Paris Gray Mini Chandelier

I was surprised to find the exact same vintage chandelier twice! remember the first one I found and painted turquoise (click here to see it)?  I bought the first one for $5 and this one was only $3 at a different yard sale.

I could not find the before pictures of the second chandelier, but since it is the same as the previous one, here is the picture of the first chandelier before I painted it turquoise.

It was just a plain, little, iron chandelier, when I found it.

This morning, as the sunlight was brilliantly filtering through the trees, I decided to take my finished, crystal chandelier on a nature hike down to the creek for a little photo shoot. 

I used Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint in Paris Gray to start the transformation.  I had already primed the chandelier before I bought the Chalk Paint, but I do not think there is a need to do that because Chalk Paint adheres to metal.  I used a little bit of dark wax over the Paris Gray paint to give the chandelier more depth.

I ordered 30 vintage crystals for a vintage chandelier I am redoing for my kitchen.  I had a few extra that I hung from the center of this mini chandelier.  I ordered the crystal strands from Gallery, which is the cheapest place I could find them online.  

I just love how chandeliers look hanging outside, from tree branches.

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French Gray Wall Sconce

Our deck overlooks a creek and I want to make it a beautiful place to sit and relax, while listening to the water.  My aunt Susan gave me this lovely, cement urn last time I visited her cottage.  Not much will grow on my deck because it is so shaded by trees, but at least ivy thrives here!  I want to find a couple of french bistro chairs at a yard sale too.  I might use this old, shipping crate as a table, once I find the chairs.

View of the creek from my deck

Hopefully, I will have a deck reveal to show you soon!  I have also been collecting old lanterns for evening lighting and I found this scrolling, iron, wall sconce at a yard sale for $2.

The finish was green when I bought it, which wasn't bad except for the fact the my house is painted light green too.  

I painted the wall sconce a French gray and then painted a brown glaze overtop.

 I love the scrolling iron and the leaf details of this candle sconce.

It is just a subtle difference, but I like the pale gray so much better.

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Old World Chandelier

I finally finished the chandelier for my living room!  This was the first chandelier I bought and the most difficult to restore, which is why it sat in the corner of my living room for almost a year.

This boring, paper lantern has been in our living room since we moved in.  I love the open beamed ceiling of this spacious room and I knew a grand chandelier is what it needed.  I found this ten light, vintage chandelier on Craigslist for $30 and I loved that it was a mix of wood and metal.

Before

After

I started by sanding the wooden balls and center pieces down to bare wood.  Then, I taped off the wood parts and Mr. Rubbish spray painted the metal nutmeg brown.

I ordered silicone dipped light bulbs, so the lights look like real candles.  

Aren't they cute?

I whitewashed over the spray painted metal and bare wood by painting on watered down, white paint and wiping it off with a rag.  I completed the finish with a coat of brown glaze to add some old world charm.

 It was a lot of work sanding all the black paint off the wood parts of the chandelier, but it was worth it in the end.  I love how the new finish looks on the wood.

I had been looking for some kind of wooden danglers for my chandelier, when I came across these wooden dowels at a rummage sale for 50 cents.  I sawed them in half and inserted a screw with an eye in the top.

I gave the dowels the same finish as the chandelier and attached the new dangles to the arms.

Mr. Rubbish rewired the main cord to be able to plug into an outlet, since we do not have a ceiling wired for a light.  I can hardly believe we finally finished this project!  It gives such a pretty ambiance to our living room and is much better looking than the paper lantern.

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Crowns, Jewels and Sheet Music

I bought more of these tall candles from the grocery store that I decorated for Christmas. I could not pass up this $1.50 candle sale! This time I copied my vintage sheet music onto cardstock and then printed crown clipart, from The Graphics Fairy, over the music. I used modge podge to wrap the paper around the candles and then added glitter paint to accent the crown details.

I used a copy of this vintage print for another candle. I altered it by adding a mini crown and lettering.

The last two candles were the ones I had already covered in brown, vintage sheet music for Christmas. I took off the Christmas greens and added burlap and vintage, pearl earrings to dress them up.

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