Dining Room Chandelier Makeover

This has been the longest project ever. I mean normally my projects take along time but this was ridiculous. It really wasn't all my fault, I underestimated how much jute cording this little project would take. Silly me thought 5 six foot spools from Walmart would give me a good start, which it did. The problem was that Walmart took their sweet time restocking the jute cord and when they did, it was two at a time. That was getting me no where, so I searched online for the Simplicity Jute Cord at other Walmarts and it turned up nothing. Finally, I found similar cord on Amazon.com in 10 yard spools. Four spools later, I was done!

So back to the chandelier, a long time ago I was in the sale room at Anthropologie and saw this awesome chandelier made of rope. I then saw some similar ones at Restoration Hardware.

So a light bulb went off (sorry), I can do that with my boring, came with the house, wrought iron chandelier in my dining room.

Here is what I used:

E6000 Glue
Jute Cording
Clips (to hold cord in place)

So I got to wrapping...

Here are a few tips for those of you wanting to give it a try:

1. I tried not to cut the cord so I wasn't piecing them together mid way. 
2. Use clips or clothes pins to hold the end in place while the glue dries
3. You don't need a ton of glue. I would line one side with glue then wrap the cord tight around the arm of the chandeller. The glue would spread itself around all sides of the arm. 
4. Pace yourself. I thought this would be a quick and easy project. I ended up doing it in sections because I would get tired.

Here is how it turned out

Now I am thinking my dining room needs a new wall color. Grey or White, maybe?

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