Creative designer chandeliers

A chandelier is an integral part of the interior of many rooms. It is not only a source of illumination, but often an original piece of decor. Chandeliers in different styles are sometimes a whole piece of art. But especially sophisticated users often choose an exclusive design created according to a special project. Such products are often shocking with their uniqueness and become bright accents in the interior.

For designer models of lighting fixtures, a number of features are characteristic that distinguish them from standard store products:

• A chandelier can be a combination of several materials, the combination of which is rarely seen in typical models. Textile and metal, wood and ceramics and many other materials that are rarely seen in tandem are combined with each other.
• Plafonds and decorative elements of such products often resemble everyday objects, elements, celestial bodies, bizarre shapes, flowers and many other figures.
• Some models combine polar styles. Signs of the classic style are diluted with the concept of futurism, vintage is presented through the prism of the avant-garde, the techno style complements the ornate lines of the baroque with its sharp elements.

• Due to the complexity of shapes and materials, such designs are difficult to maintain. Often, the interweaving of forms is so small that it becomes difficult to clean the chandeliers from dirt.
• Custom-made products significantly exceed store models in price. Even products that are not complex in shape, created by a sought-after designer, will have a very high cost.
• Designer chandeliers are often a source of aesthetic pleasure. They have a beneficial effect on people of all ages - they help in the development of the imagination of children, they bring variety to the life of the elderly.

All chandeliers, including designer models, are divided into two main types: ceiling and pendant.

Ceiling structures are distinguished by the fact that their frame fits snugly to the ceiling surface. Usually, such products are flat in shape, but sometimes threads and other decorative elements hang down from the frame, making the structures larger. Designer ceiling chandeliers are often a whole panel that occupies part of the ceiling.

Suspended structures are a frame with shades, fixed on a cable. The rope can be presented in the form of various shapes and materials: a plastic cord, a chain, a bundle that imitates a rope product. Such a chandelier takes up much more space than a ceiling one, and can include a huge variety of shapes - from a multi-colored single ball to intertwined small spirals, from an acute-angled wooden structure to imitations of silhouettes of animals and marine life.

Designer products can be presented in various variations, have almost any shape. The size of the products depends on the height and area of ​​the room and the role of the chandelier in the interior.

For large rooms, large models of lighting fixtures are chosen. Basically, they prefer hanging chandeliers, which sometimes have a length of more than a meter. Special models made using the cascade technology can even reach two meters in length.

Among the ceiling structures, you can find rather wide models, they occupy a significant portion of the ceiling and look presentable only in large-scale rooms.

Designers embody their imagination in a combination of materials for the chandelier. The main types of raw materials are as follows:

• Metal - strong and durable material that matches wood and plastic. But the designers have managed to combine metal even with glass and crystal.
• Wood is a material both for one-piece hand-made lampshades and for exclusive models with openings and a spiral structure. Wood is a material in which a designer can embody almost any form; it serves both as a frame and as the main material for a structure.
• The main advantage plastic - its ability to imitate other textures. It can appear before us as a chandelier shimmering with all spectra or as a monochromatic design of an elegant shape. Plastic combined with glass and metal creates special spectra of light in the chandelier, which, when switched on, form a fancy pattern on the ceiling.

• Some styles are perfect for designer chandeliers. from glass... Although this material is fragile, it comes in stunning, graceful forms. Glass products are transparent, colored, matte. Glass is used in large chandeliers to create whimsical hanging garlands. Designers give glass a variety of shapes to make your apartment as original as possible.
• Tissue lampshades are popular not only for Chinese lamps, but also for many other directions. Exclusive models involve the location of the fabric on the frame of a special shape. Usually the material is positioned in a taut position so that the geometry of the product is not disturbed.
• For those who can afford to purchase products crystal, designers offer chandeliers of the highest complexity and originality. Technology helps to create such models, the frame of which is almost invisible, the chandelier itself looks like a series of sparks hanging in the air.

Many colors can be used for designer chandeliers.

The determining factors in choosing the shade of the product are:

• the style of the interior and the color of the furniture in the room;
• chandelier size;
• ceiling color;
• features of materials.

Designers create beautiful and unusual models using just one shade, but this is not always the case. There are combinations of two colors. Both a harmonious ensemble and the reception of contrasts are possible. Close shades form an ensemble, and contrast is inherent in such colors as black and white, yellow and blue, orange and green, beige and brown.

Among the leading designer brands, those that have emerged in Italy and Germany are popular.

The German leaders are companies:

• Faustig. The main criterion in the creation of chandeliers is the aesthetics of the product. It complements superior product quality, functionality and durability.
• Robers. The company specializes in working not only with standard, but also with complex materials. It is engaged in the production of lighting devices for various purposes, including models for street lighting.

The following firms are popular among Italian manufacturers:

• Bellart. The company is renowned for its professionalism in working with fragile materials. She specializes in the creation of glass products and other fragile structures.
• La Murrina - a brand that produces exclusive models.It is famous for the fact that all models of manufactured products are created in a single copy.

To successfully choose a brand, first of all, you need to decide on the style of the interior:

• Diversify a classic massive chandelier baroque with chandeliers and sparkling pendants, designers can add more color to it. Colored glass will make the light sparkle with different colors and make the chandelier not only an indicator of luxury, but also help to lift the mood with shades of light.
• In style high tech designers get creative with whimsical jagged shapes or combining perfect geometry with wavy lines. In addition to the traditional metallic shade, absolutely transparent shades are in fashion, as well as ceiling chandeliers in a futuristic style.

• As unusual shades and frames for guiding loft forms of fans, gear mechanism, pipes, fire extinguishers and other attributes of the attic are used. Color accent can also be made because the usual loft style palette does not include many shades.
• If you want to decorate a semi-antique room, then feel free to order exclusive lamps in the style retro... Chandelier shades can have various shapes, up to imitation of the design of a bottle. Alternatively, designers create a combination of domed plastic lampshades and metal cable, which looks very distinctive.

You should choose a ceiling lamp based on the functional purpose of the room where it will be located. For each room, special parameters of design products are preferable:

• In the kitchen, it is becoming more and more popular to install several lamps in a row or place shades on a common structure.
• In the living room, it is allowed to find dimensional ceiling lamps. They are usually located in the center of the ceiling and attract attention.

• Ceiling structures are most often placed in the bedroom. Sometimes a lamp is placed above the bed, which looks like a platform with tiny star lamps. There are unusual options for installing pendant lights. They can be miniature and located on both sides of the bed.
• Chandeliers of various geometric shapes are especially popular for the study. Designers, despite the strict concepts of office styles, decide to focus on chandeliers.

For a modern interior, there are practically no frames that limit the imagination of designers. They offer the attention of buyers really original models of unusual shapes and colors:

• For lovers of hanging chandeliers products are provided in the form of jellyfish, inverted ceramic cups, ice cream, a spider and even a honeycomb. Most of the models will look more relevant in modern styles, but if the shape you like is embodied in the right material, then you can combine the chandelier with a classic design.

• For lovers of ceiling chandeliers products in the form of scattered sequins are provided, which will decorate a modern interior. Unusual and exclusive designs are often achieved through geometric techniques. One geometric figure is located inside or above another, thanks to which the plafond can often be compared to a real work of art.

To learn how to make a retro-style chandelier with your own hands, see this video.