Christmas Bling

Can you see it?

The subtle yet blingy change in the kitchen?

If you missed my Thanksgiving post,

here is the kitchen ready for guests.


Look closely...

Now, do you see it?

I turned on the Christmas bling for you.

I brought this chandelier home from a local antique market this summer.

It's been sitting in my office

on the floor

in a box

then sneakily moved to the kitchen counter

just waiting to be noticed.

(Sometimes that just works better than wifely nagging.)

Well, on a cold, rainy Saturday recently,

The Husband finally asked why there was a chandelier hanging out on said kitchen counter.

"What chandelier.....?
Oh!  
THAT chandelier?"

(insert the infamous Eye Roll from Husband)

"Yes, that chandelier.
The one that's been in my way when I'm cooking.
Do you want it hung someplace....

or is this a new way of decorating with these things...?"

"Oh, puh-leeeez!!!"

 (said I with the perfected Wifely Eye Roll)

(even though there IS one casually laying on top of the bookcase in my office

just because I like it there for now -

until it gets hung in the living room...

eventually...

but I'm saving that request for another cold, rainy day.)

"Nooo....but would you help me hang it?"

"Anything to get if off the counter....."

And with that, I giddily pranced off to grab my toolbox before he changed his mind.

 So, with me standing on top of the table

and he directing me from below...

(once a teacher, always a teacher, you know) 

I untwisted wires,
unstrung wires,
strung new wires,
retwisted the new wires,
and

we hung this beauty together.

"Did you actually just climb back onto the table to take a picture of this light for your blog...?."

"Yep, I did. 
A blogger's gotta do what a blogger's gotta do, honey."

"Do you want me to take a picture of you up there taking a picture of the light....?

"Are you kidding me?! 
From that angle my bum would look like the broad side of a barn!"

"Oh, good grief...."
(insert slow head shake)

 We couldn't believe how much brighter the room looked when we flicked the switch on.

A dimmer is definitely on the shopping list.

But, oh such beautiful brightness!

Such delightful dazzle!

Such gorgeous glittery-ness!

We stood back in awe.

(I wanted to throw in a few photos of our Christmas table.)

New glittery candle holder nabbed at JoAnne Fabrics for 1/2 price.

I bought the vintage wooden cutting board at Habitat for Humanity ReStore for a couple dollars.

The painting on the frantel was created by my dad's mother many decades ago.

I truly treasure the paintings that have been passed down to me from her and my dad.

But then,

before I could stop myself,

before I could put a lid on it,

before I could slap my hand over my mouth...

I blurted out...

"Ummmmm....wanna do another one, hon....?"

(Insert Husband's eyes-over-glasses under a furrowed brow)

"There's ANOTHER one?"

"Errrrrr....yes.

But it's MUCH  
smaller..."

(Insert Husbandly "like that makes a hoot of difference?" facial expression.

So, after a deep sigh of resignation,

 a second bit of bling was installed within the hour.

 This sweet chandy is on the landing going upstairs,
and replaced Boob light #2.

We kept the original gold ceiling medallion up there for now

until I can pick up a pretty white, embellished one at Home Depot or Lowes.

In the meantime, I'm going to smudge some King's Gold gilding wax on this one to tone down the shine and age it a bit.
If I like it, it just may stay

(which will prevent any husbandly eye rolls, sighs, and furrowed brows, I'm sure).

No bags of coal for this husband for Christmas.

He's been a good boy.

(maybe a bit sarcastic at times,
but a good boy for the most part.
*wink*)

Shhhhh.....!

Little does he know there are TWO more chandies 

waiting...

~  Blessings ~

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