My husband and I had been searching for the right kind of lighting fixture for our condo for over a year. I'm really picky about the quality of things that I put into our home. My husband told me about this fixture and I said, "$200?! It probably doesn't have a diffuser." Well, we went to the store, and it does! A diffuser is a kind of lens that goes along the bottom of the fixture, it covers up the lightbulb and softens the light! So, now, it is in our home and we get TONS of compliments on it. The pendant lamp was worth the wait.