If you have a creative talent and a rich imagination, you need to set aside some of your free time and devote it to needlework. You can make wonderful crafts and products. Today we will talk about how a chandelier is made or transformed with your own hands.

In this article, we will reveal how to make it and what materials you can use, show you a lot of ideas and options for performing such work. A homemade chandelier will emphasize the features of your interior and surprise guests.

The difference between a homemade chandelier is its uniqueness

A chandelier is the most expensive lamp that is used in the house. Made by hand, it will not only be unusual, but will also be able to have a number of advantages. Relying on this, arm yourself with everything you need and proceed:

has no analogues;
fully meets your requirements.

A do-it-yourself chandelier made from improvised materials is already a unique design, but there are still some subtleties in this matter! There are two ways to transform the queen of today's topic:

Come up with a new version of the ceiling.
Completely create a new design from improvised materials.

Which one is more suitable for you to decide, we will consider all options.

Useful video: Making a paper chandelier.

Difficulties to be overcome

To make a chandelier, you need to think everything through. The main thing is not to spoil the materials. The first step to creating a masterpiece, you need to familiarize yourself with the master classes presented, study the photo and video instructions, and only then proceed.

This order of work will allow you to understand the sequence of your thoughts, and you will gain skills in working with certain materials. Perhaps, during the viewing, you will have a unique idea.

The work, although not difficult, is painstaking, so no matter what material you take, it is better to do it slowly. The created lamp will serve you for many years. Follow the safety rules when working with electrical appliances. Use only high quality insulating and connecting materials.

Before creating a lamp, first sketch its final result - this develops spatial thinking and allows you to see the subtleties that you will have to face. After following the instructions, you will not have any difficulties.

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Bends but doesn't break

We want to draw your attention to the fact that you should not be biased towards the tree or exclude it as the basis for a future beautiful lamp. The fact is that a tree, only at first glance, may seem like a material that will not suit you or you cannot do anything with it.

One has only to heat up any tree to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius, as it acquires plasticity, and when bent in the right direction it will cool down, preserving the memory of the created bend. So take this advice into account and create designer things at home.

How to make an original chandelier, a master class at home

The “Forest Nest” chandelier is made of eco-materials, it is based on a steel ring, which was braided with a vine and several saw cut branches were inserted. LED lamp as light source. Perfectly complements the classic interior.

Materials are not material

There is no better idea than the one that came to mind spontaneously, and it took absolutely nothing but time to implement it. We recommend starting from what is at hand. You can, of course, get confused, go around all the shops, choose golden silks and designer silver threads, or you can do nothing of the sort.

Plain paper and beautiful fabric may be the optimal material. For example, things like a dinner set or old beads, coconut leaves and a coffee can, a baby car or a basket, an empty bottle, a skein of rope, beads are suitable.

The chandelier is called “Cups of the Soul”. The idea arose early in the morning at the next tea party. To make an unusual pendant chandelier, you needed: a tea set, a diamond drill, LED lamps, a thick fishing line and a piece of wire.

10 examples for original homemade products on the ceiling

No. 1 For those who like to ride

Such an unusual solution can be applied to a children's room. The wheel can be used in any diameter. To implement the idea, you need to work a little with an electric drill.

Use voluminous glasses as lamp shades. Choose your own color and size. The best source of light is electric gas-discharge or LED lamps with a glow temperature of 4000 K. This color shade is best suited for a child's room.

A creative bicycle wheel lamp does not require any special skills to make, and it will look very original.

After making holes, paint the wheel in a color that will contrast against the background of the interior of the room, and assemble the wheel.

It is necessary to make four holes for the power cable with a 4 mm drill and four holes for attaching the chandelier with a string. Holes are drilled before painting and wiring. The wire starts along one of the fastening strings. Use a ring as a fastening element.

No. 2 Do not hang on a hanger, but hang a hanger

The fact is that for the manufacture of such a design you will need 20 identical wooden hangers. If you have such a quantity, then you can make a lamp very quickly.

Due to the fact that there are ready-made holes for the spokes in the rim, you don’t have to use a drill, and a plastic screed will fit well into the holes. To the upper ring of the hanger can be fixed with small wires, screwing them with screws from the end of the hanger.

You can supplement the lamp with a translucent veil by laying it inside. The old tulle is perfect.The color can also be changed at will with a can of paint.

As the basis of the chandelier, you can use any round frame. In this case, a rim from a bicycle wheel is used. Perfect as a garden chandelier.

#3 Loft style will never lose its popularity

At the very beginning of the 21st century, the loft became a special style of home interior, which features high ceilings, bare brick walls, open communications along with old furniture and modern technology.

It will be possible to emphasize the features of the style with an unusual chandelier. An excellent material will be iron pipes. There will be no difficulties in this work, because all connections will be threaded. So let's get started.

To make a chandelier, we need:

tee ¾ - 4 pcs;
cross ¾ - 1 pc;
corner ¾ - 8 pcs;
transition ¾ by one and a half inches;
tubes with a diameter of ¾ inches and a length of 8-11 cm - 4 pcs;
connecting nipple bronze long - 9 pcs;
lamp holder;
wire 2x0.5 mm² - 5 m;
a can of bronze or gold paint;
lamps -8 pcs.

The cost of a loft-style chandelier will not exceed 1000 rubles, and the view turned out to be quite nothing, such a design is a unique design idea.

