The lamp is a great height that draws the eyes up in our room with high ceilings. It's subtle ability to swivel works great for multifunctional rooms. Only complaint is that it was hard to securely tighten/get the arm into the heavy base and the screw on the arched part of the arm that hooks the two stand pieces together isn't flush with the pole and sticks out. Our shade also arrived with a tear in the edge of the top. Otherwise we're very happy!