The Chandelier Blog

Christine Huang:

Chandeliers are beautiful. They can add a bit of sparkle and je ne sais quoi to any room. You can buy chandeliers from a myriad of places, and there are all kinds of chandeliers from which to choose: crystal, wrought iron, alabaster, etc. Some chandeliers are exquisite in their own right, but I always add at least one special thing to make a chandelier my very own.

For example, crystal chandeliers are pure gorgeousness. The crystals on these chandeliers catch light from every direction making it virtual bling for a ceiling. For such ornamental delights, you may need to add only solid colored or patterned lampshades that match the color scheme and decor of the room. In addition to making your crystal chandelier more unique, adding shades to a crystal chandelier grounds the light fixture in the room and prevents the visual floating effect that can occur with all-crystal chandeliers.

On the flip side, you can take a plain, nicked hued Williamsburg style chandelier and dress it up quite a bit. You can find this type of chandelier for under a hundred bucks at your local home improvement store. You can make this less than hundred dollar chandelier look like a million bucks by adding accessories to it. You can buy crystals by the strand from a chandelier parts or lighting store, or you can purchase garlands of beads that abound in the holiday section of a craft store at Christmastime.

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Sensory Iimpact:

The latest from Dutch team, WAT Design (Short for Working Apart Together): trendy paper chandeliers.

WAT is currently displaying their products with Elseware at the Accent on Design Exhibition.

The News Press:

A half million crystals sparkle and glitter in the showroom of Strauss Lighting at the International Design Center in Estero.

Since the showroom opened two weeks ago, visitors who see the room full of chandeliers all have the same response, said showroom manager Laura Simion.

“Everyone who walks through the door just says ‘Wow.’”

Bling for the boudoir, bling for the bathroom and bling for the baby’s room.

Chandeliers are a decorating trend and Strauss’ new showroom is full of chandeliers from small to custom-made large. Designs are traditional to transitional.

“Chandeliers can be used in any setting today,” Simion said. “We have sizes from wall sconces to two stories tall.”

Traditionally chandeliers have been done in clear crystal only. But the trend today is to add colored crystals as accents, or to create the entire chandelier.

A small piece done in lavender hangs in the showroom. Simion said when the lights are off, the crystals look blue.

“We will be bringing in more color and styles in the next few weeks,” she said. “Designers love to see color in the chandeliers.”

Full article.

Q Digital Studio:

Susan Snipes has put the finishing touches on the very first Velvet Kitty chandelier. The fixture is a five-arm elegantly curved black steel chandelier with pear and heart-shaped cyrstal drops, czech glass beads, and pearls in pink, purple, and blue. The hand-crafted lighting fixture will be auctioned at tomorrow’s Heart Art Auction benefit event put on by AIGA Colorado.

The Heart Art Auction offers the opportunity for local artists to contribute their talents toward two great causes: two non-profits that have positively impacted our community for decades: AIGA and Project Angel Heart. The 13th Annual Heart Art Auction is sure to be an evening filled with exciting bidding, live jazz, delicious food, drinks and a bit of magic.

Heart Art Auction
Feb 8th, 2007 from 5:30 - 9:00 pm
The Walnut Foundry
3002 Walnut Street Denver, CO 80205

Chandelier in laser cut plexiglass with pendants in glass.

Made in: Italy

Vivre:

Erickson Beamon brings their innovative and decadent aesthetic to home décor and creates an exquisite lighting piece. Dripping with Japanese glass pearls, Swarovski crystals, glass and brass chain on an antique brass base, the Glam Rock chandelier is a handmade objet d’art.

Karen Erickson coined the phrase ‘chandelier earring’ in the 1980s when she designed a tiny dollhouse chandelier earring. This piece has been in the permanent collection of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum for two decades.

Price: $22,500.00

Turks.US Daily News:

Business Chandelier was originally used in abbeys and medieval churches in order to competently light up huge rooms and halls. It is a fixture set at the ceiling which has about two or more arms embracing lights. Before, chandelier typically form was of a wooden cross which has spikes for securing it.

Afterward, chandelier was not only for lighting purposes, it even gained decorative and aesthetic functions, ever since it took on further sophisticated forms. Finding chandeliers in palaces and at the homes of the rich, it that really surprising, in time, chandeliers became a symbol of wealth.

Crystal chandelier is one form of chandeliers. It varied and devised gradually but the stature came through the development of lead glass in England in the 17th century, stated by Jutta-Arnette Page, curator of the European Collection at the Corning Museum of Glass at New York.

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