There’s no need to buy an expensive chandelier – simply make your own out of materials around your home!
- 18mm plywood: two 600 x 600mm pieces
- cold glue
- panel pins
- 150-grit sandpaper
- paint or varnish
- four metal candleholders
- four 6mm x 30mm chipboard screws
- small screw-in hooks (optional)
- rope or chain to hang it up
- pencil
- jigsaw
- hammer
- cordless driver and 25mm spade bit
- 4mm steel drill bit
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Step 1
Trace the outline of the chandelier onto stiff cardboard to make a stencil.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272431.jpg)
Step 2
Using the stencil, draw the outline of the chandelier on both pieces of plywood.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272434.jpg)
Step 3
Using the jigsaw, cut along the pencil lines to form the two halves of the chandelier.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272430.jpg)
Step 4
Using the 25mm spade bit, drill a hole at the top of one of the two halves.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272428.jpg)
Step 5
Using a piece of offcut wood, mark the middle of both pieces from top to bottom.
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Step 6
On one piece, saw out a slot from the bottom up to the midpoint of one piece and a slot from the top to the midpoint of the other piece. Round off the end of this piece.
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Step 7
Sand the two halves of the chandelier and slide the one half until it fits perfectly into the other. Glue and nail the two together with panel pins.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272424.jpg)
Step 8
Paint in the colour of your choice (we used Dulux Fuchsia Falls 2).
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272423.jpg)
Step 9
Using the cordless driver, drill a 4mm hole in each candleholder and screw one onto each of the four arms of the chandelier.
![](https://blog.builders.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/0000272422.jpg)
Step 10
Turn in small screw hooks at the bottom of the chandelier in case you’d like to attach crystals later.
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Step 11
Use a rope or chain to hang your chandelier in place.
Credits
Referenced from Gallo images / Home Magazine