{"id":618,"date":"2015-10-11T01:14:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T01:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2016-03-28T03:47:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T03:47:35","slug":"diy-crystal-chandelier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/index.php\/diy-crystal-chandelier\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Crystal Chandelier"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.easingslider-622 { max-width: 840px; }.easingslider-622 .easingslider-image { max-height: 600px; max-width: 840px; }.easingslider-622 .easingslider-fade-in, .easingslider-fade-out { -webkit-animation-duration: 400ms; -moz-animation-duration: 400ms; animation-duration: 400ms; }<\/style><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.EasingSlider622 = 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title=\"\" class=\"easingslider-image easingslider-lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"easingslider-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/easing-slider\/assets\/images\/placeholder-pixel.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_06901-840x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"easingslider-image easingslider-lazy\" \/><\/div><div class=\"easingslider-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/easing-slider\/assets\/images\/placeholder-pixel.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_0702-840x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"easingslider-image easingslider-lazy\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the built in bar project, I decided to put a DIY crystal chandelier between the two top cabinets.<\/p>\n<p>Items needed;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Old lamp shade made to be used with a harp and\u00a0finial.\u00a0 This could be round or square.\u00a0 I used a square shade.<\/li>\n<li>Silver Spray paint<\/li>\n<li>About 30 yards stringed crystals<\/li>\n<li>5 tear drop crystals<\/li>\n<li>1 pendant light kit<\/li>\n<li>1 Ikea Dimma cord dimmer<\/li>\n<li>4 screw eyes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>I purchase the lamp shade from the thrift store for about $3.00.<\/li>\n<li>I removed the fabric and completely sanded off the metal frame removing any left over glue.<\/li>\n<li>I spray painted the frame with 3 coats of\u00a0silver spray paint.<\/li>\n<li>When dry, I added a third row in the center using wire I purchased from the thrift store.<\/li>\n<li>I separated the stringed crystals into 7&#8243; lengths.<\/li>\n<li>I turned the lampshade the other way.<\/li>\n<li>I looped a number of the 7&#8243; stringed crystals to the top metal (first row)<\/li>\n<li>I repeated the same to the second and third rows and added tear drop crystals to the corner and center stringed crystals.<\/li>\n<li>In the mean time, I had purchase a pendant light kit from Ikea for $5.00 and passed the cord from the top of the built in to a cord dimmer then to\u00a0an electrical outlet.\u00a0 The cord dimer is used to control the light.<\/li>\n<li>I had cut a hole for the socket of the pendant light kit and secured it by unscrewing the socket cover and re-attaching it after I put the socket onto the hole.<\/li>\n<li>I completed the rest of the built in so that the cord does not show and only the socket for the light bulb was showing.<\/li>\n<li>I attached the completed crystal chandelier by slightly prying open 4 screw eyes, big enough for the frame of the chandelier to fit through.\u00a0 Note, I chose to use screw eyes instead of cup hooks because I wanted the chandelier to be very secure without any risk of un hooking.<\/li>\n<li>Using the top frame of the chandelier as a guide, I traced the shape against the ceiling with the light socket in the center.<\/li>\n<li>I screwed in the screw eyes into the 4 corners.<\/li>\n<li>I hooked the completed chandelier and screwed in the light bulb to complete this DIY chandelier project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As part of the built in bar project, I decided to put a DIY crystal chandelier between the two top cabinets. 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Silver Spray paint About 30 yards stringed crystals 5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DIY Crystal Chandelier - abundantlivinginteriors.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DIY Crystal Chandelier\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/index.php\/diy-crystal-chandelier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DIY Crystal Chandelier - abundantlivinginteriors.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DIY Crystal Chandelier\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/index.php\/diy-crystal-chandelier\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"abundantlivinginteriors.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-28T03:47:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/index.php\/diy-crystal-chandelier\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/creativesolutionsinteriors.com\/index.php\/diy-crystal-chandelier\/\",\"name\":\"DIY Crystal Chandelier - 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