Upcycled Chandelier

A few years ago, I found some inspiration on Pinterest for an upcycled chandelier and make it a charming, romantic “flowercrown”

I told my husband about the idea and short after he came home with this old beautiful chandelier from our local Red Cross store. Isn’t he lovely 🥰?

I had no idea of where to actually hang it when it was finished, which meant it found it’s way to my moms attic…

Last year my husband and I bought our own house and I quickly spotted the perfect place for my chandelier and a few weeks back, I started working on it. We found the spray paint together and I got some money from my mom to buy an angle grinder (she got a rhododendron from me in return 😉)

I went to the local craft store/ DIY store to get help on which glue would be best for the project. Most of the “How to” guides I could find, was typically from USA and we don’t have the same brands in Denmark. 

I found that both Dana lim and No more nails are good types of montage glue, and has a glue you can use for outdoor projects.

Another thing I learned, is that it is important, that both your primer, paint and topcoat/varnish is from the same brand. This is important, because different brands, can have different ingredients in their sprays, which can cause the paint to bobble up and effect the finished product.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun making this chandelier into a “plantcrown” and I enjoy looking at it from my living room and appreciate the beautiful colours of it all.

BTW the reason for the pots being a different shade than the chandelier, is that I ran out of paint and when I went back to the store it turned out they are closing and they didn’t have that colour. Well, as it sometimes happens, there can be luck in your “bad luck” and I think it turned out WAY better this way and I am actually great full that this “mistake” happened. It is just PERFECT that the pots have a lighter shade.

I think there is a lesson to be learned somewhere in this… don’t be afraid to mess up and go in another direction?

What do you think of this “plantcrown” is it something you would do yourself?

Let me know in the comments, I’d love to talk to you and hear your thoughts.

Have a nice day

- Lea