Sometimes I don't know how I feel about blown glass. I'll see it in a gallery and think "ooo, pretty," but I walk on. Then other times I'll see blown glass and I gotta keep ahold of my britches. Case in point, the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Artist Dale Chihuly's ceiling installation contains over two thousand pieces of blown glass. Absolutely gorgeous!
Combine his sculptures with clear sunlight and you have Medusa's younger, prettier sister.
While I was shopping 19th Street last week in the Houston Heights, I stopped into Eclectic Home, a decor store specializing in affordable trends. Here you can have your own Chihuly-inspired fix.
The chandeliers come in 30-, 60-, or 90-piece sizes and can be customized with any color combination. Prices range from $1,200-3,800. However, the lights come IKEA-style--you have to put them together. Okay, no big deal, I had to do that with my IKEA artichoke light...but it was only $40. I say, any light that costs $40.01 or more should come already assembled. But que sera.
Assembly required or not, they are pretty.
What color combination would you do?
I'm a sucker for white. This one would sing soprano with that gorgeous gilded mirror I saw next door at Antiques on Nineteenth...you think the kids would help me put it together?
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3 comments:
Maintaining it to keep it dust-free would take awhile too. But very pretty.
Wait! I want to see the hair!!!!!
Gah.. dusting..meh! BUT when I was in Florence last year I fell in love with blown glass. The Bellagio ceiling is breath taking and there is another piece of his work in the gallery there. Stopping by from SITS to say G'day. I don't see an RSS feed link on your blog I'd LOVE to subscribe. And NOT just because I'm a Williams Sonoma junkie but because I love the eye you've got.
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