Once upon a time, a nomadic renter named Grace had a deep obsession with chandeliers. Without a ceiling to call her own, she thought of other ways she could gloriously live by the light of vintage chandeliers. One day, she came upon a vintage chandelier that needed some TLC…with handfuls of Swarovski crystals (alas, sets of vintage ones are hard to find), re-wiring efforts, and hours of patient love later…voila! Grace had a chandelier perfect for hanging on a repurposed vintage bird cage stand.
The moral of the story? Even without a ceiling, you too can enjoy living by the light of a chandelier creatively hung on any re-purposed stand!
14 responses so far ↓
1 Lari // Sep 4, 2008 at 5:37 am
OMG Grace…I LOVE the lamp you made and the entire room!!
2 Sally // Sep 4, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Too pretty! Can you share how you attached the fixture to the top of the irdcage stand?
3 Rachel // Sep 4, 2008 at 2:24 pm
So clever! And it turned out so well.
4 Grace // Sep 4, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Thank you so much!
Sally — The bird cage stand conveniently had a small “j” hook already attached to the top (to hold the original bird cage). But if the stand does not come with one (or you choose to use a stand other than one for a bird cage), I would recommend using a no-installation “s” hook, as long as there is somewhat of a flat part on the top of the cage.
5 Sheau // Sep 4, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Very nice Grace. Love how bright it is in this room during day time. Then, at night the glowing crystal rain drops must be mystical.
6 cocomomo // Sep 5, 2008 at 1:35 am
Good work Grace! is that a real bird cage??? It’s beautiful ^_^
7 Grace // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:21 am
Thank you Sheau and Ayang! I do really enjoy sitting by the light at night…you are right Sheau, it does have a magical quality
The bird cage on the side table is real, and the stand was used to hold a bird cage in the past. Now, thankfully no more birds have to live in these cages!
8 Amy // Sep 5, 2008 at 5:34 pm
So very clever and beautiful, Grace! This really adds so much dimension to a room… a wonderful combo of texture and light!! *ooh la la*
9 Suzanne // Sep 8, 2008 at 1:02 am
Simply ~ gorgeously beautiful, Grace! What a beautiful corner.
10 Grace // Sep 9, 2008 at 1:38 am
Thank you so much Amy and Suzanne!
It is so fun to share with such equally inspirational, creative, and kind people!
11 M&Co // Sep 20, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Love it! Great idea, and perfectly done!!
12 Pat Jones // Sep 24, 2008 at 10:21 am
I love this light. Incredible. I want one. Will watch and find one and create. Lovely!!!Pat
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