Do-It-Yourself Frame for a Beaded Chandelier

Bicycle Tire Frame

• 1

  Remove all but four of the tire spokes.

• 2

  Attach four S hooks to the inside rim of the bicycle frame.

• 3

  Attach four lengths of chain to the S hooks.

• 4

  Use the four remaining spokes to help hold your light kit in place. If you aren't using a light kit, you can remove those spokes as well.

• 5

  Secure the light kit to the spokes and run the power cord up one of the wires.

• 6

  Hang the wires to a hook in the ceiling.

Hanging Basket

• 7

  Spray paint a hanging kitchen basket the color of your chandelier.

• 8

  Attach the beads using small sections of floral wire.

• 9

  Hang the chandelier.

Flexible Wire

• 10

  Cut a section of flexible floral wire and form it into a circle.

• 11

  Wrap several more pieces of flexible wire around the circle to add thickness.

• 12

  Cut three pieces of wire the length you want the chandelier to hang. Form one end of each piece into a hook and hook it onto the wire circle.