CHEAP TO CHIC: BRIGHT WHITE CHANDELIERS

This white crystal chandelier caught my eye a few days ago, sparkling in the window of Subtle Tones in Santa Monica, CA (310) 576-0504 – $625 (above)

Got to Montana Avenue in Santa Monica for an afternoon of shopping and lunch over the weekend. Planned on lunching at Father’s Office…had heard about the burgers there for years…(they were well worth it btw).

We parked the car right in front of a clothing store that seemed to have furniture and other home accessories in it. The store was something called Subtle Tones – had never seen or heard of it before. Anyhoo…we went in, the clothing was okay but it was all of the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling caught my eye.

The store is attempting to be the clothing version of Shabby Chic I think(which is right across the street)….way too country for my tastes…the chandeliers did stand out as appealing and at reasonable prices.

The white chandelier pictured above made me pause and start thinking about putting a really fabulous classic shaped chandelier in a very modern setting…a sleek contemporary living room with a bright white bold chandelier…or a dining room with a simple dark wood square table, dark hunter green walls, streamlined camel color chairs featuring a bold ornate white glass chandelier hanging above as a centerpiece of sorts…or a simple bedroom setting with a white upholstered bed, chocolate wall color and a white chandelier casting a warm light creating an inviting aura…

The more I think about it, the more I really like that idea of classic white chandeliers.

White chandeliers are all the rage I later found out at dinner tonight with JLF – my dear friend who is a shopper extraordinaire (much more to come from JLF in future Cococozy posts). I happened to mention, in passing, that I would be posting about white chandeliers. Well JLF was already on the case on this one…her friend A, another shopper, just bought one for her apartment in Century City. JLF managed the find of all finds …a fabulous hot pink pillow with a white chandelier emblazoned on it complete with its own crystals (from Target I might add – a place where the Neiman Marcus/Prada shopping JLF is never found – hence the “what are the chances” nature of the the white chandelier/”I found a pillow at Target of all places” conversation).

Love the juxtaposition between old school classic and high modern in one room – mark my word it is the year of the chandelier.

Here’s the CHEAP TO CHIC on a few white chandeliers in case you might agree:

Ballard Designs – Coral Chandelier – $299.95 (hand made, resin and metal with textured finish) (above)

Z Gallerie – Atlantis Chandelier – $599 (made of coconut beads) (above)

Brocade Home – Crystal Chandelier in white – $599 (metal frame with glass crystals) (above)

Wandrlust –Versailles Chandelier 8-light white – $3999 (Italian porcelain in shiny white) (above)

One last unique white chandelier themed piece found out by JLF -here is that fantastic pillow she unearthed at Target!

Photo from JLF’s iPhone – Hot pink chandelier pillow – Target (above)

Let me know which one is your favorite. Please comment!