This is a beautiful lamp, but the arm covers a very large space. We like the lamp so much that we cut the arm so the base does not have to sit so far away. Of course, therefore we cannot return it and unless you are a handyman type person, I would not recommend trying this. We really like the push button on/off switch, but instead of having it on the floor, we have installed it on the side of an end table to make it easy to reach. Due to the width of the arm, be cautious about buying this as it requires a very large space to use as is.