Putting them together was a little tricky and the lamp shades are the ones you fold out and attach the top and bottom wires. Sadly as ive found with all these types of lampshades they never flatten out perfectly so unfortunately ill have to try and find a away of doing it or buy new shades. The bases are lovely tbh and they are very tall and the extra touches like the light chain and the little finial at the top make these look more expensive than they are. I love a lamp finial. All in all lovely lamp bases.