This company makes these gorgeous barn lights in America, and they are VERY sturdily designed and built. I love industrial lights, especially those you might have seen at the railroad station or a nearby warehouse back in the 1930s or 1950s. Those definitely provide the industrial effect I’m going for.The lights have a very hard finish, very much like porcelain signs. They are heavy! No lightweight materials here; this is the real deal. Built to use in a barn or warehouse around machinery, animals and people. Use any standard lightbulb, but if you use LEDs, you won’t have to get the ladder out to change the bulb very often. Plus, you won’t have to worry about exceeding the recommended wattage I think they say 200 watts. Maybe more. Of course, there are no LED bulbs of that actual wattage, but a 20 or 30 watt LED (which do exist) can put out tons of light.If I were using this around a doorway, I might use an Edison-style LED bulb for vintage effect, but I put these high, near the gables of my house and shop, and they illuminate a WIDE area, brightly! The baked-on WHITE porcelain underside of the shade reflects a powerful and even light over a broad area.Just looking at these and feeling of their heft and smooth finish, I would say they will last a lifetime without any attention whatsoever, other than changing bulbs now and then. With LED bulbs, you can postpone that for many years. Most LEDs are rated for 13 years or more.I also like the company that made the lights. You’ll see, if you buy one. It all “feels” very customer oriented, and they seem like a small business of maybe 20 employees that really love what they are doing. You get that feeling from the packaging, and right down to the light itself.These barn lights come in many colors, including green (my personal favorite), red, yellow, gold, silver, black, and probably others. When you buy these, you do not feel like you’re buying a reproduction of something, but the actual thing itself. This is the real deal. a little pricy, but well worth it. These will last for generations yet to come. Be the one who put it there; the one who had the taste to get the real thing!