Show me your ceiling sparklies! Chandeliers of course

[Matata]

Here are mine. I love me some chandies!

Your house would be perfect if it had a resident Matata and her 4 savannah cats charmingly draped over your furniture pretending the house was theirs. Well...I'd be draped over your furniture; the cats would be literally swinging on the chandeliers.

 

[Gussie]

Your house would be perfect if it had a resident Matata and her 4 savannah cats charmingly draped over your furniture pretending the house was theirs. Well...I'd be draped over your furniture; the cats would be literally swinging on the chandeliers.

Lol, welcome to visit anytime! Poor kitties would have to fight with dogs for furniture rights though! I betcha the kitties would win...

 

[prs]

Our light fixtures are very contemporary in style. Not to everyone's taste I know, but we like them.

Entry chandelier


Dining room chandelier


Breakfast nook lights, this is where we dine 99% of the time.

 

[PintoBean]

I have a crystal chandelier and in my new brothel, I just outfit it with some blingy sconces and vanity lights.

 

[baby monster]

Love all the pics. If it was up to me, my house would have a crystal chandelier in every room as I need maximum sparkle coverage. DH is of another view, so we only have 4 - LR, DR, MBr and foyer. Foyer fixture is a smaller size of MBr one.

 

[ringbling17]

Here is ours in the front of the house. We have one of those lifts that bring it up and down for changing lightbulbs and cleaning. It’s by Shonbeck and I have a similar one for my dining room but I’ve never gotten around to putting it up. I’ve just kept the one that came with the house when we purchased it.

 

[ringbling17]

And my chandelier from my house in NY. I don’t have a good picture of it and found this in my camera roll on Fb.

 

[Gussie]

And my chandelier from my house in NY. I don’t have a good picture of it and found this in my camera roll on Fb.

Beautiful!

 

[Gussie]

Here is ours in the front of the house. We have one of those lifts that bring it up and down for changing lightbulbs and cleaning. It’s by Shonbeck and I have a similar one for my dining room but I’ve never gotten around to putting it up. I’ve just kept the one that came with the house when we purchased it.

It's by Schonbeck and you've never put it up??? Oh my goodness! Lol, I would love to have that!

 

[MarionC]

I brought two Schonbeks from my Mom’s house and installed one in my farmhouse kitchen.
Every sunny morning the room is filled with rainbows. I never tire of sitting in a room full of rainbows. Sorry I don’t have a better photo but I’m away and this is all I have.

 

[Gussie]

I brought two Schonbeks from my Mom’s house and installed one in my farmhouse kitchen.
Every sunny morning the room is filled with rainbows. I never tire of sitting in a room full of rainbows. Sorry I don’t have a better photo but I’m away and this is all I have.

I love seeing a sparkly chandelier in a rustic feeling room. The mixture is glorious!

 

[ringbling17]

It's by Schonbeck and you've never put it up??? Oh my goodness! Lol, I would love to have that!

Yes! I put it up for my first house in NY and then when we moved I put it up in my second house. Then we moved to this house and we negotiated with the sellers to keep the dining room chandelier. It’s a brass chandelier and my Shonbeck one is silver so it would actually match more with the entrance one, but it has so many crystals it’s seriously a pain to put it together. I would need a map. Maybe one day we will.

 

[canuk-gal]

Amazing. Love it all.

 

[MamaBee]

Yes! I put it up for my first house in NY and then when we moved I put it up in my second house. Then we moved to this house and we negotiated with the sellers to keep the dining room chandelier. It’s a brass chandelier and my Shonbeck one is silver so it would actually match more with the entrance one, but it has so many crystals it’s seriously a pain to put it together. I would need a map. Maybe one day we will.

Mine is also a Schonbeck. I paid the electrician to put it together..It’s not as bad as you think..Just do it!

 

[MamaBee]

Lol, welcome to visit anytime! Poor kitties would have to fight with dogs for furniture rights though! I betcha the kitties would win...

I’m coming too!

 

[MamaBee]

Forgot the bedroom hallway fixture. Blue.

Oooooooooh pretty!

 

[MamaBee]

Here's a lousy photo of a chandelier in our library. It's a wee bit small for the ceiling height, but I love it all the same

I love your ceiling! The room is gorgeous!

 

[missy]

Oooooooooh pretty!

@Mamabean Your home and your lighting is absolutely gorgeous. LOVE everything you have shared. Beautiful.



Thank you @Mamabean. I know it is not everyone's aesthetic but I do enjoy vintage lighting (and vintage/antique everything in fact). Most of our lights are french art deco and all original. We collected them gradually over the years from our favorite antique place. If we ever sell our home there is no way I am leaving these or including them in the sale. Though these just don't match our beach home aesthetic but then again we are not going to sell our NYC home and keep the beach house. If we sell NYC home we are going to sell our beach house too and move somewhere else. Of course this is TMI but (as usual) I am just thinking out loud.

I just remembered we have a vintage light fixture in the dining room at the beach house. The light fixture is from my very first apartment in NYC (it was in the master bedroom there) and I liked it so we took it when we bought our current apartment. It is blue and of course I love all things blue. Greg does not care for it but I insisted it go into the beach house dining room as the one that was there was awful. We are planning on replacing it eventually but I have not been motivated to start shopping for a new one mainly because I like it. LOL. Here is my only photo of it.



