Chandelier (Part One of Three)

My living room has this light fixture.  When I first moved here I thought it was soooo cute but now that I have changed my whole angle on the house the light is not  looking too good to me.

At All.

Period

And now I am even wondering…what was I thinking? Oh yeah, I remember now…authenticity for preserving my 73 year old log cabin…. anyway I have stressed over my light choices in the living room after I chanced upon a chandelier at the Goodwill.  I kept asking myself how I am going to do this…truth be told its way too large, I can’t use it, and I have to come up with something else.  Since I think I only paid $15 for the chandelier I figured I would re-purpose the base into something for the yard and use the loose crystal pieces in some light contraption I come up with…no harm, no foul Right?  Right.  Thanks.

I once again scoured the Internet looking for ideas.  I fell in love with this kind of sophisticated look but I need something with an ethnic twist.  Middle Eastern, SE Asian Indian glamor.  LOL I have to pull this living room together somehow… a turquoise wall, a plum/taupe/burgundy couch a black/gold/red tomato ottoman, a green/black/red and gold Indian tapestry oh goodness as I look around its giving me a headache.

I don’t read Chinese but I get the idea

You do understand what inspiration for me means right?  It means I like the concept and I will use that to do my own thing and while it may have some “thread of similarity” it probably will be waaaaaaay different.  That’s just how I roll.  The things I need are:

1. drum light shade
2. some extra crystals, wire and stringing
3. trim
4. imagination

The rest I will be winging cause I have no freaking clue what I am doing… all I know is that I want to do it.  I looked around for a drum shade and wow they are almost impossible to find under $35.  I am TOO CHEAP for that.  I went on the Internet to find some crystals and ummm… can’t afford those either.

Each night after work I been going to the stores looking for supplies.  Tonight I went shopping in Hancocks Fabric because everything was 30% off and I had a coupon for an additional 20% off one item.    Of course I went crazy in that joint.  That’s why my craft drawer is so full  hee hee.  I got a deal on a lamp shade….FINALLY

So here are my supplies:

You are probably wondering WHAT DA HELL?

Yeah me too.

I hope I don’t mess this up…shhhhhh don’t tell anybody

More to come…