I get asked quite frequently how I decorate (or style) my chandelier for the Christmas season. It is kind of a funny story actually. I had this design in my mind before we even purchased this fixture. I walked up and down the aisles of Lowe’s looking for the exact chandelier I had in my head. I wanted something elegant, but also slightly on the modern side. When I saw this one, I knew it would work perfectly with what I had in mind. It was simple, elegant and in a brushed nickel for a more modern edge! Yay!
I had purchased several decorative Christmas ornaments that I thought might look good on this chandelier. Among these were silver and white glitter snowflakes (to match the ones on the large Christmas tree in the living room), white glass icicles, silver ribbons, pearls and large reg ball ornaments. I was not sure whether I wanted all or just some of these items on my new chandelier.
I started by fastening the glass icicles with fishing line. I tied them at different lengths but discovered that I could wrap the line around the frame of the chandelier to get the exact length I wanted. So much easier!!!
I then started on the smaller of my two sizes of snowflakes. I tried to make sure that each type of ornament was dispersed evenly around the frame of the chandelier.
Next came the larger, silver glitter snowflakes. This really set off the chandelier matching both the nickel plating of the fixture and the silver mercury glass ornaments on the Christmas tree in the living room.
Once I had all of the ornaments I wanted on my chandelier, I made sure that they all hung at different lengths. This keeps your eyes moving along the whole piece and not “stuck” at one spot (sounds silly, but is true).
Next I put the greenery around the top of my chandelier. I use inexpensive faux greenery wherever I can. I like the way it adds texture to a piece and looks “Christmassy” all at the same time! I was able to fasten the greenery by using the branches to wrap and “tie” each section to the light fixture.
After I had the greenery in place, I wrapped silver ribbon throughout the top draping it at different lengths.
Doesn’t it look great?! Now most people would stop with there with the decorating. You guessed it! I did not stop there. I always have to take things over the top (and not always in a good way). What does this chandelier need to take it over the top? Did you say pearls?! Why yes! I agree! Pearls would look AMAZING!
After looking at this finished chandelier, I noticed that it was looking a little…vanilla. I mean, the silver and white was beautiful but there was no pop of color. I sat down and pondered this dilemma for quite a while. What could I add that would not take away from or make the chandelier too gaudy? Well, my Christmas tree was white, silver and red. Yep! RED! I found these red ball ornaments in a box that I had last year. They were just. the. thing this light fixture needed!
This chandelier turned out way better than I had pictured in my mind while walking down those isles at Lowe’s so many months ago! It was inexpensive, approximately $10, not counting the cost of the light fixture of course.
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