Love this lamp. At first I was confused because the poles are straight. You have to use your muscles to arrange them how you’d like. I still am afraid to bend them too much but it is beautiful! I’m a 145 pound 30 year old and put this together by myself in  30 minutes. Very easy. No negatives for me. For the review that mentioned the shade frames stick out…. For me that was an easy fix, I just popped them back into the lamp shade. Love love love this light. I have already gotten so many compliments on it.