If you like putting puzzles together, this is the project for you. If you aren't good at puzzles, better find another lamp.
After struggling with minimalistic instructions, and an anti intuitive design, I finally was ready to toss it in the trash. Fortunately my husband loves a challenge, and he found it quite fun piecing it together. I don't know whether or not it is a 100% correctly put together. But it's close enough.
If you look too closely at it, you can see that it's just folded bits of plastic slotted into each other, and definitely not an item of great quality. However if you stand back from it to enjoy it as a whole, it is really beautiful and Incredibly unique. This is why I'm very pleased with it overall, it gives a beautiful look to my nursery, and I've received many compliments on it. I would definitely recommend buying and building this lamp, but just be forewarned what you're getting into.

I love this pendant light! I bought it to hang over my work desk, for the work that I do, I need the light to hang over at a spot that I sometimes hit my head if I stand up carelessly. Thus the need for something lightweight and flexible. It is lightweight and really brightens up a room, and bonking my head on it isn't a problem! The price was great also. The downside is that it's tedious to put every single "leaf" on it and some didn't stay in their slots, even after a bit of finagling. So the quality could be better, but for its purpose, I'm satisfied.

This lamp was very easy and relatively quick to put together. I love that it came with all the hardware included too. This to me looks more expensive than it is. A nice size for an accent lamp. I used a smart bulb that has lots of different colors and the effect is awesome!! I would 100% buy this again!

We've had this up in my daughter's room for 5 months now. I was concerned about it melting or scorching, or falling apart, but it's been great. We use a color changing light bulb and that makes it even more beautiful. Unless you only want white light, I suggest finding a light bulb that you can change the color remotely. It makes it much more fun.

This is such a lovely lamp (first I ordered one to hang over my stove in the kitchen), that I ordered a second one for my living room.
It looks lovely both on or off. Truly makes me happy to see it - Despite being made of a thick vellum like or frosted white plastic, once completed it adds a very contemporary chic look to a room.

I did mine in reverse order so the flower blooms up and out rather than hanging downwards. Also I made sure to crimp all the petal edges when folding them because I knew I wanted a sharper petal look than pictured on the product page however what is great about this is that if you love the lamp and want more in your home you can try the different directions of the petals and sharp edge and soft edge versions for multiple looks around the house, using this same kit.

The instructions need massive improvement to make assembly easier and avoid mistakes. The instructions are currently just a sheet of paper with drawings - no words - no step by step descriptions, just pictures and the instructions don't show (even in its pictured steps), the light bulb fixture holder / lampshade center "O-ring" at all as part of the assembly or an enclosed part! Its the most important part and part of step 1!
- So now I completely understand why other people assembled the center column without the O-ring inside it, and then wondered where or how the light bulb fixture gets attached. All that confusion could be removed if they simply had steps with words and a parts list that shows the most important part of the whole shade - the light socket O-ring!!!

So below are some mentions which may be helpful to others that I ran across when I assembled my first shade -

You will need to start assembly by finding the light bulb socket O-ring holder piece - (you will find it hiding among the packs of flat petal packs.
The other piece required for the first step will be the flat sheet in the kit which will become the column.
The O-ring (light bulb socket holder) needs to be inserted into the sides of the column sheet as you curl that column sheet around to form the column. This is important to know now because the instructions don't mention the O-ring at all and yet if you lock the column tabs together to create the column without the O-ring inside it, it would be impossible to insert the ring afterwards because it has three tabs which insert into the inner sides of the column as you curl that column sheet up to lock its sides together.

Also - take note that when the column is completed and in front of you the O-ring should be at the top of the column. Then you will have the correct orientation to start the petals. With the O-ring at the top end of the column you will see how it will look hanging down from the ceiling.

Something that may not be obvious to some as it wasn't to me at first was - after you insert the 1st petal of a row, into 2 slots (each petal has a tab on left and ride side of the petal) expect for the next petal to insert one of the 2nd petal's tabs into the same slot as the last petal. So they share slots as you work around the row. (So as an example - the left side tab of petal 2 will go into the same slot used for the right side tab of petal 1). At the end of a row of petals, if done properly you will see zero gaps and won't be able to see the column through the row of petals once you complete one row.

When you get the package you will see
- A flat sheet which will become the column center of your lampshade.
- The plastic O-Ring I mention before which goes inside the column as you create the column, and which holds the light bulb socket in place in the lampshade at the end.
- 5 rubber banded packs of flat petals. Each pack is one number/size Sizes 1 to 5. There are 5 sizes of petals. The number size is embossed on each petal if for some reason you get them loose and mixed up. (look to left tab top for the embossed number if needed.)
These petals need to be folded at the creases to create the 3 dimensional petals.
Each pack of one sized petals, has enough petals for one row, except for # 4 which has more petals because #4 will be used for two rows.

