I've bought and used these Threshold mother-daughter lamps for a few years now. My first one was bought in 2019 and, over the years, I've acquired 3 in total. The first two older ones are still going strong, but the newest one that I bought 10 months ago - in Jan, 2022 - suffers from the same issues other reviewers have posted. I do use dimmable bulbs in the lamps. The newest model has a noticeable buzzing noise when the dimmer is used below full power. Also, I had an incident where the top lamp wouldn't turn on. I tried multiple times turning it off and back on, nothing. I waited an hour and tried again and it finally worked again but now I don't trust it not to recur.

Arrived shattered. Not packed properly for shipping. The lamp box says to keep upright but it was shipped on its side in the Target box.

Good packaging, easy build. Secondary light works fine but the main light's on/off (dimming) switch buzzes and flickers until the light reaches the max brightness.

Would give this a 1 but it held up (somewhat) for 2 years. When we first bought it, glass shade was broken. Returned for a new one but that one flickers CONSTANTLY. Has been flickering for 2 years, you could turn it to the EXACT right angle and it would stop. It was like there was a strobe light in my periphery constantly. Now it has decided to finally die, the top lights won't even turn on anymore. Very disappointed and will not return to Target for any lighting needs

Bought this lamp in store and noticed right away that when I took it out of the box that the hole for the reading lamp shade was not centered. So it hangs off a bit to the side of the lamp. It also makes a loud buzzing/humming sound when it’s not at full brightness. Should have read the reviews before purchasing, but It’s a shame that I have to return it because I do really like the look/design of the lamp.

Love this type of floor reading lamp. Purchased three for our family room. All three broke within months of the other and all within the warranty. The light switches stop working so you can not dim it.

This lamp although beautiful has some major flaws. The first lamp I ordered came promptly but unfortunately the lampshade and one of the mechanisms to turn it on were broken. Target customer service promptly sent me a replacement but the replacement lamp pole would NOT for the life of me line up correctly. I should've listening to the reviews and not purchased this lamp at all.

Saw it in store but they only had floor model which they wouldn't sell. Ordered it online and sections would not thread together in a straight manner. Lamp was tilted and unstable. Brought it back to second store and exchanged for new one. Threaded together straight but when it came to reading lamp, 5 different bulbs would not thread into it all the way, so rendered it useless. Took back to store and exchanged for another one. This one was finally satisfactory, and love the lamp, but was very frustrated and a lot of labor in unpacking, packing, and returning so many times.

I read the other reviews about it not screwing on straight and thought I could handle it since I'm handy. NOPE - it's a systemic manufacturing defect. It's physically impossible, I tried over and over. I don't know what I expected for $50, but they could at least have done better than to make the base screw SHORTER and less stable than the others, as well. Also, mine arrived with a discolored piece and one of the knobs had fallen off and wouldn't go back on. I'm returning as soon as I can get to a Target because you can't return online, ugh.

My issue with the lamp was not that I couldn't get it screwed together properly. I took my time, and did it very gently after reading the reviews. Got it all together and then I looked at the base - - on mine the cord comes out of the base in the front where the daughter light is pointed and there is no way to reset it so that it's in the back - this is not a big deal if your lamp is behind a couch and you don't see the base but if you can see the base of the lamp, your cord has to wrap all the way around the lamp - just so aggravating. I tried 2 different wattages of LED bulbs that both said dimmable and lamp did not dim. Tried incandescent - no dimming. Lamp is going back. Disappointed because I really would have liked it if it worked!