New Chandelier and Mini Dining Room Makeover

So after hanging the birds and branches painting last week, at my friends house, we felt that her current lighting was just not fitting in with the look of the paintings. 

A few years ago, she bought a chandelier online for about $40.00.  When it arrived it was not really what she had anticipated.    It was a little too brassy and antique looking for her house.  So it's been sitting in her garage ever since.

We spray painted it a metallic silver.

Then we used the same technique that I used on my sister's chandelier. We used a tiny amount of Annie Sloan's chalk paint mixed with about an inch of water and just repeatedly brushed it on the chandelier.  It took away the sharpness of the silver spray paint and gave it a bit of a grayish, whitish finish with a little silver shining through.

Here it is hanging in her dining room.

Just a reminder of the before.

Here's the after.

It turned into a total mini makeover and completely changed the feel of her dining room.  I love it!