Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This lamp is BEAUTIFUL, hands down the best lamp that I've ever owned, and if I had the room for it, I'd have bought two. The light is diffused wonderfully and it gives a soft glow that's easy to read by. Okay, important info: The lamp will take only B12 or Candelabra Base bulbs. You don't have to buy the Ikea bulbs, but the Ikea bulbs are Compact Florescent Lights and last for a very long time. It'll take any Candelabra Base/B12 bulbs, and I recommend CFLs for their lifespan. The lamp DOES NOT come with bulbs included, so buy the bulbs with the lamp. It takes 3 bulbs, and it takes 40w bulbs MAXIMUM. That's 7w in CFLs and 40w in incandescent bulbs. I tried 60w-equivalent CFLs and it tripped the breaker when I tried turning it on. Bad idea, but it taught me a valuable lesson about actually paying attention to the maximums. The lamp takes about 2 minutes to put together, and it comes in a box that you'd think would be entirely too small for it. Leave it to Ikea to fit a 5ft+ tall lamp into a small box. The lamp has a foot stomp switch to turn it on, but you can plug it into a standard outlet with an on/off switch. It does not work with dimmers, to my knowledge (especially if you have the Ikea CFLs in it). Again, the lamp is a great addition to my bedroom and I can't recommend it highly enough.