Build Your Own Chandelier
All of us want to have a chandelier. Granted they are very nice to look at even when they are not lit, and they give the whole room a certain tone.
The only problem with them is that they are a little on the expensive side. Even a halfway decent one costs around $200 and if you want a really nice looking one, you’ll have to shell out twice that amount. Making your own chandelier therefore can be very good idea.
And it isn’t all that difficult to make either. If you have an old one, it is very easy to refurbish it, give it a coat of paint, get some beads or new shades and fit it all together. You can probably do the whole thing for less than $100.
Of course this method requires that you purchase everything and just assemble it. And while it may not be as expensive as a new one, is still expensive because all the new parts cost money. It is also not a true DIY chandelier.
Once you know what exactly a chandelier is, it is easy to make one yourself. All you need is a sturdy frame on which you can suspend the lights and something to function as the shades/decorative element.
You can use anything you want to for the frame, including a dried out root of a plant. You get amazing shapes and if you trim them down to different sizes, you’ll have a frame that is pretty much unrepeatable.
All you need to do is to screw in the bulb holders and attach the wires along the upper part of the branches with tape or wire and you’ve got the frame done. You will of course have to get all these wires together into one socket so that it can work, but that’s not too difficult.
Or you can take an old lampshade frame and hang tassels from it so that they hang down in a circular pattern. This is probably the easiest to do and does not require anything other than an old lampshade frame and some time. Once you have it done to your satisfaction, simply fix it below the light and you are done. You can make your own chandelier with beads, or any thing that you will want.
There are a number of tutorials on how you can do this, and if you have the time to spare, will cost you less than $10 to make. What’s more, some of the designs are even better than the ones that you get in stores, or are very similar to ones that cost quite a packet of money.