This light is a giant pain in the rear, haha.  It looks nice now that it's installed, and I'm happy overall.  But truly it's a headache to put together and not really intuitive....the directions that accompany it are useless.  No one at Joss and Main could give any direction/guidance on assembly and ultimately we contacted the manufacturer directly so as not to do anything wrong in the process.  This was all with pretty well vetted DYI'ers and handy people at the helm.  All this to say once it's together and up, you will likely love it.  Just don't get this for a simple light swap if you aren't ready to put in some significant effort.