Capiz Chandelier

I told you a while ago that I found my own capiz shell chandelier on craigslist. Well, I have finally gotten it up and taken some pictures of it so I thought I would share them. I actually bought two separate Chandeliers and put them together to make a fuller, larger chandelier. One of the things I liked so much about the higher end ones, was the fact that they were so full. I can't believe these were both listed at the same time and I was able to get them both.

This is the first one, originally purchased from West Elm. I got it for $40 and that included the light kit.

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Then, I found this one for $10! It did not come with a light kit but I didn't need one because the other one included it. So I just layered them one on top of the other, which was quite noisy, but surprisingly they didn't get too tangled.

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and here it is in my kitchen area...Ironically it is hard to get the lighting right when taking a picture of a light. This first one is without the flash....

and here is one with the flash...I'm happy with how it turned out and it gives that area a more elegant feeling.  It actually looks a little larger in person and for $50, I think it's a great deal!