a merry mistake

Do you remember this Goodwill chandelier I got back in September for $19.95? We decided it would be perfect in Lauren’s room, but we had to make a few modifications.

You can see how I felt about the “pineapple” top, but Kerry mentioned in the comments:

“I used to have the larger chandy. We figured out that you can unscrew the points coming out of the top. We preferred it that way…”

I love Kerry for suggesting this! We did just that:

Unscrew the top, and then use a wrench to take off the screws holding the individual rods.

Then, we painted it. I was in a hurry, so I did a mighty sloppy job with the yellow spray paint and it looked awful, so I grudgingly went back out to sand down the bubbles and start again. I actually was loving the way it was looking as I was sanding, so we kept it shabby to look like we found it that way at a quaint little antique shop along a civil war trail here in VA {okay..stretching it a bit there}

and also added a little rub ‘n buff in patina (a lovely turquoise color) We covered the chain with a strip of fabric hot glued around the chain and added some pink pom pom fringe from JoAnn’s around the shades.

  Don’t you love mistakes that actually turn out to be good things??