Decorating With Vintage Chandeliers

If you’re going to buy a vintage chandelier you should at least know the different available types. Here we will try to cover as many styles as we can so you’re purchase will be that much more informed.

Chandeliers are about variety, personality and showing a true beauty in your home. They aren’t just for dining rooms, but with a little prepation and knowledge of what does and doesn’t work with vintage chandeliers you can place them in virtually any room in your house, as long as you do it right. You can place them in bedrooms or bathrooms, depending on styles, shapes and sizes. This is one of the reason that chandeliers have become so popular.

Chandeliers can be so powerful of a decoration that they can change up the entire atmosphere of a room, so you should know a little about what you’re doing before you make the leap. You can find vintage chandeliers with beads, crystals, iron, silk and just about everything you might imagine would be on one. They are great to hang in places such as dining rooms of course, but also foyers, bathroom, bedrooms, above stairs or in some cases, kitchens. The point is, there is no set place anymore that your chandelier should be, or is expected to be, only where you can make them fit.

Typically when determining where to place your vintage chandelier you will want to find out the basics first. For example, if you do plan on placing the chandelier in a dining room, you will want to keep the chandelier about half of the total width of the dining room table, and about 30 inches or so above it. If you go higher that’s fine, you just don’t want it hanging too low because it will look odd, and get in the way. For other types of large rooms, you can add the total width and length together, and then those two numbers totalled is about the diameter of the chandelier you’ll need. If you’re going to have bright lights in your vintage chandelier, make sure you get the right kind, to handle the proper wattage. Lighting a room too dark or too light can kill the atmosphere you’re trying to create.

There are different types of vintage chandeliers to choose from, such as:

Vintage Candle Chandeliers. They are absolutely beautiful and feel natural, but they can create a fire hazard so they should be placed strategically, and carefully.

Vintage Crystal Chandeliers are one of the most popular types, and range from near-diamond quality to basic glass. When purchasing these, or thinking about it, you should make sure you know how to spot the difference to avoid overpaying. If you can notice the difference, but whoever you’re buying it from can’t, this is also a good way to get a much better deal on the right one.

Vintage Metal Chandeliers such as wrought iron, brass, steel or copper can range in a lot of ways. When dealing with vintage chandeliers made from metals you can usually tell how good of care was taken of it from the previous owners, so keep this in mind when purchasing. Just like a car, you know how long it might last you depending on how well it’s been taken care of.