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$150-$300 for a lamp kit, lampshade rings and a bunch of paperclips???

Can so easily be made without the overpriced kit.

My thoughts exactly, comicgeek

If you follow the link to the Etsy shop where these are being sold, the listed prices are for the completed chandeliers, and it says that a kit is available at a deeply discounted price...

I also think it's Satco bulb, rather than 'Saatco.'

a little too Tim Burton for my tastes... :)

I like these! Not sure I would pay for a completed one, but I don't imagine they would be too hard for a DIY'er, and kudos to the person who came up with the idea..

I would actually add crystals to it to break up the 'office industrial' feel you might get, but I dig the shadows these cast on the ceiling.

Reminds me of Dad's fishing basket.

I applaud the thought but would want something more ornate?

I thought it was chicken wire at first. I don't like seeing light bulbs. but always like to see inventive use of ordinary materials.

big safety pins would work too

Clever!

Thank you Apartment Therapy and AT subscribers! Excellent suggestions posted here. I would love to try a multi-color piece with those ever-present rainbow paper clips that eventually creep into most offices (you know the ones I mean).

P.S. Comicgeek, I absolutely promise that I don't send just a box of paper clips and supplies - its all arranged into a nice fractal patterned chandelier that you wire together from supplied CSA (Canadian Standards Approved) parts. That saves me the expense of hiring a registered electrician to wire and certify the piece.

Kindest Regards,

Penelope Bridge