The lamp is a great shape and works well for my husband's office desk, the dimmer adjusts really smoothly. The metal was a little darker than it appeared online, and the shade is a little weird in that it comes rolled up and you have to unroll and wrap it around the wire frame. Once assembled it looks pretty good, but the shade is not really what I'd call high quality. Overall, a good buy for a sale price, we like it a lot!