These lamps are NOT 29.5 they are 27 from the bottom of the base to top of shade. Tweaked the harps to align for straight shades. I put a small piece of cardboard on top of the harp to keep the shade from spinning. Reading the reviews I was excited and thought I was purchasing a high quality product. They are nice looking lamps. The shades and the textured brown base are exactly what I wanted for the room. Im a bit disappointed with the hardware that I had to rig.