Chandeliers a hot home decor trend

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Chandeliers a hot home decor trend

Chandeliers, once thought to be a Southern home decor item, are now in demand nationwide.

The Dali chandelier is another beautiful light fixture.

The famed glass artist Dale Chihuly created this Guilded Chrome Chandelier in 2001.

Here's a chandelier that's anything but traditional. Neon makes this fixture perfect for the young or young at heart.

A special chandelier made of amber mica with copper hangs in the living room of this rustic Big Canoe home.

Instead of the usual chandeliers, Thomas Arvid had a glass artist blow glass, and Arvid had his electrician hang them at the heights and locations he wanted.

An Oly Studio chandelier has shells, instead of crystals, making for a unique display.

Spiral staircase with a lovely period chandelier is the main architectural feature in the entry foyer at the home of Jack & Ann Wallach in Buckhead that was built in the 1920s, and was the former home of the Selig family.

In this modern kitchen, two small lighting fixtures above the counter resemble small chandeliers, while a visually-striking large orange chandelier hangs above the dining room set.

This is an antique Swedish chandelier.

Brian Patrick Flynn, a furniture designer and associate producer of "Movie and a Makeover," poses with a chandelier he created from part of an old outdoor sign from an ice cream shop. He found the large arrow discarded at a neighboring building that was under renovation in the Castleberry Hills area of Atlanta where he lives. After some rewiring work, a little paint and steel wool to emphasize the "old" look of the piece and voila! he had an eye-catching chandelier for his loft condominium.

This antique alabaster chandelier can be fitted to hang in a modern home.

Chandeliers have always been popular in Southern home decor, but now there's a demand nationwide for these striking light fixtures. Just to prove that chandeliers can be sassy instead of stuffy, here's a delicious looking cupcake chandelier, complete with dripping frosting accents.

Not all chandeliers have crystal accents. This fixture stands out because of the painted details.

So what makes this chandelier so special? It's hanging in the bedroom of a luxurious motor home.

A wagon wheel chandelier is the centerpiece in this dining room.

A unique floral-accented chandelier was selected as part of the bedroom decor for this townhome designed for a single professional woman.

Chandeliers can be ultra-modern, as this eye-catching fixture illustrates.

This hanging chandelier offers a soft glow from its multicolored strands of beads.

Non-traditional chandeliers can work quite well in an urban loft setting.

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The Dali chandelier is another beautiful light fixture.

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