I really love these lamps but these are the third pair I ordered for my bedside chests.  The first ones were too short at 21" and the second set were too tall at around 28.  These 24" ones were perfect.  I love the mercury glass and I really love the way the painted wall behind them gives them that matching look.  Since the mercury glass is slightly transparent, the wall color behind the lamps pulls the room together without being matchie-matchie.