I've seen some beautiful chandeliers on the HD forum, do you decorate them for Christmas? Some have already been posted but would like to see them again.

Yes, porkandhan, I'm careful about hanging real greens on my chandelier from experience with pine needles falling to the bottom of the beaded basket. Reaching through the crystal strands to try and clean them out while on a 8' ladder is tricky. I think there are still pine needles in there from 30yrs. ago - the last time I tried that. This the first year I've put real holly around it. And yes, you keep the top and bottom dimmers on low unless you want a flaming xmas pudding hanging from your ceiling.

What if you did the greenery at the very top and bottom and left off everything in the middle? Your chandlier is beautiful and makes such a statement on its own, that it doesn't need very much.

This is the only one I could find, and you can only just barely see the chandelier. Sometimes I add red berries to it. Please excuse all of the toys/gifts on the table. I took this picture last year to show my mother the obscene amount of stuff my DS received at his 5th birthday party.

Here is picture that shows the entire chandelier. Looking at the these pictures reminds me that I need to get a poinsettia for the plant stand before my party!

I remember seeing old photographs and vintage illustrations in magazines of garlands of pine draped from the top (or bottom) of a chandelier to all four corners of the room. I always wanted to try that just for the heck of it but it would take scaffolding for me to reach the corners of my room; and how would one attach the ends of the garlands there? Now I'll have to Google for old photos to see of what I speak.

Did it in silver this year, last year I did it in gold, which is posted in the 2012 Decorations thread. I think I like last years colors better.

I do most of my main floor chandeliers. Though I don't trust their wiring (done in the 60s likely) so I don't use live bows. I try to stick with ornaments and some gorgeous bead netting I picked up a few years ago.

I am working on that floor now but DS stayed home from school and I personally like to have his help ummmmm well when there's only one thing left to do (like one ornament LOL) so today I won't be doing the chandeliers heh heh Maybe tomorrow...but surely by the end of the week. I might even be successful posting pics since the new ipad has a camara (anyone know how to do that?)

I like the idea of the boughs on the chandeliers. I have some ornaments hanging from it now but it looks a little unfinished so I'll try some boughs.

What you could do if you want to save some money is buy the self adhesive lamp shade kit--JoAnn's,Hobby Lobby, and cover with plaid fabric or scrapbook paper.