This lamp looks great in the corner it was intended for.  It assembled quickly and easily, with only a quick reference to the directions needed.  The nice long cord is helpful and convenient.  The glass lamp shade (very nice) had a large safety warning sticker stuck to it that needed to be removed before the lamp could be used.  It required using Goo Gone and lots of scrubbing to accomplish that task successfully.  Also, the top of the lamp base, where the shade sits, had an orangish glue dripped on half of the inside and outside, which required more scrubbing.  But it did come off and everything fit as planned.  I installed the recommended light bulb only to find the resulting emitted light was rather glaring - even on the lowest setting.  Nevertheless, the simple, elegant lines of this lamp make it a successful purchase.