Don't give up on the tricky assembly. The secret is carefully to use the weight of the globe to get the twigs' base ring bottom half inside the cup. Slowly screw on the socket ring to the point where you can no longer move it. Then grasp the lip of the globe with both hands and turn to tighten enough not to be wobbly, using a small level across the globe top. It's nice it can use up to 100W, but as an accent light, 60W is ideal. Also note the twig design is not as pictured.