The perfect chandelier

I never thought I would actually find the perfect chandelier.

We've been rearranging things at home. We finally bought our first "real" furniture, some of the Stressless and Ekornes leather pieces from Norway, and a hutch that has a dining table that folds out and seats 6. About 3 years ago we bought two pairs of cast iron wall sconces (PartyLite) and have them posted on opposite sides of the room from each other - one pair above the fireplace, and one here (the door to the kitchen is on the left, door to the hallway is on the right). When the placement of the hutch caused us to abandon the previous dining area (as dictated by the light fixture/ceiling fan above it), I wanted to find something new to put above the new dining area to sort of set it off and say "see, here is where we eat". I didn't want anything complicated (something electrical probably would never get installed) so I was on the hunt for a cast iron candle chandelier.

If you've ever googled "cast iron candle chandelier", you will get thousands of hits, including electric candle chandeliers - definitely not something I wanted. So I sort of gave up the online hunt and sent an email out to my friends telling them to keep their eyes open for something like this.

*I* am the one who actually found this piece, tho. I couldn't believe it. Not even a month after my initial hunt, I wandered into one of the new shops along 152nd in Burien (I buy Sophia's food at Natural Pet Pantry), a little shop called Grass Roots. This chandelier was actually hanging outside in the garden area, because technically it could go either way. I took a picture and told Steve about it, but then it was a few weeks before we could get down there and show it to him in person. He agreed with me, this was it. It was almost an exact match to the other pieces, it just needed to be painted black (it was a dark gray).

So there it is, in all its glory. And when I throw a party outside, I can take it outdoors to grace the patio!