This is a very beautiful lamp with a solid, heavy base that should prevent it from tipping over easily. Assembly took about 30 minutes. The hardest part was removing it from the styrofoam packaging, which really made a mess! Had tiny bits of styrofoam everywhere. Other than the way it was packaged, which was a nightmare to unravel because of the excessive amount of tape wrapping the styrofoam, it was easy to assemble once I laid it out on the floor.