I would like to replace a 2 bulb, glass shade, bedroom type pull chain light in my basement room redo. There is a poor selection of pull on fixures out there! Can a 3 arm ceiling fan fixure be installed alone as a ceiling light that would pull on/off? Can I use a canopy kit to cover the electrical box in the ceiling?

Technically speaking manufacturers will tell you, no, a ceiling fan light kit cannot be mounted to the ceiling, but, I've done it. Depending on your outlet box the holes my line up or you may need to fasten some sort of adapter.

It is pretty easy to convert many ceiling fixtures to pull chain by drilling through a metal part of the housing and installing the pull switch.