Pretending to Chalk Paint a Chandelier

So I had bought this chandelier a lifetime ago at a church flea market.  Actually, my darling husband bought the chandelier.  It was a day when I was scheduled to work at the hospital.  On such a lovely day, there was a massive community flea market up the road that I knew would be good and juicy.  I had a feeling in my gizzard it would be stocked with the good stuff.  So I had sent Darling up the road to the sale at 7am with $50 cash and told him to bring me back the first chandelier he found.

Well my gizzard is quite trusty, and so is my man.  He came home with a massive gold chandelier.

 

Well.  It was pretty gold and has a lot of lovely little crackle techniques all over it. It wasn't quite being very "trusty" on it's own.  I needed it to feel awesome.

I am sorry to say, that my chandelier sat in a corner of my basement for 5 years.  I felt bad for her really.   So when we left The Birchwood, we moved to Taylor's Wood, and along she came. 

Here at Taylor's Wood I decided her crowning glory would be hanging in the breakfast nook.  But she still had crackle technique and too much gold.

Insert pretend-chalk-paint-technique!

 

You will need:

Light blue paint

Minwax Finishing wax

Rags

White acrylic paint

round shaped light bulbs

 

All I did was mix 1 cup of minwax finishing wax with 1 tablespoon of blue acrylic paint and a tablespoon of white acrylic paint.  I microwaved the globby mixture for about a minute and stirred it up with a plastic spoon. 

I then allowed the "new wax" mix to harden in the sun.

Then I used my rag to gently smear the new paint/wax mixture onto the chandelier.  Be hap-hazard and I was pretty strategic with smearing the paste on mostly raised areas of the chandelier.  Take heart.  If you hate the overall effect, you can always scrub it down and spray paint it another color.

To finish off my "new look", I replaced chandelier bulbs with round bulbs.  It just kind of made it more conversational.

Whaaa-Laa!  I knew she could be amazing!  Enjoy the new light!