I love the look of this fixture. I was surprised that I had to attach all the arms and if you look at the directions keep in mind that the instructions show it as if you were under it looking up.  Of course I was putting it together while it was on the floor and looking down on it and I could not figure out why it was not working out correctly until I held the instructions up to the light and looked at it from the back side of the instruction page (does this make sense?).  Anyway once I figured that out, it went together very easily (it was missing one washer but I made do) and it is a fun piece in combination with the two simple Edison pendants I bought.