This lamp is very nice. It is tall and weighted well. When it arrived I had to screw the top light fixture onto the base. It was a little tricky because you have to pull the cord down around five or six inches. That proved to be difficult. I ended up peeling back the cover on the bottom and pulled on it as hard as I could to get it through.  Once I did that it went together nicely. As you can see it works well with my decor. The base is made out of I think a heavy resin type material. My last lamp was glass and my cat broke it. This shouldn’t break if the cat knocks it over. I especially like the color of the blue with the light on.