When everything you need is purchased, proceed with the assembly. To do this, you just need to screw all the necessary parts into place. Start the assembly with a cross, cut off the necessary pieces of cable to immediately pass them into the holes of the tubes and fittings. The cartridges are installed last. For fixed fixing, use a plastic heat gun.

#4 Hello from an old friend

The benchmark for simplicity and sophistication dressing room or an intermediate room will become a composition where you will not need anything other than an old hat, wire and cartridge. It is important to use only energy-saving lamps, as incandescent lamps generate too much unnecessary heat. To install it, it is enough to make one hole and run the power cable.

Such a lamp can only be supplemented with weaving, it is so easy to veil the wire.

№5 Lovers of antiquity in the kitchen

Such an idea will perfectly find a place for itself on kitchen. To implement, you will need an old aluminum kettle or pan. The pattern can be translated through carbon paper and drilled with a 2 mm drill.

With a saucepan, the idea will be easier because you don’t have to fiddle with the bottom, as is the case with a kettle. As a light source, install whatever your heart desires, installing a gas discharge lamp is a simple and effective option.

It will be most convenient to place the chandelier in the working area above the dining table; this model looks good in rooms with high ceilings. The recommended suspension height is 1 m from the ceiling level.

To make you will need:

drill 2 mm - 5 pcs;
electric drill;
an old kettle or saucepan;
lamp holder;
kapron thread for suspension;
wire 1.5 m long.

Leave such a chandelier in its natural color, fine sandpaper marked 1000 will help get rid of minor flaws on the aluminum surface.

№6 Straw chandelier

At the heart of it is a chandelier made of wire, twisted in the shape of a ball. All straw elements are mounted to the base using a thermal gun, it uses replaceable plastic pencils.

It is not necessary to apply abundantly molten liquid plastic, one drop will be enough and the straw will never fall off.Such chandeliers are used on verandas and in summer arbors as the main lighting.

Quite simple in design, a straw lamp will be a wonderful piece of furniture for your gazebo or hallway.

#7 Do not throw away bottles

To create such an original lamp, we need a good wooden base - a wooden shield, bottles, wires, chains and 5 fasteners are best suited. Can be used as light sources led strip, they will be easier to run into the neck of the bottle, and you will save a lot on lamp sockets.

The light from such a chandelier will be diffused, with a brown and green tint, so do not worry about bright light sources. Such a lamp will complement your cozy evenings with its charming twilight.

Glue the LED strip with the back side to one another and solder the power. Place the power supply somewhere to the side.

No. 8 Beaded chandelier

The idea is very good, but laborious. Such a chandelier is well suited to hallway. As a ceiling, it is better to use a finished frame from an old floor lamp. Beads and beads take bright colors.

String the elements on a regular fishing line and fix to the frame structure. It would be appropriate to complement the finished product with flowers and butterflies, which can be purchased separately in specialized stores.

A beaded chandelier will be a wonderful design element in your hallway.

#9 A kerosene lamp will last forever

Lovers of vintage style will love this idea. An old kerosene lamp can be found on summer country walks in almost every home, all we need to implement this idea is your pens, a can of paint, some wood and metal wire.

Such lamps can be used as the main and additional lighting. The meaning is only in the fastening. The example shown uses a wall mount. For it, it is necessary to process a small piece of wood, giving it a special shape. You can use the carving kit. This will help emphasize the structure or create a unique pattern.

A two-element thick metal strip, which is painted in the color of the lamp, is used to fasten the lamp to a wooden suspension. Instead of carabiners, you can use any fastening loops.

The light of such sources is diffused and therefore it is better to use it as flood lighting at night, taking low-power lamps. These lamps look good in pairs.

#10 Butterflies fly high

Any Soviet version is perfect as the base of the lamp. To make the design interesting, you can buy butterflies and work with your own hands on their transformation.

A thin steel wire will serve as a place to which the butterflies will stick, fasten it to the lamp holder with pliers. Then the place of twisting and crimping can be veiled with a woolen rope, it will add an unusual effect to your lamp.

It is not necessary to paint the body of the lamp and butterflies in the same color. Here you can create a contrast. For example: if the body is painted blue and black and white butterflies are placed, then purple butterflies will already be a highlight in such a composition.

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Safety inspires and saves lives

Use only quality materials for conductive parts.It is unacceptable to use small wire. To connect the fixtures, 2 copper wires with a cross section of 0.5 mm are used².

Step-by-step instructions for connecting a chandelier:

Switch off the power supply in the room completely. To do this, unscrew the plugs or turn off the circuit breakers.
Take a stable surface for easy access to the attachment point. A stepladder or a dining table will do.
Check if the hinge is properly fixed in the ceiling. If not, install a new one.
The bracket is mounted in the opposite direction to the incoming cable, so as not to damage it.
The wires of the lamp should have a small margin (15-20 cm) so that you can hang the chandelier and connect the wires in a quality format. Use connecting strips. The rest of the wires will settle into a protective casing, which is threaded before installing the chandelier on its power cable.

Helpful Hints

The idea of creating especially exquisite things can be borrowed from well-known brands of such products. All you have to do is add a bit of imagination, and most likely your creation will look better than in the windows.

You can find an interesting store with accessories and lotions, where you can not only find beautiful butterflies, but also a bunch of different and amazing things. Including fasteners for future structures.