The shade diffuses the light enough to work well in the living room without too much glare on the tv. It makes a great desk lamp or accent lamp.

This lamp is very attractive for a table centerpiece or pretty much anyplace else you want to put it. It takes three aaa batteries and it'll run on a timer for six hours, sleep for 18, so you can stretch the life of any batteries that are installed.

Do yourself a favor and buy some rechargeable batteries to use and switch them out. That makes it not worth the money!