This lamp is great! The shade is a more natural color rather than white, which is hard to tell in the photos. The base is really heavy and sturdy, so it seems like it's good quality compared to other similar styles we've looked at. Description says this is a "touch" switch lamp which I couldn't really figure out what that meant on google. This lamp has normal little black turn knob to turn it off/on, in case anyone else looking at this was wondering! Considering buying another one!