30 Expensive Chandeliers & Pendants + 30 Fab Low-Cost Dupes! (parts 1 & 2)

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to part 2 of the High-Low Chandeliers (with a few pendants and lanterns).

Today, we will go over a few things I missed on Friday, and then we’ll look at about 30 beautiful, inexpensive light fixtures.

I also added a few items to the expensive widget. So, for today, if you’ve already read the post, please scroll to see what I added. They are not necessarily at the top.

Part 2 will begin shortly after the first group of high-end chandeliers.

Part 1 is below.

Hi Everyone,

This post is a long-overdue update of High-Low chandeliers.

However, this post is soooo old (from November 2018) that I had to trash the entire thing, except for this one part, which will never be obsolete.

It was the first post after my dear mentor, Eileen Lonergan, had passed in November 2018. And how fitting, as she was a light in my life like none other. She is dearly missed!

 

And boy did Eileen love a great bargain. (Well, who doesn’t?) But, it was her idea back in 2017 to call my Friday items on sale pages the HOT SALES.

 

So, here we are 7.5 years later. And I know you guys love these posts too.

Home furnishings are expensive.

But some of the manufacturers out there have made some pretty convincing dupes of super-expensive hanging light fixtures.

 

 

Above is one of them. No, this is not the classic ring chandelier from Visual Comfort, but it sure is close. It’s from House of Hampton on Wayfair. But, get this: it’s 1/4 the price of the Visual Comfort Ring Chandelier. The biggest difference is that it’s about 10% smaller (33.5″), but that’s not a bad thing, because the Visual Comfort chandelier is quite large at 38″. (Below)

 

You will also find it in the upcoming high-end chandelier widget.

 

Incidentally, if you don’t like the gold candle sleeves on the first low-end House of Hampton chandelier, those usually slip right off and can be exchanged for something that looks more like a real candle.

Below, are some candle sleeves or covers, I dug up from an ancient post. I will try to find some good sources for next time. And no, they don’t have to have dripping wax, either.

 

 

The thing is… This topic of chandeliers is very broad.

 

• There’s the type of chandelier. Do we include lanterns? Pendants? ( A few, yes.)
• What about style? Is it traditional, modern, or contemporary? And what table or style of decor does it pair with?
• Is it formal, or more casual, maybe rustic?
• And then, what about size?

 

This is when I want to crawl into bed and play half a dozen rounds of online Mahjong, or look at newborn kitten videos on Instagram.

 

Ya know?

😂

I will say that all of the info regarding what size to get is in the 333 Rules & Tips Guide. However, there is a post about sizing for lanterns, which you can see here.

 

As for chandeliers, please don’t rely on the old formula of adding two perpendicular sides of the room together, because it doesn’t always work.

 

It works for smaller dining rooms. But if your dining room is 15 x 25, that doesn’t mean your chandelier should be 37.5″ in diameter. No, in fact, you might need two chandeliers, no larger than 30″ in diameter. Other considerations are the height of the ceiling and the size of the dining table.

This post will not go into that in detail. But know, for now, that for most dining rooms, a chandelier with a diameter of 24″ – 30″ will usually be fine. That’s a very broad rule.

The chandelier, above, is from Visual Comfort and nearly FIVE FEET in diameter! While this style of chandelier is usually quite large, this piece is monumental in scale. For a lot less money, there will be some beauties that are still quite large, but I think even more beautiful.

 

Okay, for today, I decided to begin with the high-end chandeliers– the super expensive ones.

 

Although a few of them are only expensive in relation to others that are super inexpensive.

 

Then there’s another tier for next time of chandeliers that start at about $150.00.

 

Here’s the freaky thing.

 

Some of the expensive pieces, as you’re about to see, look phenomenally cheap. But then there are cheap chandeliers that look like they cost 10 times as much.

For today, I’m also leaving off the ultra-contemporary chandeliers, like the one below, which is surprisingly inexpensive. However, there is an expensive counterpart.

 

 

I will try to have those for next time, and of course, there will be dozens of inexpensive chandeliers, pendants and lanterns.

 

Okay, below is the widget for the expensive chandeliers. Sprinkled throughout are some vintage and antique pieces, but most are new.

 

Please take a gander at the captions because some of them have more information that might be of value.

 

 

More coming soon!

xo,

 

 

 

Part 2 is below

 

Hi Everyone,

This post was fun, but it takes forever to put everything together.

I think you will enjoy seeing the obvious duplicates in the budget widget.

 

Okay, let’s go over a few things about the chandeliers I found online.

 

Some things are super cheap, some are more in the moderate range. And a few are great buys for what they are. However, most are in the dirt-cheap category. That is, cheap without looking cheap!

There were some pieces I came close to putting in, but there was something about them that didn’t quite make the cut.

Some of the pieces you’ve seen before, but most I have never shared.

 

The most important point I need to make is that the majority of the pieces are sold at Wayfair.

 

I very much like that company. I’ve placed dozens of orders with them, and most of the time, everything is wonderful. But the few times it hasn’t been so great for whatever reason, Wayfair made good on it; no questions asked.

 

But here’s the thing.

 

They’ve started using AI. And oh gawd, 90% of the images are awful in that the scale of the chandelier is way off. I don’t mean 5%-10%. I mean, like 20%-30% off. And it’s usually that they made the chandelier look much larger than it is.

 

This chandelier is supposed to be 23.5″ in diameter. The table is about 36″ wide, and as shown here, the chandelier looks to be about 30″ wide. Plus, it’s hung way too low. It should be roughly 30″ above the table.

Below on the right, I recreated the table and light fixture to show a better approximation of how it should be.

 

Details matter! This is doing more harm than good. The chandelier on the left looks ridiculous. I wouldn’t do the 23.5″ size either, but it’s much better than what’s happening on the left. I mean, would any of you purchase this fixture to go over your kitchen table based on that image?

It’s not an isolated case,  either.

 

The already very large chandeliers are usually okay, except check out this diagram, below.

 

 

If the table is 60″ long, then the 62″ light fixture needs to be two inches longer than that.

 

Perspective would make it look a tiny bit smaller, but you get the idea.

 

Okay, it’s time for the widget of budget chandeliers with a sprinkling of pendants and lanterns.

 

 

I think there needs to be a part 3 if you guys are interested in seeing some cool contemporary pieces and dupes. Plus, we can go over any questions, and I’m sure I’ve left out some information.

xo,

 

***Please check out the recently updated HOT SALES! 

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Thank you so much!

I very much appreciate your help and support!