I found this old Chandelier at the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store. It was hiding underneath the bottom shelf behind some 1980's brass light fixtures.
Cost $4.00! I had to have it. My bedroom was in serious need of some sparkle.
After much consideration, we decided to paint it white. Cost: $5.00
Acrylic garland ($16.00) and prisms ($16.00) were purchased from Amazon.com.
Cost $4.00! I had to have it. My bedroom was in serious need of some sparkle.
After much consideration, we decided to paint it white. Cost: $5.00
Acrylic garland ($16.00) and prisms ($16.00) were purchased from Amazon.com.
It looks MUCH better painted white. We started out by flipping the chandelier upside down. We were lucky that the main stem of the chandelier was made of wood. It was easy to drill holes to screw into the wood. We pried open small eye screws so we could attach the garland to the chandelier.
Each of the lights had a screw in it to hold a shade. We used this screw as an anchor for the garland. To keep the garland in place, we slid a washer onto the screw, then the jump ring we were using to secure the garland, and screwed it into the base of each light.
We spent quite a bit of time draping the garland in different ways to find out what we liked best before we attached it to the top of the lamp and the lights.
We spent quite a bit of time draping the garland in different ways to find out what we liked best before we attached it to the top of the lamp and the lights.
We also drilled four holes into each of the light bases to hang additional pieces of garland and prisms.
We are thrilled with how it turned out.
We are thrilled with how it turned out.