These lamps are lovely! I bought two for my living room and they cast such a nice pattern on the wall. Word to the wise--you may need to shop around for good lightbulbs for these. The first ones we tried were too bright, and the Edison bulbs we have in there now are too dim. The transparent lamp shade requires that you have a light that will be bright enough to light your room but not so bright that you can't look at the lamp.