Interior design trend spotting:
Chandeliers don’t have to be those clunky brass ornaments your home came with. Try real jewels, paper, metal or other materials in your home for that new focal piece and get ahead of the trend! Below are five creative options that are sure to stun any visitor, be it to your house or your office. Get creative on any budget!
Not your grandma’s jeweled chandelier
Turquoise beaded chandelier available at Marjorie Skouras Design. Bonus: below are several of the designer’s other creations, in case turquoise is not your favorite!
Kickin’ it IKEA style
Short on funds but looking for high impact? IKEA has a great, inexpensive, oversized light fixture called “MASKROS.”
Crazy cool colors
The “Retro Glamour Chandelier” from Horchow (yes, that Horchow) comes in all sorts of gorgeous colors that can inspire any room. Above is their purple chandelier, but there are other amazing colors, behold:
Love notes and more
Albeit a bit pricey, Lumens.com has a fantastic option for your inner poet for any room – this chandelier can be changed at will with a simple pen stroke. We actually thought it would be a neat way to feature childrens’ art!
Neo-Baroque, chandelier of the Gods
We saved our favorite for last – this Neo-Baroque Chandelier from Atalier Abigail Ahern looks like it came directly from an architect’s sketch book, and it is the chandelier of our dreams. It is pricey and gigantic, but wow, it is just stunning.
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