Indoor lights into outdoor lights?

I'm looking for outdoor wall mount sconce style lights for an outside bar. All the cool ones are either indoor only or outdoor and $300 each. Is it possible to fix up the wiring/bulb receptacle so I can use an indoor light outdoors? How? Will be low voltage lighting-mood lighting if you will, no 100 watt bulbs getting wired up

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1. NO. The indoor/outdoor rating is to protect YOU from electric shock, in the event the fixture gets damp. Use ONLY outdoor rated fixtures outdoors.
2. In a word, no. Lighting manufacturers put labels on their products that say 'Approved for outdoor or wet locations' for a good reason. That said, a fixture made for a bathroom (= wet location) could be used outdoors, but most of those items are more functional than decorative. Best idea (= what I would do) is to go to a recycled building material yard-type place and look for salvaged outdoor fixtures. For new stuff, one great site is 'Restoration Hardware;' another is 'Frontgate.' Low-voltage fixtures tend to be more problematic than they're worth (because of transformers, etc.), but that's just my opinion.