It's a little tricky to install as others mentioned but but well worth the effort. Very pretty, my teen daughter has a beach theme room and I have a hard time finding a flush ceiling light since the room is small and ceiling is not that high, about 8 ft or less. She loves it. My husband and my 12 years old son installed it for us. It took them a while. They hook all the crystals into the base on the ground, first, mounted the small round circle up then they bring the light up to line up the screws with the 2 holes, this is a toughest part, they kept trying and finally got it., We then cut the plaster cover off the shade. It looks very unique with the fine strings all around. The crystals are not cheap plastic, they are heavy and really sparkling. We just turned on at night and the room is inviting. Will put a dimmer for a warmer effect when not needing too much light.