The cord will be hidden under the base and should work good like this.
 

Here I'm applying some oil based semi-gloss polyurethane to both bases and the juniper. This product is made by Zarr and works great.
 

To keep the cord in place, I used a few staples.
 

I bought these six inch lamp harps thinking they would work good for this project. However, they were almost too short because I had to modify both of them so the light bulb would fit inside them. I ended up bending and tweaking them, changing the upper radius and I had to shorten the light bulb socket, just so the bulb would fit. I should have bought the seven inch length instead of these. Hindsight!!
 

I'll be using antlers on the base of this lamp. I plan on gluing them on and have numbered each one to make sure I get them back in the order I mocked up earlier.
 

I'll attach them to the base using five minute epoxy, which should work pretty good. I sanded each antler base so it sits like I wanted. Then I sanded through the clear finish on the lamp base in the exact spot the antler will sit. Once the epoxy sets up, I then added another antler to the base with it toughing the first one. Where the two antlers touched together, I applied a small amount of epoxy to that spot as well. This should help keep them all in place.
 

Once all the antlers were glued on, it was time to trim the height of the center rod. I left this rod long on purpose until I had the lamp shade installed to make sure things looked right. I cut off three inches first and then looked at it. I thought another inch and a half would look about right and then called it good.