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Dining Room Decorating – Autumn Changes I Made

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So a while ago I said I wanted to make a new chain cover for my dining room chandelier but I wasn’t sure what color/pattern of material to use. You wouldn’t think it would be hard to decide on such a little thing would you? But I find that it’s the little details that make a room. Sure the big elements make the biggest statement, but it’s often the little things that bring it all together and add personality!

burlap ribbon chandelier chain cover

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Anyway, all of that is to say that I made a chain cover for my chandelier 🙂

burlap harvest banner

Well, first I made a Harvest banner for my cow chalkboard which is burlap and I also had used a burlap runner in my dining room Thanksgiving display plus my dining room typography rug is bamboo and has the same brownish tone. So I thought why not burlap?

burlap ribbon

I did try strips of burlap fabric but that didn’t work too well and burlap is so incredibly messy with those fibers and threads flying every where! But I had a few rolls of burlap ribbon which I got at Hobby Lobby a few months ago when ribbon was 50%. So for  $2.49 I have myself a new cord cover that I’ll keep up at least through Christmas! Plus I can just unwind it and use it for something else if  I get tired of it. 

diy chandelier chain cover

Basically I just started at the top with the 15 feet of ribbon and fluffed it, pinned strategically with some push pins to keep it up, wrapped the chain and fluffed some more, tucked the ends in the fluffing and was done in a few minutes!

dining room chandelier

Easiest no sew chain cover ever!!

burlap Thanksgiving bunting

I gotta say “Harvest” may have been an unfortunate word to choose to hang under the cow! By the way, the cow chalkboard is available as a printable in my daughter’s etsy shop along with some other animals (she did a series).

dining room chandelier with burlap chain cover

Hope you all have a great weekend!


Comments

  3. Nina says

    Pretty! Question… how do you keep the lovely cow chalk drawing from smudging when you hang the banner over it? I love the cow as it’s absolutely perfect.

    • Manuela says

      Hi Nina,

      Thank you! We like the cow too, although we’re going to change it out for stag head for Christmas. Mmmm….why would the cow painting be smudging? I don’t know. The banner is hung from the frame of the chalkboard?

  5. Stacey says

    That looks amazing! I have cord covers on most of my chains. To me it adds so much and it’s funny that people really seem to notice them.

    • Manuela says

      Thanks Stacey! Yes, I agree, they do see to add a bit of oomph especially to a ceiling fixture. I have a cord on a wall fixture that I’m thinking of covering. I’ve seen them covered before, I just don’t know if it’s over kill on a wall sconce.

  8. Pamela says

    I love the yellow and red interplaying between the two rooms I love the black checks, the crystal chandelier and the burlap chain cover. I love your style girl! The simple but gorgeous blackboard cow drawing draped with the pennant. Beautiful!

    • Manuela says

      Thanks! I’ve been collecting lithographed trays for years now. I actually had more up in the dining room a few year ago. Now I have less hanging and try to rotate them.

      Thanks for stopping by!

  15. Melanie says

    What a pretty, easy chain cover! I don’t have any chandeliers in my house (unfortunately). Your harvest banner is really cute too, though yeah, perhaps you ought to move it away from the poor cow, lol.

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