The Case of the Too Tall Light

We got in our chandelier the other day and I managed to put it together all by myself (we won't mention how simple it was). As soon as I had all the pieces together, Ryan took one look and was like, um, that's too tall, the door is going to hit it. So, we debated it and decided to try it anyway.

Ryan taking down the old, ugly light.

Trying out the chandelier.

Yep, too tall even with just using one link of the chain provided. Ryan decides that the only wait it will fit is to not use any chains but the problem with that is the chain links the piece in the ceiling to the actual chandelier. So, he decides to saw open the top piece of the chandelier so it will link with the ceiling piece. As he's doing that, I hear an oops and the entire piece has broken in two. Ryan tries to sauder it back together but...

no dice. Day 1 of attempting to put up the chandelier was a fail. 

The next day I headed to our local hardware store and they had the replacement piece (love Fragers). Since we no longer had the option of connecting the two pieces with the metal piece, Ryan went McGiver style and used a plastic tie and....

Success!!! 

Swoon. So there you have it, the case of the too tall light is solved... for now. Ryan still has his hesitations but I'm in love ;)

Chandeliers

I can never seem to have enough. When I was looking at wedding venues, it was one of my big must haves and not those brass, cheap looking ones, legitimate chandeliers. For months, I've been telling Ryan I want one over our front door (and bedroom and laundry.. but that's besides the point) and once we put up our new light in the family room, he finally agreed we needed a new light for the entry way. So, instead of studying, I went on my new favorite website build.com. After many trial and errors on my family room design board (which I can't figure out how to upload to the blog), I found the one.

Isn't she pretty?

She has the same lines as our other new lights but in a totally different design. Will she be too much? I guess we'll have to wait and see but I can barely contain my excitement.

Lighting

I have a dilemma in my "great" room. The people who owned the place before us re-did the whole room but didn't put in recessed lighting. So, now, we're stuck with these two spot lights that are pretty horrendous. I've been looking around and I'm debating between what kind of style I want to go with. Part of me (a huge part of me) wants to put in two chandeliers.

Simple and classy

Ryan seems a LITTLE more hesitant about them, he mentioned something about being too feminine...

Another part of me (a very small part of me that I barely recognize), thinks we should just go really plain.

Maybe not this exact one.

And the last part of me, thinks that it might be neat to have a simple light that hangs a bit.

Simple.

So, what do you think? Do you think the first one would be too much? Our ceilings are around 9' tall so the height won't be a problem but would it be too busy? Decisions, decisions..