All That Glitters Should NOT be Gold

Of all the resources for ‘hunting’ down new finds, I have two favorites.    Estate Sales and Nature’s Bounty (more on that in another post).    (Barn sales are actually the total bomb but they don’t happen often around here so I can’t even go there.) 

At a recent estate sale I found this …….

……in all it’s uber ugly gold-ness.  Let the dismantling begin!

First up, cleaning the crystals.  A bath of hot water, salt and vinegar does the trick.

Next, I used tin foil to cover the parts of the chandelier that were not getting painted.

Next, a coat of primer and  then paint.

Tada!  No wiring this time – it already came with a plug and DIMMER!