Dandelion Crystal Chandelier
Last year we retired our 14-year-old dark cherry table for a new light grey country-style dining room table. This set into motion redecorating the dining room to shift from a dark heavier setting to a light airy setting. We swapped out furniture, painted furniture, and purchased some beautiful lighting fixtures like the Dandelion Crystal Chandelier to create a much airier and inviting feel.
Dining Room Before
As you can see from the wall table to the corner cabinet we had dark wood. Our previous chandelier had to be part of the original décor back in 1987, and the navy valance didn’t help give the room much appeal.
Dining Room After
Here are the changes we made to create our beautiful dining room.
- Weston 5-piece dining room table with 2 additional chairs from El Dorado ($1,162)
- Bush Furniture buffet table from Amazon ($131.13)
- A new coat of paint to the existing corner cabinet (approx. $25 in paint and supplies)*
- NICETOWN stone blue curtains from Amazon ($23.99)
- Silver and crystal curtain rod from Amazon ($31.99)
- Hlartdecor hexagon decorative mirror 31.5 x 31.5 inches from Amazon ($149.67)
- Small crystal lamp from Bealls ($19.99)
- Dandelion crystal chandelier from Amazon ($116.79)
- 2 sets LED daylight bulbs for the chandelier from Amazing ($34.22)
* To get the correct color of paint for the corner cabinet we took a shelf from the buffet table to Home Depot and had them do a color match.
The dining room table was a great purchase and transformed our dining room, but the Dandelion crystal chandelier is by far my favorite addition. It is beautiful both on and off and is such a dazzling statement piece.
Dandelion Crystal Chandelier Review
My mother has this same dandelion crystal chandelier in her home. When I was searching to replace my outdated chandelier, I kept coming back to this.
Size
The dandelion crystal chandelier I purchased comes in three different sizes: 6 lights, 12 lights, or 16 lights. The one in the pictures here is the 12-light option. My dining room is pretty large and 12 lights was more than enough to brighten the room. I would say the 16-light option would be for a very large room.
Color
There are two options to choose from chrome or gold. Obviously with greys and blues as my dining colors, I went with chrome.
Light Bulbs
The dandelion crystal chandelier does not come with light bulbs, you have to purchase them separately. G9 bulbs are required. When searching for G9 bulbs I knew I wanted LED daylight bulbs vs the soft white. Most of the G9 bulbs LED daylight bulbs have little yellow squares on them. Since the bulbs are visible in this chandelier, I did not want the yellow squares and found one option where the light bulb is encased in white plastic. The only drawback is that while it says they are dimmable light bulbs, they are about 50% dimmable. Once they get about half bright, they then turn off. For our purposes, I decided I would accept this as I liked the looks of the light bulbs better.
Installing the Dandelion Crystal Chandelier
This is a two-person job, and thankfully my mother came over to help. When you receive the chandelier, you have to put it together. Here are my recommendations when putting together and installing the dandelion crystal chandelier.
- Hang and install the base before installing the crystal strings
- Install all crystal strings before cutting the zip ties which releases them
VERY IMPORTANT! When hanging the base note that the metal cord is a one-way cord. Meaning once you pull it through the base it does not come back out. So you can always shorten the cord to hang the light higher but you can not lower it to make it longer. Please decide on a length before installing it.
The reason I recommend hanging the base before installing the crystal strings is that once all the crystal strings are installed the light is much heavier. In addition, the crystal strings surround the base so you can’t lay it on a table to install, it needs to hang to get them all installed.
The installation does take some time due to having to put each piece together but the results are a dazzling dandelion crystal chandelier that looks beautiful.
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