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    DIY Chandelier Tutorial - How to Turn Trash into Treasure

    by Jennifer Fancher 5 Comments Published: 5/12/17 Updated: 3/8/22 This post may contain affiliate links.

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    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Have you ever wanted something so bad you could taste it, but it was not going to work with your budget? When we made over our one Master Bedroom Closet into a separate His and Hers  - I wanted a gorgeous, sparkly chandelier in my she-chic closet. However, it wasn't in the budget.

    I was bummed. Let down. Honestly, a bit heart broken.

    My vision for what I wanted my closet to look like wasn't going to happen - until I stumbled upon a vintage find I had stashed away from a garage sale and inspiration struck!

    Well, actually, it was a side-tracked inspiration.

    I shared with you how I made our boring ceiling fan into a farmhouse-y feature.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    When I saw how cute that vintage mesh basket looked with those crystals - I knew I could create my chandelier I wanted!  Here's how I did it! Affiliate links are provided for your convenience. You can read my disclosure here.

    Supplies for a DIY Chandelier

    • Vintage mesh basket
    • Mini Pendant Light kit
    • Crystal Pendant Globe - Lowe's
    • Teardrop Crystal Garland - Hobby Lobby
    • Crystal Ornaments
    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    To begin, I took one of the baskets and a pendant light kit I purchased from Lowe's.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    You can wire the light kit up to any standard ceiling fixture and it easily separates to adjust the length. It's perfect if you want to add the basket like I did!

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    A threaded cover is at the base that you simply unscrew...

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    and separate from the base plate.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Now you can pull the cord completely from the base allowing you to thread it through the mesh basket.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    The center hole in my mesh basket was wide enough for the cord to go through easily, but yours may need a bit of adjusting depending on the size of your basket.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    One I had the basket on the light fixture, I simply repeated the above steps in reverse to reassemble the light kit.

    Now for the fun part!

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    I went to Hobby Lobby and found lots of acrylic crystals and sparkly things in their wedding decor aisle. I also scoured my Christmas ornaments for any crystal type of ornament and got to work.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Here's a tip - set your basket in a vase or something tall the you can easily turn to add the crystal drops.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    I separated each crystal from the strand it came on.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Then I added jump rings to each individual crystal. You can find the jump rings in the jewelry findings area at your craft store.  They are easily bendable and great to work with.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    I just added them around the edge of my basket, making sure to even space each crystal.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    My DIY Chandelier is looking so good!

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Next I wanted to create depth by adding crystals to the inside of the basket. This is where the ornaments and other dangling crystal you find come into play.

    There's no exact method - just use your eye and create a look you love with the items you have. It took trial and error to get the look I wanted, but it only took me about 45 mins to assemble all the crystals to get a look I loved.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Finally, we can hang it up! We removed the old, ugly fluorescent light that was in the closet.

    *I'll stop here to give a disclaimer. We are not licensed electricians and don't feel qualified to give out electrical advice. You can find lots of tutorials on the world wide web teaching you how to wire a light, or you can contact a local electrician to wire the light for you.

    So, since we aren't pros - we're going to skip the wiring step.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    Since our electrical box was right next to the door, we had the length of the pendant cord to allow us to place it in the center of our closet's ceiling.

    Since we hung the mesh baskets with hooks, we made sure they were screwed into the stud for security. We added some clips that we found in our tool box to help hold the cord against the ceiling.

    They are hard to see, but if you look closely, you can see that white u-clip just above the basket.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    At last, she is in place - isn't it pretty?!

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!

    The last step was to add the crystal globe.  There are lots of different types of shades, cages and globes you can use with these pendant light kits and I chose this sparkly one.

    This DIY chandelier has been such a fun project!

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!
    Jen from Noting Grace shares her Master Bedroom reveal for the One room challenge and how they added a second closet to their bedroom.

    Just look how she glows!

    I adore it so much, that I've named her.  She is affectionately called my She-Chandy!

    Jen from Noting Grace shares her Master Bedroom reveal for the One room challenge and how they added a second closet to their bedroom.

    It's like jewelry for my ceiling. My DIY Chandelier looks pulled so together with it's new DIY chandelier.

    To see how the other closet turned out for our Master Bedroom Makeover, you can read all about that here.

    DIY Chandelier: This blogger takes an ordinary mesh basket and turns it into something stunning!
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    1. Jennifer Fancher

      July 10, 2021 at 7:53 am

      Hey Gail - it really is super simple! Hope you have fun creating your own!

    2. Gail

      July 08, 2021 at 1:58 pm

      That looks very nice. And so simple. Maybe
      I could give it a go.

      Thanks Jen

      Gail Morgan. My July 8, 2021

    3. Jennifer Fancher

      August 15, 2019 at 3:24 pm

      Great! I'm so glad this helped you. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

    4. shokuhenoor

      August 15, 2019 at 12:40 pm

      this article was so good, It really help me to make a chandelier.

    5. Ivory

      July 24, 2018 at 11:25 pm

      Absolutely fabulous

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