To start with I suggest to make it all goes smoothly and neatly -
Have something such as tweezers available for the first step which starts with assembling the column - so you need the flat sheet and the plastic light bulb fixture holder O-ring.

Take the flat column sheet out and poke through all the little slot pieces of plastic which you need to remove to insert the petals and light bulb ring. I found using the blunt end/handle end of tweezers worked well.
Doing this upfront will allow you to remove them neatly and not damage the sheet/column at all, and will make the petal inserting process go quickly and neatly.

Take the plastic O-ring, which will hold the light bulb socket, and put one of its 3 tabs into the correct slot on the column sheet, and curl the column sheet around the O-ring, making sure the column sheet is curled around tightly enough so that all three sides tabs of the light bulb O-ring stay inserted into the column sleeve.
Then you must hold this together for the only tricky or difficult part of this whole assembly which is locking the two sides of the column sheet edges together to form the column, while holding it closed enough to keep the O-ring tabs in place inside..

The way you need to lock the column sheet together is inserting one side of what looks like dovetail jointed tabs into the other side of opposite type tabs. They don't slide into each other. You need to hold the column closed (keeping the light bulb ring in its slots at the same time) as you gently bend the sides of each tab so you can maneuver it into the opposite side's space, as you work along the entire edge locking all the tabs to the other side. I manage to do this alone by using my lap and holding it against my stomach so the column didn't uncurl during the process too much which would have the light bulb ring come out of its slots.

Once done I took the time to take each size of petals I would work with per row and pinch the seams tightly for nice crisp edges and a crisp pointed end (my choice for the overall petal look, pls see my pics versus the softer edge look of the product page to decide which one you would prefer) and inserted the top row (side of column pointing up to the sky where the ring is) and worked downwards per different size. one size per row at a time using one hand inside the column for support so I could press against the column to get the petals inserted as the rows grew because as the rows grow the hand inside the column will help you as a support.

Then last step will be unscrew the plastic ring at the bottom of the light socket, hold the socket through the top of the column , against the top of the inside plastic O-ring, and from the bottom of the column, go up inside and screw that plastic ring back onto the socket base and onto the plastic O-ring inside the column - that is how the lampshade holds onto the light bulb socket. Then the light bulb would go into the socket afterwards, as last step.

I saw pictures on another page in which the flower was done to look like a blossom growing upwards instead of the picture here and as the instructions would have you do, which is the blossom hanging downwards. I loved the look so much (was on a floor lamp so they chose to do the flower blooming up towards the sky), that I chose to reverse the order of the petals on mine for my ceiling shade so that the flower blooms up and open skywards too. . Love how it looks!

If you would like to do the same, the order for a flower hanging downwards as per instructions is- starting at the top of the column working downwards would be # 4, #5, #4, #3,#2, #1
but for a flower bloom growing like in nature, upwards so smallest petals at top, you would do the petals starting at top (where the O-ring is) and working downwards - #1 in the top row, #2, #3, #4, #5, #4.

Please see my pictures of the first lamp in my kitchen to see the difference of sharp pinched petals and reversed order of petal rows, to see if you want your blossom to hang down or bloom upwards.

Light Quality Note which may also help you in your choices - I took the suggestion from amazon below this product to buy the multi colored, remote control LED bulb, but I was disappointed by the very low level light it emits. I would recommend it very much if you wish to use this lamp only as some ambiance lighting feature in a dark room, like a night light. The different colors were very pretty, but even using the white on highest level it was still not going to fill my small kitchen with any type of relaxing working lighting.which is what I wanted.

I wanted enough light so that when I sit at my kitchen table 3 feet away I could have more relaxing light than the overhead fixture, but still be able to sit in the evening with coffee and write a to-do list, groceries list etc easily. The LED light bulbs they recommend/feature won't allow for that type of light.

Instead I came back and ordered from Amazon the Satco Energy Saver 13W (acts like a 60 watt and 4100k) CFL 4 pack of bulbs, and I am very happy with the light I get from them. So far they stay cool enough I don't need to worry about the lampshade melting.

Its not summer yet where my kitchen can get quite warm bc no ac in it, but for now zero issues with bulb safety so far.
Since LED's do save more money and remain cooler, I may try a LED bulb again but normal sized light bulb this time that would offer a bigger wattage light wise if I find the current bulbs plus hot summer do show some worry about too much heat for the plastic shade.

I'm extremely happy with this shade - Very attractive!