when your taste gets expensive . . .

build it yourself! Or at least give it a really noble effort. So, I'm working on a chandelier/pendant to go over my island. The frame is built of black walnut and will be about 20"w x 20"h x 14"d.

This is as far as I got today. Cut pieces of frame to length and width, cut lap joints for the top and bottom of the frame, turned the finial to top the piece and drilled through it (my bit was JUST BARELY long enough), and cut two of the . . . trusses? I'm not sure what to call those things that attach the finial to the rest of the frame.

Here's where we're at: