Painting the Chandelier Green

This is the story of painting the chandelier green. Hot, vibrant lime green. It just makes my little heart so happy!

My sweet sister sent me a TIKTOK video where a man made a solar “candlelier” out of a chandelier.

Her words were I NEED one.

I quickly sent her a reply with the above picture and asked her if this one would work?

This beauty was gifted to me by a sweet friend, however there was something wrong with the wiring and the Hubs said it would be cheaper to buy a new one than try and rewire it.

So it sat in my office, waiting for a good idea on how to use it to come along.

Of course, sister said yes!

So here’s how the green chandelier came to be.

Step 1

While sister was deciding what color she wanted it to be, I started by removing the candle light socket cover.

Then sniped the wires connected to the light sockets, then unscrewed and removed the light socket.

Once that was done, I removed the light globe at the bottom of the chandelier.

And this is what it looked like.

 

Step 2

Paint the chandelier.

Sister decided on a bright, vibrant lime green.

I couldn’t have been happier.

After years of painting chandies white, black and turquoise, this was a breath of fresh air.

I mean, it’s going to hang outside from her pecan tree in her backyard.

Why not go bold?

TIP: Use a shepards hook to hang the chandelier from to spray paint the bottom and sides.

Once the bottom and sides were dry, I laid the chandelier on a drop cloth and spray painted it from the top.

Step 3

Paint the solar light puck.

When it came time to attach the solar lights to the candlelier, the black “puck” part looked weird.

I knew I needed to paint them green.

So I removed the globe from the bottom, placed the pucks in styrofoam and taped off the solar panel.

Then sprayed them green.

Once the pucks were dry, I put them back together and it was time to attach them to the candlelier.

Step 4

Attach the solar lights to the chandelier.

To do this I used silicone.

Since the probability of a $1.98 solar light going out is a strong possiblility, I didn’t want to attach it in a way that we couldn’t replace the light.

Silicone was the perfect solution.

It’s weather proof, strong and will hold up to heat.

BUT, is easily removed to add a different light.

 

Step 5

Add a little bling.

I decided to leave the glass globe off of the painted chandelier.

Sister lives in Oklahoma where the winds come barreling down the plain.

No tempting fate here!

But I did feel comfortable adding a few of the glass crystals back on.

If a few fall off, they are easily put back on.

 

Painting the chandelier green was so fun and easy.

It makes me wonder why I didn’t keep it for myself?

Until next time….