Recently, I have been giving my first floor lighting a makeover. Last week I showed you my cage shades and wire basket pendant. This week, I will show you my Mason Jar Chandy! But first, let’s review my inspiration…
Anthropologie had these mason jar lights in one of their stores two years ago. (Found via apartment therapy.)
Design Sponge gave us a tutorial on how to make these lights back in 2008.
Pottery Barn currently sells their Exeter Pendant made of canning jars for $129.
And I really liked these numbered jars from Pottery Barn.
So here was my 1st floor chandy before. I know you hate it, but it was the very first chandelier I ever purchased and it’s sentimental to me.
No harsh words please. (I got your back chandy even if you do look a bit dated….)
And here is the after!
This is so easy that you’ll be wondering why you hadn’t thought of it before! So here is the “how to”: Buy a box of mason jars (if you don’t have enough sitting in your kitchen cabinet ). I bought mine at Walmart for around $7. I used the pint sized jars. Simply remove the lids and pop out the tops so your jars are open and can fit on your candles.
If you are a lucky owner of some type of vinyl machine, go ahead and rub those babies on. I am not said lucky individual, so I used more primitive methods. I printed out the numbers on cardstock using Engravers MT font sized at 350 and cut out all of the number.
Then, I held the numbers in place on the jar and traced around them using a dry erase marker.
Next, I filled in the numbers using black craft paint. I used a cloth to carefully wipe away the marker outline.
Once you’re happy with your numbers, simply place them on your chandy and admire how cute it looks! I didn’t bother adhering the jars onto the chandy. If they are bumped, they don’t fall off easily so I think they’ll be safe.
And here it is all lit up. I might go back and spray paint the lids to match my chandy, but for now I kind of like the two tones.
Let me know what you think!
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oh my…how cool!!! i love those ideas!!
Love the transformation! I happen to be looking at my punched tin chandy as I type and I am smiling
Just maybe………………….
Janet xox
The Empty Nest
You amaze me!! I love it!
WOW BRILLIANT! love what you did, better then pottary barn. I so want to make those PB jars and scratch off some of the paint… Love it! Jenn
Love it!!!!
Jenna
mylife-bydesign.blogspot.com
WOW–that is SO amazing Beth!! I'm so excited to see how easy it is to make something so cool to put in the dining room. LOVE IT!! I'm so inspired!
Great idea! I've been obsessing about the pendant mason jar lights.
Love it! What a cool idea!
Beth,
This is the coolest. You need to submit this idea to Apartment Therapy!
LOVE IT! What a cute idea! I'm looking into buying a chandy off of Craigslist right now for $15. I might just do the same thing to it!
That is totally adorable. Does the glass get hot?
Gotta try this!
Dang. Even using a quart jar the light was too tall. I will have to just admire yours!
Yes, the glass does get hot, so I wouldn't put any fabric over the jars. My chandy doesn't have a dimmer on it and I used 100wt bulbs which is a bit overkill. I can't vouch for whether or not this is a fire hazard so please make at your own risk!
Wow, looks so great! And what an awesome job with the paint, I would have thought it was vinyl.
That is just too awesome!! Love it Bad!!
Can't believe it. I've never seen anything like that. So unique.
Brooke
You are so creative! I love the look of it.
girl,
you are on the inspirational band! all of your light fixtures are amazing. this is so good. you must have one steady hand to paint those jars. i just tried to paint something the other day – it was a NO GO! but of course i had several cups of coffee in me too.
What a fantastic idea! Love it
A very cute idea and I don't know how PB charges those illegal prices!
A very cute idea and I don't know how PB charges those illegal prices!
Wow, you are on a roll, aren't you. Yet another lamp makeover. I love your interpretation of the mason jar chandy. There is a popular milk bottle chandy in these parts, if I come across it I will take a picture for you.
Beth!!! I love it!!! I've been wanting to do something fun with mason jars in my backyard. Now…… I am thinking it would be really cute to do my address on them and put them in the front yard! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I love the look of it, bit I do believe that is a fire hazard. I would take those jars and have holes drilled in the bottoms for venting out the heat at a glass shop.
What a great way to incorporate a current trend that you love into your own home without spending a ton of money on it.
Beth! All your projects amaze me woman! You have such great ideas and they come out so beautifully! I want to decorate my whole house but I have to hit pause because the bf doesn't like the same things as I do. So I live through you!
How creative! You have such great ideas.
