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Home » Blog » Get the Look: Wood Bead Chandelier DIY

Get the Look: Wood Bead Chandelier DIY

 March 13, 2017     Sarah Lemp    1 Comment   This post contains affiliate links

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I’ve been eyeing some gorgeous wood bead chandeliers for a while now. I had been going around and around in my mind about whether I wanted to switch out my light fixture all together, buy a new one, paint this one, buy a thrifted one or just do something to my existing one.

I read several tutorials on how to create a wood beaded chandelier from scratch, but ultimately wanted something fast and cheap.


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Here is the plain light fixture I was working with. I had removed the lamp shades and added Edison bulbs a while back. This fixture has lots of little “swirly-do’s” as I will technically refer to them. These spots made it super easy to twist and hook things to them.

For this project, I used the following supplies:

  • Large Wood Beads I used (1) 200 count bag of 20mm beads, but a second bag or 300 would have been ideal.
  • Small Wood Beads I used (2) 200 count bags of 10mm beads which was plenty.
  • Wire Cutters
  • Wire 24-28 gauge is ideal. Pick a color of wire that will best blend in with your fixture. For  my fixture, I used green wire and you can’t see it!

I began by stringing my beads on the wire using a large-small-large-small pattern. I created one continuous string of beads until I ran out. I had more small beads than large ones, so I did a few strands of small beads to accent other areas of the light. I made sure to leave lots of wiggle room for the beads to slide around as I positioned them. You can see in the pictures below, I just strung my beads across my light fixture to get the look I was going for. I twisted the wire around the different parts of the light to get them to stay. What’s nice is you really can’t see the wire!

This is a non-permanent update that will be easy to change once I get tired of this look! It’s also great for renters.

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Sarah is a second generation homeschooling mom. She lives in Metro Detroit with her husband Jay, 5 kids and dog, Edison. They love staying active as a family and going on trips in their renovated RV's. Sarah loves to sing, make pretty things and eat pizza.

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  1. Deb

    September 21, 2019 at 10:24 pm

    Like you, I’ve been eyeing all those gorgeous beaded chandeliers for a while, but I just wasn’t ready to bite the bullet and buy one or buy a ton of beads and make one from scratch. Happily, you’ve come up with the perfect compromise! Can’t wait to try this myself! Thanks for the great inspiration, Sarah!

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