I promised to share some wedding details soon, and I’m finally here to deliver. I DIYed pretty much everything for our big day, from the invitations to the decor. Our venue was a little bigger than we really needed, but I just loved the space too much to downsize. We were worried about the room looking kind of empty if we were only taking up half of it, so I decided to set up a small ‘lounge area.’
It was basically just a little spot across from the bar with tall tables for drinking and chatting. To set the space apart, I needed to decorate it just a little bit differently. I found this seen-better-days chandelier at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and saw the pretty underneath all that brass. I rehabbed a pretty piece for my wedding for under $10. Bonus: the ReStore supports Habitat for Humanity, a wonderful charity!
Read on after the jump to see the ‘after’ and find out how I made this gaudy guy over!
Process:
- I removed all the light bulbs before doing anything else. Those suckers are apt to break if you look at ’em funny! With the bulbs out, I was able to slide the white ‘candle’ tubes off.
- I cleaned off all the dust and then scuffed the shiny finish a bit.
- I hung the whole thing from a sturdy tree branch and sprayed several thin coats of a robin’s egg blue satin paint. I even sprayed the chain!
- When everything dried, I put the ‘candle’ tubes back on.
- I hung the chandelier in a temporary spot so that I could add all the bling.
- I bought some sale Christmas tree trimmings for the sparkly bits. I wired a string of little acrylic crystal pearls to hang from each bar. I then hung an acrylic crystal drop from each bar so that they dangled in between the loops of pearls.
Cost:
- Chandelier $5,
- Acrylic crystal drops and garland $3
- Spray paint $1 (I had already used almost the entire can on other projects.)
- Total: $9
I think it would be beautiful to create several of these in a coordinating color palette to hang in clusters at different heights or all over a big room!
* Disclosure – certain links within this blog may result in a commission for Shrimp Salad Circus to help me cover all the time I spend putting it together. See my disclosure statement for more information.
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you’d never guess it cost $10…!
This is great! I’ve got a chandelier similar to this sitting in my dads garage I picked up dirt cheap ages ago… now I have some inspiration!
Gorgeous! Love the color! And…all the better that you bought the original chandelier at Restore!
Oh that looks so pretty now, love the colour you have picked!
So pretty Lindsay! I want one for our bedroom!
xx -b.
This looks great and I love that you could totally reuse it if you wanted! I did everything myself for my wedding a couple of years ago but sheesh, even I can’t go far enough to say I DIY’d light fixtures! =]
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