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Is that a wheaten in the picture?

Not what you asked, but you'd be amazed how easy it is to rewire something, they sell kits. Are you afraid of breaking the crystal? That would be a legitimate issue with my clumsy self.

Hi,
I had a chandelier rewired (and converted from Euro-tricity) at Crest.

Haven't had anything as fancy as a chandelier rewired, but brought my grandmother's lamps and some mid-century, unmarked, but very cool fixtures to a lighting store in my neighborhood and they did a great job for mere pittance (less than $20 for the big fixture, about half that for the smaller sconces). You can DIY if you're handy--go to a good hardware store and get a kit-make sure the cord is long enough to hang the chandelier from your ceilings, especially if they're fairly high.

I would love to rewire a chandelier or two from Halogen (or regular incandescent) fixtures to LED.

And that's a gorgeous pic, BTW, the white wire-frame against the dark background reminds me of a blueprint.

And the Pup reminds me of Snowy from Tintin. 8^)

I had an excellent experience getting two lamps rewired at
Marshall Electric -- they were great! Originally they gave me an estimated turnaround time of three weeks, but both lamps were ready in less than one - at a cost of $35 for both (which included a deposit of $10). I would highly, highly recommend them.

Stunning chandelier - does anyone know where it is from?

I'm with btoddster re: wanting to rewire things to LED. I also have a great old chandelier that's in my garage because I keep meaning to learn how to rewire it myself. Anybody know where a person can learn how to do these 2 things? I've googled some sites, but I'd need to get a degree in electrical engineering before I could follow their directions.

judith -
There is a link to the chandelier pictured at the end of the post.

I learned how to rewire a lamp, a single socket lamp. They sell those kits, and yes it's easy if you're patient and pay attention. There are even tips I learned that make the result a little safer, neater, and possibly longer lasting that I haven't seen in any online tutorials - you get those from someone showing you how. You don't even need a kit if you know how to match parts and get what you really want: color, switch type, higher voltage than standard, etc.

I would not tackle a chandelier on my own, I'm really not sure what it entails besides making one wire into 2 or 5 or 6 or 8 wires without catching your lamp on fire or shorting out the whole house whenever you turn it on. I don't like to think I'm dumb, but I know when something is a little beyond my abilities and requires further demonstration and perhaps some things are not within us to DIY. Everyone has their gifts and everyone has room to learn new things, but when safety is at stake, it's probably not a great idea to teach yourself something (and the complex version of it, at that). It's easy enough to take for granted when you already know how to harness dangerous elements, but I'd get someone to show you how if you want to learn. Just my opinion, but I'd rather be safe than over-confident in certain areas.

I work with a firm and we use New Metal Crafts (on Wells and shop is on Elston) for things like re-wiring, etc. I can't give you an estimate, but I know they will do a free estimate for you and then you can decide.