for charging my phone.  Very nice!