I love funky chandeliers. My favorite chandelier creator is Ingo Maurer and if money was no object, I would purchase his winged chandelier. It is made of twisted wire and bare lightbulbs and has feathery wings on the base of the bulbs. I tried to recreate this in my dining room with a chandelier that is made of bendable wire with milk glass orbs at the ends. I glued wings on it, but it didn't work. I like it anyway because it looks very cool. My next funky chandelier is a big crystal thing that's hanging in the hallway. It's really too big and grand but thats where it is. I bought it for Eugene. Let me explain. He was directing the play, "An Inspector Calls" and needed a big crystal chandelier. Unbelievably, I went to the flea market and found it for $20!! It was in a box in pieces, and had to be put back together. But it was all there. Wow! We put it in the hall after the play was over. It's crazy because I would never put it in my dining room! Now it's time to reveal the real reason for this post. We are redoing our downstairs bathroom and I needed a new light. The old one was a nice little antique chandelier, but I wanted something different. I could see it in my mind and I actually did see it in Ikea! It was this huge, dandelion like, ball. It was white, delicate and I think made of paper. That's what I wanted, but it was too big! I looked all over the internet but couldn't find anything like it. Finally I gave up and we bought a modern glass ceiling light. I didn't love it but Eugene really liked it. So that's what we had until today. Sometimes on Saturdays we go out to lunch at Salsa's in New Milford. After lunch we go to the library and then the health food store. We did that today but as we were walking past this neat store called Spruce, I had this urge to go in. Reluctantly, Eugene went in too. That's when I spotted it: a wire ball hanging on a branch. It was covered in white butterflies. This was it!! This was exactly what I had been searching for! Eugene smiled and said buy it if you want to, but you have to bring the other one back. I agreed. We are trying to figure out how to hang it. I will post a picture when it's up. It's awesome and somehow I can see a link to Ingo Maurer. I think he would approve.
