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oh! I needed some help with this too! thank you... great solution. but in your picture, there seems to be a cap over the section with all the wires.... is that available in hardware stores too? thanks.

I think it might be possible to go to the hardware store and get a new globe.

Measure the diameter of the neck of the old globe, or of the fixture on the ceiling where the globe would sit, and then go check out whether you can find something comparable (or better!) at a lighting store of the lighting section of a big hardware store.

Alternatively, if you can still screw the bulb into light fixture and do something crafty to screen the bare bulb from view in the room. I've done this several times to mask bare bulbs or ugly light fixtures. In my student-hippie days I thumbtacked up the corners of a cool square scarf. Another time I did a similar thing with a huge, gorgeous square of handmade paper from the art store. Depending on your style, you could do something more constructed and finished...

Just make sure anything flammable is several inches from the bulb and you'll be OK!

Hi Amy,

It's actually recessed lighting, so the cap was there before we started. I bet there's something you could buy or make to hide everything, especially if you're installing it instead of a globe. Maybe a small plastic globe and cut a hole for the cord? Anyone out there have any ideas?

I think the opoponax in the last cure replaced the globe with a paper lantern from pearl river. If I remember, she put a hook right next to the fixture and hooked the lanter right on.

you could find a cool lampshade with a bulb clip (as opposed to a harp) and just pop it on upside down. i think urban outfitters has some neat ones that look like those little umbrellas you get in fruity drinks. :)

There's always the lunette
pictured here (if link doesn't work search pure design on AT)
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/onlinecatalog-only/pure-design-modern-furniture-from-canada-000785
for sale here
http://www.butter-ny.com/shop/index.htm#lunette

I happen to have an an extra one (2 actually) that I no longer have any use for if you want to try it (if you're not in Manhattan you could send me a padded stamped large envelope and I'd mail it to you). You can email me at marjorieposting-1 AT yahoo.com

After using the light socket adapter, how do you keep the light from falling out of it's plug? Also does it go on and off with the light switch? Sorry just a little perplexed.