If you are a scrapbooker and have a "Cricut" die cutting machine, you can cut the #'s out of vinyl and attach. I wonder if they would stick if heated up? Something to think about, if you have the machine
Gorgeous!!!!! And I scrolled down through the photos and missed your text before the one you made and I actually thought your photo was from a PB catalog! It's that good Beth!
Jeanine
I love them!! I love them! I LOVE them!!!
PS – I will be featuring this post twice tomorrow! First for the glass jar pennants and second for your chandelier!!!
That is neat! I'd like to see how they look in the whole room. How fun!
This is amazing! I could totally see paying big bucks for this over that weird-looking cluster thing Pottery Barn is selling. I can't believe you did this so inexpensively! It looks brand new AND like you paid a good $500 for it.
You might want to consider having the holes drilled as someone else suggested because you wouldn't want the jars to explode or a fire to break out.
Anyway, I heart it!
Very creative and fun, Beth!
Now who would have thought
You are so creative
That's AMAZING!!!!
Love it.
I love the ones with the numbers on them. Very, very neat.
sooo cute!!! great job Beth!
I am a little obsessed with mason jars, particularly the blue ones – a little weird? Maybe, but look what you can do with them! Just beautiful, Beth.
serendipitybythesea.blogspot.com
I *must* figure out a way to work the word chandy into casual conversation! And I love what you did! I wonder if it would work on my *chandy*.
super super cute! love it!
-meg j. hoover
So cool and what a deal money saver!!! Great Idea as usual!
Bonnie
I think you are freaking amazing!!!!!
Amazing! I love all the things I am seeing with mason jars recently. This is so beautiful!
Very clever – love it!
Susan
http://entertainexchange.blogspot.com/
I love it what a great idea, I will have to try this.
Really cute. I lke the way you combined everything into your chandy.
Great job.
Melinda
Ps–Pooped over from Just a Girl
Hi Beth-
Very clever and I love the fact that you did the numbers the old fashioned way – looks just as good as vinyl. This is definitely one of those projects that has you saying to yourself, now why didn't I think of that. Great project and tutorial!
My best – Diane
I love this!! I am going to blatantly steal this idea for my dining room light fixture.
CUTENESS!!!!!!
So when are you coming to my house to redo all my lighting??
I have featured this here http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com/mason-jar-chandelier/
I love this! I think I know what I need to make for my house next!
I love the vaguely industrial look the jars give to the chandelier – great job!
I just bought a chandelier at a yard sale today for .25 cents!! Woo-Hoo!! I am going to attempt to make my own, although the lights on mine are much to small to hold the jar, so I'm going to have to rig the jars somehow. BTW, I searched for this post on google and another blogger posted the same thing on the same day – pretty sure she stole the idea from you!!
http://www.readymade.com/blog/readymade/2010/07/27/mason_jar_chandelier_how_to
Beth, do you mind if I trackback to this on my blog?
LOVE it! I've been wondering what to do in my entry hall and this may be it. Of course, my *chandy* hangs down so I would have to affix those jars. I must try and find the rest of your lighting ideas because I have a horribly ugly light bar in my bathroom I hate, and an even worse track light in my kitchen that NEEDS to go!
I know you did this a while ago but I have to tell you I LOVE IT!
Jo
Ok this is one of the cutest adorable things I have ever seen! Thanks for sharing! Now to go find a cute chandy base:-)
LOVE the mason jar chandelier!! SO COOL!!
Just came across this….Great job!!! I have been coveting the milk bottle chandelier from PB…I will be using this idea for sure!!!
Beth – I LOVE this!! I love all things mason jar…. so this is perfect!! I posted this project on my blog (inspiringcreativeness.blogspot.com)
Come visit me!! I love your site!!!
Have a GREAT Saturday!!
Hugs ~~ Suz
that rocks.
I love this.
I came across this when looking at some ideas for my the mason jars in my kitchen and fell in love! I am currently hosting a knock off contest and would love to have you enter this (or another one of your knock-offs)! The contest entry period ends tomorrow.
you are a genious…LOVE it. i have to do it.
I love it… This project will have to get in line… I am gonna do it..
Oh. muh. ga. These are so whimsically WON. DER. FUL!
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Thank-you for your Chandy post… Too cute! I will never look at a mason jar the same way…no more jams for those jars, no siree!
I too love changing light fixtures, or put chandy’s in unexpected places… Causing my husbands eyebrows to disappear into his hair line… Chuckles…