I’m once again in the dining room! I made a couple of changes in there. The main thing that we did was to dress up our dining room chandelier by adding a ceiling medallion which I got at Home Depot.
I forgot to take a photo of it before my husband put it up so this is a photo from HomeDepot.com It’s a a ceiling medallion that comes in 2 pieces!
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Home Depot now let’s you pay by PayPal so all of you who do Swagbucks – cash out for PayPal money and you can shop at Home Depot for free! That’s what I did. So it was free for me!! Although it’s only $22.87, which is an inexpensive way to glam up a light fixture or ceiling fan.
With the 2 piece ceiling medallion you don’t have to bother with removing your light fixture. You just glue it in place with some polyurethane adhesive. The only draw back is that there aren’t a lot of styles or sizes to choose from.
The other update I made was to take down some black transferware plates I had hanging over the opening into the living room and replaced them with these.
They’re just simple white salad plates that I put some vinyl numbers on. You could also put vinyl letters on plates – I thought about doing “E A T” (I’m sure you’ve seen that before). I decided I liked the simplicity of the numbers. They’re repositional vinyl numbers so it would be easy to change them out.
I like the lighter look of the white plates. There’s quite a bit of black in my dining room (which I love) and my dining room table is white, so this ties those colors together without being too heavy.
The other thing I want to do is to make a new cord cover for my chandelier. The one that’s on there now is gingham.
These are from Ballard (just for inspiration because I would never pay $30 for a chain cover – although they are zippered). I was thinking either a tan burlap or buffalo check, maybe a white silk? There’s also white burlap.
Any suggestions? Should I go with a pattern or plain cord cover?
I have a few more changes to make in the dining room!
I love chandeliers. Yours is lovely. I won’t give $30. for a cover either. I decided I am going to make one out of plain muslin to kind of blend in with the ceiling since it is a plug in and drapes over to a corner.
Your ceiling medallion is great! I love the number plates too. I like the idea of buffalo check…
The ceiling medallion looks beautiful! I’ll have to check into those, I really like the look! Thanks for the tip on swagbucks, I usually get Amazon credits, I had no idea you could get paypal cash! Wonderful! I love the gingham cover but if you need a change I think the white would be nice:>)
Yep, it’s more points but worth it if you want to get something at HD. I cashed out for Chili’s GC today – they really added a lot more that you can cash out. Amazon is still the lowest point one thought. I think they sell ceiling medallions on Amazon. You might be able to use your Amazon GC’s that way.
I love ceiling medallions! I had no idea they came in two pieces. It looks great!
I like the burlap. It’s a nice neutral and would go well with the chandelier. I wonder it if could be made with velcro or little snaps so it could be changed out with the seasons?
Yes, they’re usually made with velco. The Ballard ones have a zipper. I never thought about changing them out for the season – great idea!
velcro not velco!
Very pretty, Manuela! I was wondering if you had to take the fixture down to put the medallion up. I think the two piece idea is a great one. I know Lowes has the cord covers fairly cheap, but you are probably limited to solids. A neutral would look good, although I like the black and white one you have there now.
I’ll have a look next time I’m in Lowe’s. I know I used to see them at Hobby Lobby but I don’t recall seeing them recently.
I don’t think the one I have now is full enough. I sewed that one around the cord standing on my dining room table!
What an inspired idea not to have to take down the entire light fixture for a medallion. I like your numbered plates, too.
No, I don’t sit here like a vulture waiting for you to post about your dining room fixture. I promise.
I did just happen to sit down at the dashboard and see this. I love that it comes in two pieces. I had wanted to put one up in our dining room and forgot before we rehung the fixture. I was feeling kind of guilty asking him to take it down again. I love the look.
I also love the simplicity of the plates.
I know…my poor husband….I don’t think he’s had a restfull weekend in months. I’ve kept him pretty busy 🙂 So yes, this is very easy you can even do it yourself. You just apply the adhesive to the back and put it up. You need to either tape it or prop something against it while it dries. Then caulk around it and any gaps. If you want to paint it, paint it first and then touch it up after you put it up.
Hope you’re enjoying your break!
Brilliant idea with the chandy, I hand no idea you could get a ring to fit right around it without taking apart the electrical.
Who knew?!! I’ll be putting up those medallions everywhere now! Great tip 🙂
LOL! I know! Now I want one around the ceiling fan in the bedroom!
Love the medallion. I am no help with the cord color because I like each of the ideas you showed.
Beautiful! The medallion is the perfect addition to your lovely room. I like all of your cord cover options as well…although… toile might be nice too 😉
LOL! Yes toile would be nice 🙂
I am a huge fan of ceiling medallions. I had to leave my favorite behind in our other house. I bought it from Ballard 10 years ago. I really didn’t want to but had to leave it behind. I love the way yours looks and the plates are so neat. I like the check with your room!
Cynthia
I really like the ceiling medallion and also the chain cover. Where can one purchase the letters or numbers? Would Michael’s have them. That would be the only craft store in our city. Thanks. Have a great day.
Hi Pamela,
Yes I got mine at Michael’s. They have some in the scrapbook/sticker aisle and then they have some in another aisle – I think it’s the stencil aisle. The have different sizes and 2 colors – black and red. The packages have letters and numbers. You could also look at the stick on house numbers at Home Depot. I’ve used those for different projects.
I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing. Nice to see one done and that it looks so nice.
So pretty! I love the changes to make your chandy even more beautiful! Enjoy your evening, HUGS!
Manuela! You are so darned talented! I think I might go with the tan so it doen’t compete with your curtains but I do love the buffalo check. Wow! Love the cow that’s hanging on your wall. Yes, those medalions are pretty cool. The white plates with the vinyl numbers are awesome. I just might have to copy that idea and I love the chandy and the chandy cord cover. I get a lot of compliments on my chandy and I dressed it up with christmas ornamaments (faux crystal) I loved it so much last christmas that I left them hanging! My goodness there is so much inspiration and creativity from all the folks in blogland. I love it! Brenda featured your no sew pillow too.
Thank you Sandy! I had a rope of sparkly stuff that I wrapped around my chandelier cord a few years ago that I liked so much I kept it up until recently. I just removed it when we put the ceiling medallion up! Yes, that was so sweet of Brenda to feature my pillow. She’s very supportive of other bloggers.
Oh so pretty! Amazing what a difference ceiling medallions make!
Blessings,
Cindy
Ceiling medallions add so much! I had one in our recent house but left it behind. I had no idea they come in two pieces now. What a fabulous idea!
I’m leaning toward a simple cover, but maybe get both and change it out?
Oh, I have thought about putting one of those around the chandelier over the dining table. I love how yours looks.
You ALWAYS inspire me.