Simple to assemble and quite nice. I love that it came with a bulb. My only con was the packaging. It felt like it had gone through hell and back, the foam was destroyed to the point that white snow covered me and my floor. I was worried it came damaged as a result, but luckily all was ok. I know packaging is not what you buy, but something about a nicely presented product in a nice packaging just makes you feel like your $90+ purchase was treated as such. And on that note, I think most of the $$ is for the heavy marble bottom piece. The rest of the lamp is pretty straightforward really.