They are beautiful well made lamps. The Ceramic body is truly a gunmetal finish..would have liked a little more iron color in it. Not sure I like the shades...they have definitely strong darker vertical and horizontal short lines that give them a modern look and I am more traditional. I knew that when I ordered. Am really impressed with the selection and quality this company has. I have never seen anything online like it. One thing to know is that packing is really top notch and it took a lot of effort to get lamps out. Now am not sure what to do with the packing materials. But I am really happy with my selection and how easy the website navigation was in showing me choices that would work.