Bought two of these for our basement family room with a beach theme! These are beautiful!!! Bought the blue glass ones...they are taller than I was expecting...which is fantastic!! They are really beautiful lit up! The cord is easily hidden behind the lamp...it says these have an "on/off" switch...it actually can use a three way bulb up to 150wt...they put off a LOT of light! Shade is a bit of a linen color....very beautiful...heavy/well built.