I was so excited about this lamp and it should have been very easy to put together. I assemble so much furniture and understand how to build. It took me hours to do and at the end, there was just no way to attach the base of the lamp to the pole. I don't know if it is the actual nut or the pole but no amount of determination or tools could fix this thing. We tried the tools included with the lamp and personal tools. I will update my review if the replacement lamp works. Aside from this issue, the lamp is beautiful and I really hope we can get it to work.