Monday, 25 March 2019

Re-Vamped Bedroom Chandelier

I think by now you’ll have all realised I have a huge thing for lights, especially chandeliers, but my yearnings are much, much bigger than my purse will ever be!
BEFORE
The light (above) is in my bedroom.  It is one of the very few things I bought from my old house, it was only about £30 and for convenience sake it would have been easier to leave it behind and simply get another one, but on this my heart ruled.  When the Duke died my bedroom became a bit of a sanctuary and the changes I made in there, without sounding heartless, showed me that I could move on.
When I changed the way I decorated my Christmas tree  for Christmas 2018 I had quite a large collection of chandelier drops that I had taken off the various charity shop lamps I had bought,  but having said that, I had already decided to revamp the light with them, but had never got around to it …… until a huge spring clean in February made me get my finger out.
AFTER
First I made sure I had enough matching prism shaped drop sets (20 in all) to replace the old ones already on the candle “saucers” 
AFTER
I then went about lengthening the existing drops in the centre of the beaded chains between the saucers with the last of the prisms and faceted glass beads. The final touch was to take and lengthened the original oval drops from the saucers along with their beads to go either side of the prism drops on the chain, if that makes sense (?) making the light far more elaborate and fuller looking.  I am not sure if the pictures really do the finished result justice but I am sooooooo pleased with how it looks now you wouldn’t believe!
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3 comments:

  1. Cheryl W25 March 2019 at 05:25:00 GMT

    Your chandelier definitely looks fuller, richer and more extravagant. It's beautiful!

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  2. ali25 March 2019 at 07:08:00 GMT

    You are so clever love what you have done to your chandeliar, i wouldnt know where to start

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  3. Pamela25 March 2019 at 08:51:00 GMT

    I love reading about your chandelier make overs and you’ve done a great job on this one.
    I can relate to the bit about making your bedroom your sanctuary. I lost my beloved husband only a month ago. It’s too soon for me to think about making changes and moving on. But you (and your amazing journey) have been in my thoughts and give me the courage to carry on. I hope I can come out the other side of grief with the same positivity that you have shown us.

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