Unfortunately, I don't think you're going to get helpful feedback with that one tiny photo. You can't even see the cord.

what Akay said.
But yes, it's too high and needs to be lowered.

Kara Paisley did a post about this on her blog yesterday... http://karapaslaydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/5-ways-to-cover-your-light-cords.html

The chandelier needs to come down about 3 or so feet. Hard to tell exactly from the photo, though.

Yeah it's hard to see what's going on in this tiny photo but i think we can all agree on one thing- it's def too high!!
...great piece though!

Instead of hiding the cord you should highlight it by treading small beads and prisms on a wire and and wrap it around the cord so it becomes an extension of the chandelier. Cords can really make the lamp look more fun. I integrated 3 Muuto bulb light into 1 lightfixture and it look very nice. I have pics on my blog: http://ploefff.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/hvad-en-dags-arbejde-kan-blive-til/

I think the issue with chandeliers (as opposed to other styles of ceiling light) is that whatever holds them up should LOOK as though it should be able to hold it up. The visual weight of the support is part of the overall look. Even if a power cord is enough to actually suspend it, what you SEE should seem appropriate to the fixture. And in that tiny photo, I can't tell a thing about what's going on.

(If the fixture looks like or IS wrought iron, for instance, I'd use a chain that seems strong enough to hold wrought iron up. If its glass or looks like glass, you could use a chain or cover the cord with a gathered fabric tube, which suggests there is something stronger being hidden.)

In any case, the light should be lowered -- I'd suggest the bottom of it should be 1/4 to 1/3 of the way down from the ceiling.

For the cord crossing the ceiling, I'd go to Home Depot or Lowes or somewhere and get a self-adhesive cord cover, hollow rectangular tube that you run the cord through and cut to fit the run from the lamp to the wall. These can be painted to match the ceiling so they are as close to invisible as you are going to get without hardwiring.

@AT - PLEASE, when readers send in photos and design questions PLEASE do not make them so tiny! Please make them the size of the ones on you home page (on my screen those look 3.5x3.5", these "please help" pics look maybe 1.5x1.5") I would love to be more helpful, but these tiny pictures make it difficult. Thank you!

Since any efforts at hiding the cord are likely only going to do a half-way job of concealing it, I agree with the idea of highlighting it. Have you seen the photos floating around of the "cord art" with animal outlines made against walls and such? Perhaps an extra long, stark white cord is in order, and then you could make a spiral on the ceiling that gets power to the chandelier AND draws attention to it. You might need to use some white staples, or some of those sticky back cord hooks to keep it in place, but when you're done people won't say "look at that, it's for sure the cord" they'll ask about the arty spiral on the ceiling. And yes, it's way to high for a chandelier currently.

At the very least make the pictures resizable by mouse click. It really is getting silly. These places look like dollhouses at this size picture.

And yes, too high.

I was hoping to see some creative answers to this question myself since I have a chandelier in the bedroom with a scrunchy fabric cover over the cord and chain. Hate it. But I hate cords woven through chains even more. Looking for a better, cleaner solution.

Hey guys, thanks for the suggestions! I sent AT 2 pics, and they ended up cropping this one so you can't really see what's going on. Here's one of the other pics I sent: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganificent/5396351462/in/photostream/

I think that picture is a keeper. If it would just hang a bit higher...

Meganificent, thanks for posting a better pic. I like the idea mentioned above about wire-wrapping the cord with beads or jewels to make it part of the chandelier. And I would stick with the white cord--black would be more obvious against the walls. It's quite lovely!

I would add a dark chain with large links, and wind the cord through it. Then it would look intentional. It should be down a couple of feet. From the teeny tiny picture, I couldn't tell anything! But your additional picture on flickr helped immensely.

To answer a few questions, yes it's a wrought iron piece, pretty heavy and probably about 15 inches tall by itself. Currently just hanging by a ceiling hook. I think I'll probably get a black chain and try lowering it a few feet (our ceilings are probably 11 ft I think?). Maybe I'll get some extra chain and see how it looks swagged over to the side of the wall? trying to use those plastic cord coverup things could get a bit weird unless they're bendy, since our ceiling is curved.

Ok, first off, the chandelier is lovely! As nearly everyone else has said, it needs to hang quite a bit lower.

After looking at your second pic (on flickr), I'd like to see the wire dressed up a bit with wrapping, then swagged towards the corner rather than straight across the ceiling. I think having a draped cord (vs the taute one you have currently) will highlight the romanticism in the chandelier.

what about fabric around a hoop attached to the ceiling then draped to the walls I know this would be very expensive and don't know if you would be able to do it since you rent but it would also hide a bit of the green ceiling too. I saw this on trading spaces once and it was so pretty I wish I could find a picture

http://www.littlecrowninteriors.com/images/01Portfolio/New%20Portfolio/LittleCrownInteriorsGlamorousNursery3.png

ok found one

Hey meganificent,

I love the chandelier, what a lovely piece!
I have a similar chandelier, it's all plastic (it looks like clear glass). My suggestion would be to considerably extend the cord not only to suspend it lower from the ceiling, but to also extend the cord between the ceiling hook and the spot where the cord "hides" behind the molding on the wall. Sew a narrow sleeve from that semitransparent fabric (similar to veil, but a bit stiffer - it's used for sachets with dried lavendar and such - sheesh, my gray matter cannot remember the name - make the sleeve about 4x longer than the length of the cord. Pull the sleeve over the cord - because it is much longer, it will look like a scrunchie, sort of. I would get the fabric either in black or maybe I would make two layers, black and red - simply somehting that best matches the primary colour of the chandelier. I have done the same at home, except that I used white with a bit of silver in it and I got many compliments on it.

AT: These tiny photos are worthless.

Fabric cord cover. Then drape it more instead of having it flat against the ceiling.

I'd add a heavy black chain, paint the cord black where it's threaded through the chain, and paint the rest of the cord to match the ceiling. :)

I would swag the cord, either with a chain or a cover in a light color.

I would also get a ceiling medallion. You can get super-lightweight foam ones pretty inexpensively:

http://www.vandykes.com/category/ceiling-medallions

Tack it up with a few finishing nails or even double-sided tape. It will anchor the whole chandelier, make it look like it belongs rather than just something you've got hanging from a tiny little hook. I did this with a plug-in drum pendant and it makes a world of difference.