Thrift Store Bling

I thought it would be fun to join Freckled Laundry's Bling Party, by showing you my thrift store candelabra make-over.

I found this cool candelabra, dripping with crystals, at the thrift store, for $8.99. I couldn't resist bringing her home. (you just know she's a girl!)

The first thing I did was remove all the crystals and clean them. It was actually FUN cleaning them and watching them start to sparkle. Out of the 20 crystals only one is missing. I thought that was pretty good.

Next I painted her white and added some pale gray to the raised areas. Some of you may not agree with painting this piece, but my theory is, anything from a thrift store is fair game!

Here she is with her new white coat and shimmering crystals.

I surrounded her with some mercury glass pieces for a little extra sparkle.

So very girly girl!

Here she is plugged in. The little light bulbs cost almost as much as the candelabra.

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Write by: AN - Sunday, October 3, 2010