Adding Bling To The Chandelier

When we bought our builder's spec house almost

5 years ago, the builder used an antique chandelier

in the dining room.

It's kind of rickety, thin and wonky.

It's hard to get a good picture without the lights

on as there's only one narrow window and the 

ceiling is a dark brown.

 

 I wanted to replace the chandelier when we moved

in, but we have two eating areas so we use the

dining room as a sitting room.

Now we're thinking of selling the house next year,

so we don't want to spend money replacing any more

things in the house. We will need to change the room

back into a dining room though, so I decided to

spiff the room up a little before we do.

In a local shop, I found some faux crystals that

have magnets on both ends, which easily attach

to the metal on chandeliers.

See the end piece? That's the magnet.

 The magnets make it easy to add a little bling to

your chandeliers to beef them up...

 I bought some short and long chains and some

teardrop-type faux crystals and started playing

around with them. I need to buy a few more pieces,

but here's how it looks with a few of them attached...

I'm thinking of brushing some white paint on the

metal to shabby it up a little, so I'll be taking the

"jewelry" off again soon.

 The paint on the walls of the room has a green cast

to it so I'm thinking of re-painting the walls a

medium grayish-brown "griege" paint color.

 I have a little obsession with tables and chairs

(and bar stools) so we already have enough

furniture to fill the room and then some.

Hope you'll come back and check on my

progress, and feel free to give any suggestions

you have regarding paint colors or decor.

Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

Linking to the following:
Mrs. Olson's
http://jannolson.blogspot.com/2015/09/share-your-cup-thursday-165.html

The Dedicated House
http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/09/before-after-wednesday-week-61.html

The Charm of Home
http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2015/09/home-sweet-home-237.html