I really like the lamps- I ordered two. They are just like they look in the photo. They are heavier than they look which is a good thing bc I don’t want them to tip over. I was expecting them to come with bulbs, but they didn’t. They were very well packaged and they were very easy to assemble. If there’s a trick to straightening the shades, I wish I knew it because one of them was pretty easy to adjust and the other shade refuses to straighten up, but it’s gradually getting there.