Name: Siska
Location: San Diego
Time: A few hours
Cost: $30 for hardware, $10 for paint and about $20 for the ornaments (after-Christmas clearance)
Siska found inspiration from a high end blown-glass chandelier and fashioned herself her own version using holiday clearance glass ornaments. Take a look below at her January Jumpstart, from start to finish, with her pics, tools, and instructions and VOTING...
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I painted the insides of some of the glass ornaments with light blue and white transparent glass paint (Pebeo Vitrea 160 works well). I let the ornaments dry overnight. You can "bake" the ornaments to set the paint but that is optional.
I put together the Kvartil Ikea chandelier, leaving out the actual candle holders and started attaching ornaments with thin metal wire on the chandelier frame. The Ikea frame is very sturdy and has several inner rings to allow for layering of the ornaments.
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Are there any pictures of this fixture lit up or in the context of the room? It may be a neat project, but the pictures are a$$.
view hejiranyc's profile
Yeah, I need an after picture from much further back - this is just a detail shot that doesn't show you what it really looks like at all.
view ARC's profile
i want to do this in my bedroom! how pretty :)
view Joan in SB's profile
great idea! but upon ravaging the ikea site, i discovered it's the fler not kvartil
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40081462
view olga's profile
I think you are almost there. The inspiration piece has a very dense cluster like a bunch of grapes, yours is sparser (maybe the look you intend?) so doesn't have as much impact.
That said, kudos for getting the project done! Good eye for putting together the right pieces, I just think you need a few more ornaments.
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I thought about doing this a while back after seeing the 'inspiration fixture' at anthropologie for like $2,000 or something ridiculous. my input would be that you should use high strength fishing line as opposed to the wire. i used wire to hang glass ornaments before and have since used the fishing line because the lines of the wire are too distracting and they will never be as smooth as you would want them. try it this way and i am sure you will be much happier with the results. cheers.
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Olga, that is the Kvartil chandelier.
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50064805
Fler is a different one.
I agree with Slim, it looks like it could use more ornaments, but it's hard to say without a wider after shot. :)
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