This lamp is a statement piece.  It is fairly large.  Like some other reviewers, we did have to move things around a bit in the living room, but it's worth it.  We also bought two 40 watt bulbs for the top two lights, and a 25 watt refrigerator bulb to replace the three 60-watt bulbs that came with the lamp.  It still gives off a lot of light, but just not so bright.  We bought the white lamp.  It came with a black cord, which seemed odd.  I took some white tape and covered it up.  Not a big deal, but the cord should be white.  There were no stickers to remove inside the lamp on the gold, as many the reviews mention.  They must have changed this.  Also, the base is sturdy.  We have ours on carpet and it is completely solid.