How to make DIY Wooden Bead Chandelier

How to make your own Beachy wooden bead light fixture.

I’m almost done with my master bathroom renovation.  It has taken a few years to get the big things done but it’s finally done and I love it!  I didn’t want to go into debt renovating this bathroom, so I made many hard decisions about what I wouldn’t give up and what I could do without. What I couldn’t give up was my light fixture.  It’s the room’s primary focus and casts the most amazing shadows. It’s made with wooden beads and strung around a darling gold chandelier.  I was smitten!

 My style is very eclectic and I’m not sure if it’s always the style of the minute, but I love it! (Shouldn’t your home be about you and what you love?)  Alright, back to the tutorial on how to make your beachy light fixture.  I needed a miniature version of my stunning chandelier in the central part of the bathroom, for the little toilet room.  The matching one was 385$. I didn’t want to pay that much since I budgeted only 100$ for that light.   So this is how I did it…

I bought a light fixture that resembled the one I wanted, and it was $49.00 on Amazon 

I had to paint the base of the light with gold paint so that it would match the antique look of the main light fixture. That was free because I had the paint, but if I remember right, it’s around $18$ from Joanns or here at Amazon. I just painted on a few coats to take the edge off the silver. I love that you can change the look of metal just by a bit of paint.

Then I  had to remove all the crystals to begin stringing the wooden beads.  I tried bending the jump rings and removing the crystals that way, but it took way too long, so I cut them off with wire cutters. (which took about 5 min to do the whole light)

I used heavy wire to restring the wooden beads back onto the light. I wrapped the wire around the end twice and tucked the ends to the inside of the light. The most challenging part was figuring out the pattern of the beads.

I left the beads raw and now the only thing that I don’t like is the crystal at the bottom, that will go as soon as I make a cute little tassel out of tinny small wooden beads, or maybe leather I haven’t decided.  Since this bathroom is entirely for me and my hubby,

I feel like our choices should reflect what we want and love! For me, it’s a light, bright space that reminds me of a beach house, because that is my happy place, and I need a bit of happiness every day. If you don’t want to make your light fixtures, I got my large round beaded light from WAYFAIR. Want, right?