Friday, June 4, 2010

Another Chandelier Makeover

This is what our light in the master bathroom was,


a miniature ceiling fan with a naked bulb. I've been wanting to replace it with something glamorous. I've found several fixtures that would be lovely but I don't want to pay $150 or more.

Last spring I went to an estate sale and bought a bag of vintage crystals for $12. The metal loops linking the crystals were brittle and had to be painstakingly replaced with jump rings but it was worth sore fingers.
And here's that $2 fixture I picked up at a yard sale. 

I sprayed it with a can of primer that I already had. I like the gray color of the primer. My next step was to figure out how to add the crystals. I decided to use silver necklaces found at Hobby Lobby for $2.99 then drilled holes into the fixture.

Here's the end result with a total cost of $17!

3 comments:

  1. WOW! That's amazing! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!! Great job!

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  2. How do you come up with these things!

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  3. Looks so good! Great way to get the crystals on there!

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