Let there be lamp

The folks that sold us our ghetto penthouse took the light fixtures with them, installing $5 ugliness on their way out. As such, we've been staring at naked bulbs and Home Depot grot for the past 3 months.

We finally found a light we like for the kitchen. (Shown here.) It's really cute, really nice, (and ahem, really affordable).

Although designed to be a pendant lamp, it retracts upwards to "desired height". Perfect! We bought it & brought it home.


Sean climbed up the ladder Sunday night, assembled it, and installed it. (his first do-it-yourself cieling fixture!).

As it came together, our kitchen finally starting to look homey. When we were finally done, tired but excited, we retracted it upwards to desired height.


But it seems the excess cords do not stow safely in the overhead compartment. The six-foot stretch of cords, retracted to 1 foot, is a noodled mess. We own.. Medusa Lamp.



Now we're not sure what to do with Medusa Lamp. We could:

1. try to retract the cords somehow. We tried last night and they don't seem to want to budge.


2. try to splice the cords and remove the excess... although this might leave visible splicing.


3. take the darn thing back apart, go an hour-each-way back to the store and return it... putting us back at square one.


4. Try for a "medusa" / greek goddess theme. Aphrodite Spatula-ta, Helen of Trivet, Pandora's Fridge...