First off, this is NOT my style at all. I really wanted to make it into something cool. I really love the older industrial style, so I thought that would be perfect.

First, I had to take it all a part. I then spray painted the individual pieces with one of my very very favorite go to colors, because again, I love industrial..

All Surface Metallic Satin Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint and Primer in One

I should really by this color by the case. lol

Once that was complete, I re assembled the light.

After mulling through several ideas to work with gears, I finally decided on doing like a normal crystal type chandalier works, but instead using gears vs crystals.

I oredered a back of 150 gears from amazon for about 10 bucks.

I then dug through my crafting supplies and found some cool Tim Holtz Swival Clasps. I used them for the parts where you see hanging down from the arms and the outside facing gear. I then went through my jewelry supplies and found the chains...luckily I had two different sizes so I could do a double hang. I also found large jump rings and grabbed those as well.

I added the gears to the two chain sizes using the jump rings. I also then added the chains to the holes using the jump rings.

The existing holes I used were actually for the screws that held the glass globes in place. With the new Edison syle bulbs, I knew it would be unnecessary to cover the bulbs, which opened up the holes for the chain hanging.

I then purchased 5 new LED edison chandiler type bulbs from IKEA. I had to add the converters to allow the small bulb type as the existing fitting was for the larger bulbs.

I am super excited about how it turned out and am seriously thinking about modifiying the cord so that I can just plug it in so I can steal it for MY room! :)

from 90's builder grade to industrial steampunk