The bolts came in from the side and you had to finagle the nut onto it, and then turn it tight, all without the use of an opposable thumb. Squeeze as hard as you like, there just wasn't room in the narrow cylinder for a finger, a nut and a thumb. Believe it or not, a small paint brush proved most useful in coaxing the nuts onto the bolt and turning them righty-tighty. That, and a lot of patience. As you can see by the photo taken 12 bolts later, we got the job done and we like the street light, even though Danny's perhaps not smiling as broadly as a street light model should.
The street lights are designed to be bolted onto a concrete base outdoors, so we still have some work to do cobbling up a wooden base with levelers to keep the glass lanterns from crashing down onto the new red sofa.
