Front Entrance Chandelier

Since we have 13foot high ceilings upstairs, we decided ages ago that we wanted proper chandeliers not just simple light fixtures. We have the space so why not?! One for the front entrance and one for the space by the bells.  My father-in-law came over to help William figure out how to wire them in.

It was more than just connecting the wires so it took some figuring out.  A difficult task on a very tall A-frame ladder but it was worked out.  Dad had to go, so the rest was up to William.

Once the main box/frame was up and connected, the outside panel needed to be put on.  This needed to be aligned with the spaces for the bulbs.

As William was getting that done, I opened the crystals to see how they were to be attached to the chandelier. 

 

Each one of the crystals had to be put on separately.  They came with little wires that had a triangle in the middle.  As with many things I over thought how they needed to be placed on the crystals then onto the chandelier.  We stopped for the evening so I could ask at the lighting place how to place the wires.  It was as simple as it looked to be.

So that night we could finish the job.  Me putting on the wires and William putting them onto the chandelier.

And here is the finished product.

When Allan and Rick were working on the upstairs hallway, they would tease me all the time saying "All this work for a F-ing chandelier...All this work for a F-ing chandelier!!"  Well guys well worth the work!! :)

We purchased a matching chandelier for the area with the bells.  After over an hour connecting/putting it together did we then realize that they had given us the wrong one.  It was TINY compared to the one we ordered.  Always something!  William returned it, and the new one won't be here till the end of September.  Other than the hiccup with the wrong chandelier we are so happy with how it looks!