The light is pretty, and as pictured, except that from the side you can see the light bulbs, and that looks cheap. Instead of the glass flaring away from the mount and covering it (from below), it sits right below the mount, revealing the cheap-looking metal ceiling mount and the light bulbs above. As I said, this cheapens the look. As pretty as it is, I would not have bought this lamp has I known. It's just too much trouble to ship it back, etc., so we're living with it, but I am disappointed. A photo doesn't demonstrate the problem, because it's just a glare of white from the light.