This lamp probably would have been fine especially with the 16" version on an table in the same room, but it arrived missing the piece that attaches the shade to the stand. I wrote and asked for the piece, and they responded quickly enough but they sent the wrong piece. So, I wrote again, and once again asked for the piece by name and number from the instruction sheet, and they once again sent me the wrong piece. The lamp ended up in the dumpster.