When my husband and I installed this light fixture we were perplexed because the shades wouldn't fit up into the socket. I thought there had to be a defect with the shades or the fixture because I've bought a lot of light fixtures and never had one where the shades didn't "seat" into the socket. After several calls to Quoizel customer service and them even sending me new shades they finally told me it was designed that way. Well let me tell you, it looks stupid! I like the fixture style, it puts out plenty of light, and unless someone gets up close they'll probably never notice the shade issue but I think it is a dumb design and I wouldn't have paid so much for this fixture ($***) if I had known it had this issue. Buyer beware!
4/19/16 I am editing my review because a very tenacious customer service rep with Quoizel forwarded my pictures of the ill-fitting shade to their quality control department and then sent me new shades that ACTUALLY FIT! If you have issues with the shades not fitting ask for replacement shade G2481SH.