DIY Chandelier

So a little secret about myself...... I adore chandeliers. I think that they add instant posh to any room and they are so much fun compared to a regular light fixture. The only real problem that I can see with them is that they can be so expensive. I was searching other DIY chandelier ideas and they were all so great! The only issue is, finding the traditional or ideal shaped old chandelier in a thrift store is not as easy as you would hope. So with an open mind and about $20 I embarked on my journey! I hope you get inspired!

At a local STL thrift store named Value Village I found this........ possibly the ugliest wannabe chandelier I have ever seen in my life. I passed it up when I first saw it, but when I couldn't find anything better I gave it a second look. As it turns out, if you close one eye and squint, the shape wasn't half bad. I purchased it for $2.95. I took it home, ripped out the old wiring, popped out the plastic circles and cleaned it up.

I grabbed a box of old Mardi Gras beads and cut them to the appropriate length that I needed. I glued a strand in between each section of the chandelier using hot glue. Just keep reading.....I swear it will take shape soon!!!

I am obsessed with rose gold right now and I have never seen a rose gold chandelier so I picked that as the color (i used matte). The spray paint was about $4 at wally world. Make sure and be thorough, if you are anything like me finding spots later will make you mad!

In the floral department at wally world they offer boxes of gems for $3. They have several different color options and they already had holes in them. In the jewelry department I found rose gold wire. I used the wire to hang the gems in each of the spaces that the plastic circles left behind. As an added detail I found rose gold colored beads, I used the same method to attach them to the bottom of each circle.

Lastly, I used a cheap lighting kit from Home Depot to give it function. All finished! Hope you like it!