In the spirit of this thread take a look at this Swarovski chandelier. Wow.



If anyone is interested in purchasing it here is the link.

https://www.lightingselection.com/m...qIkxaAukxHWQxNFohSk-O-FdUCZaNCcRoCG5cQAvD_BwE

 

[Gussie]

Thank you @Mamabean. I know it is not everyone's aesthetic but I do enjoy vintage lighting (and vintage/antique everything in fact). Most of our lights are french art deco and all original. We collected them gradually over the years from our favorite antique place. If we ever sell our home there is no way I am leaving these or including them in the sale. Though these just don't match our beach home aesthetic but then again we are not going to sell our NYC home and keep the beach house. If we sell NYC home we are going to sell our beach house too and move somewhere else. Of course this is TMI but (as usual) I am just thinking out loud.

I just remembered we have a vintage light fixture in the dining room at the beach house. The light fixture is from my very first apartment in NYC (it was in the master bedroom there) and I liked it so we took it when we bought our current apartment. It is blue and of course I love all things blue. Greg does not care for it but I insisted it go into the beach house dining room as the one that was there was awful. We are planning on replacing it eventually but I have not been motivated to start shopping for a new one mainly because I like it. LOL. Here is my only photo of it.



In the spirit of this thread take a look at this Swarovski chandelier. Wow.



If anyone is interested in purchasing it here is the link.

https://www.lightingselection.com/m...qIkxaAukxHWQxNFohSk-O-FdUCZaNCcRoCG5cQAvD_BwE

I love your lighting @missy! So fun that you collect it!

My chandelier shown in the dining room has Swarvoski crystals. It was so much less expensive for the larger one in the entry to choose the regular lead crystals (not Swarvoski). I can't even tell the difference!! So there's a way to save a bit!

 

[missy]

I love your lighting @missy! So fun that you collect it!

My chandelier shown in the dining room has Swarvoski crystals. It was so much less expensive for the larger one in the entry to choose the regular lead crystals (not Swarvoski). I can't even tell the difference!! So there's a way to save a bit!

Thank you! Your home is stunning @ceg Love your aesthetic.

I also love how willing many PSers are to share. I love attending open houses and this is the next best thing.

 

[ringbling17]

Mine is also a Schonbeck. I paid the electrician to put it together..It’s not as bad as you think..Just do it!

My husband would never pay an electrician to put it up . He doesn’t want to pay for something he can do himself, yet he won’t put it up bc it’s too complicated, Lol! It was easy enough for us to hang it the first two times, it was all the crystals that made it hard to figure out where they went the second time.
Here is the current one in the dining room left by the previous owners. It sort of matches my furniture so that’s another reason I haven’t changed it.



And here are the ones over my kitchen island-

 

[ringbling17]

Here are mine. I love me some chandies!
Breakfast room. The led bulbs photograph very strange. Much softer IRL.
Dining room

Entry, the big sister to the dining room
Living room, hung a bit high. It's on the list of to dos!

Master bath

I love all of your lights, but especially the one over the bathtub. It’s just so extra!

 

[fluffboll]

I love your ceiling! The room is gorgeous!

Thank you Mamabean! It's an old Swedish country house with lots of charm.

 

[MamaBee]

My husband would never pay an electrician to put it up . He doesn’t want to pay for something he can do himself, yet he won’t put it up bc it’s too complicated, Lol! It was easy enough for us to hang it the first two times, it was all the crystals that made it hard to figure out where they went the second time.
Here is the current one in the dining room left by the previous owners. It sort of matches my furniture so that’s another reason I haven’t changed it.



And here are the ones over my kitchen island-

I can see why you don’t want to change itvout. It’s gorgeous!
My husband isn’t handy at all..I’m actually the handy one..but that would have been too big of a job for me..

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Beautiful chandeliers! This is the chandelier in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.

 

[Austina]

Our house is very modern, so we mainly have energy saving LED recessed lighting. In my dining room I have ‘Medusa’, I love it, although I’m sure a lot of people will think it’s hideous

 

[MamaBee]

Our house is very modern, so we mainly have energy saving LED recessed lighting. In my dining room I have ‘Medusa’, I love it, although I’m sure a lot of people will think it’s hideous

I laughed when I read Medusa! I love unique lighting! I would like to see it with the lights on!

 

[Austina]

To put it in to context, this is my dining room

 

[Austina]

 

[MamaBee]

Thank you! Your home is stunning @ceg Love your aesthetic.

I also love how willing many PSers are to share. I love attending open houses and this is the next best thing.

@ceg Are you an interior designer? You really don’t have to answer. I’m just curious because you certainly have a knack.
I used to love going to the Summit, NJ Holiday House tours. I’ve been to many different ones since we moved...but nothing compared to the ones they had. I’ll be going to one locally next month..but I will probably be disappointed. They’re usually antique houses that are decorated in the primitive style. I have an antique house in Maryland..and have many antique things there..but mix it up....