Story of the White Chandelier

The dining room chandelier has been installed!

This was the original fixture...

(I admit I detested this light fixture).

This chandy brought nothing to the party.

Its so airy and light,  I love it!

Isn't she a beauty?

Well "she" used to be a "he chandelier....

Here is the same chandelier I bought for my NH kitchen.

I saw it in a window of an antique shop. 

It had an antique brass finish, 

but I wanted a wrought iron chandy 

so I had Mr. Maison Decor spray paint it in matte black.

Here it has happily hung for almost 4 years.

However we just sold our NH house

 so I had new plans for this baby.

I spray painted it white and then 

had hubs drill tiny holes in the upper leaves.

This was a two person job to hold

 the iron curled leaf out so he could get it at the tip.

Then I added crystals from various lamps and sconces.

The long crystal drops came from a lamp at the NH dump~FREE!

I added these to the bottom tier of leaves (iron curls at top).

For the top tier I mixed two styles of crystal drops.

This ring sat on a lamp and it had 8 perfect crystal drops.

I had some pink and purple prisms but decided against them

as it looked so pretty white with only crystal.

I draped some chandy strands that I took off 

of my office chandelier through the "leaves" 

that are on each candle holder.

*Bliss*

This chandelier is more than I hoped it would be!

I set the table for the celebration.

 A pair of martini glasses and pitcher await the 5 o'clock hour.

Pale blues and pinks mingle with the whites and greys.

Cheers to my White Chandelier!

linking to

White Wednesday

and

Funky Junks SNS 

and 

Show and Tell Friday

and
Metamorphosis Monday