Chandelier Update

So, here's where we got to over the weekend!! The frame is done, except for needing a couple more coats of finish. It's made of walnut and receiving a danish oil finish.

Now comes further decision making.

I had originally intended to wrap it with natural linen (on the inside so the frame still showed), but now that I have it this far, I'm second guessing that line of thought. I kind of think it would look great with no fabric and just a bulb, or maybe white linen is a better choice. And then there's the question of a diffuser. So, if you have an opinion, let me know. Either way, I'll post further pictures when it's done!

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:

so, I just found these!!

and these!!

and these . . .

and, maybe best of all, these

and I adore both of these, but they're a little more than I'd like to spend.

all from Visual Comfort.

more kitchen beauty

These sconces

maybe not quite this blue, but everything else is pretty close. Love the painted floor again, just not sure I could bring myself to do it to wood. But it's so gorgeous!! Dark walnut island, light (probably not marble) countertops, blue perimeter, clean whitewashed wood plank walls, and something lovely and lit above the island.

Bright ideas

i think i need this. in my powder room. maybe two.

further inspiration

TTN: the layout/islands. No overhang, yet the owner says she uses them all the time for eating/serving.

the pendant to die for!!

love the color scheme, beadboard ceiling, delightful pantry