My dining room chandelier
is a beautiful Waterford crystal specimen.
It's quite sparkly and
lovely but...
it's tainted.
And it's hung too high.
Long story short-
My dad
gave this chandelier to my mom as a 29th anniversary gift.
They
divorced a few months later.
I
inherited said chandelier full of taint with a chain that's too short for my dining
room.
The
end.
So I am on the hunt for
something fantastically awesome and unexpected!
...that I can also afford.
Through various Google images searches I
have found several options that had to be
considered (albeit briefly) if only for the sake of the unexpected.
First, I give you the
“Terrarium”
Unfortunately it cost and arm and a leg! (You see what I did there?)
Next we have the
“Round of Applause”
High hundred-and-five,
suckas!
How about the
“Bird Nest”
(this one I found on Designmanifest.blogspot.com)
I actually kind of want
this one just so I can host a dinner party and serve all kinds of
poultry and egg dishes and have feathers sprinkled all over the table
and watch my guests faces as they connect the dots.
Or how about this one which
I like to call
“The Last Person Who
Insulted My Cooking”
And last, but not least, I
present to you the
“Upside Down Plastic
Mesh Trash Can Stuffed with Some Cheap Fake Birds and Some Sticks”
I'm all for a good DIY
project and have no problem with Dollar Tree
finds but seriously...
For obvious reason I have decided against the aforementioned light fixtures but I haven't quite decided
for sure which direction I want to go with the light
fixture I want.
Maybe a simple, classic
modern brass like one of these:
I am also considering
getting crazy with the Cheez Whiz and going with something in glass
like one of these momma-jommas because if you have something like
this in your dining room ,it's obvious that you're just better than
everyone else and I think I would like to be that girl for a change:
google.com
So, yeah, this one has
kind of a 'Medusa stopped turning stuff to stone and started blowing
glass' vibe but it's just so twisty and swirly and artsy and awesome.
I want it in blue.
I also like these nature-y
ones:
This one is from West Elm
and it's made from dried coconut strips.
I like it because it's not
only interesting, sculptural and attractive...
it's also EDIBLE! How
convenient is that?
(Ugh – I'm sure I need
put a disclaimer here that it's not actually edible – I made that
part up.
So if you buy this, don't eat it. But if you do try to eat
it email me and let me know if it's delicious!)
Last but not least...
This one can be purchased
for a mere $1249 at Cabanahome.com
It looks like it's made of
sticks someone found in their backyard.
Hmmm...
I have sticks in MY
backyard...
Actually it's made from
reclaimed French oak wine barrel staves.
Just an FYI for those who
might drink wine from a box on occasion and didn't already know this
– a stave is a fancy word for pieces of wood that make up the sides
of a vessel of some sort...
I looked it up.
À la vie et à
l'amour
-Cortney
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