The lamp works for what we needed, but it is not as nice as I had hoped. When we put it together, the posts did not connect tightly, so it feels like the whole thing is kind of balancing to stay together. Also, we cant get the remote to work, so that means we cant adjust the brightness. The lamp looks ok, and Im glad the shade is more buff than white, but it just feels like we didnt get all that we thought we were getting.