Well this was a project and a half but my goodness it is absolutely stunning! This comes flattened, so after you hang it you have to carefully bend all the branches up and down to form an even shape, that was quite intimidating. Then you have to put all the gazillion teardrops on it with these little paper clip looking hooks, you can see all of the individually wrapped glass teardrops in my photo, a huge basket full and that many more next to it, there are a LOT. We probably have 6 or 7 hours installing it by now and we are still hanging crystals. You do get a giant load of them and I still have a big basket of extras which was good. The more you hang the better it looks. Bending the branches was intimidating, one snapped at the weld on one side but it didn’t come off, there are millions of branches so you would never notice if you did break one off, you just have to bend and hold at the base. There are some great videos on YouTube showing how it’s done and that was very helpful and relieved some of my hesitation. After you get the nerve up to bend a few, you get more brave and it becomes easier. If you hate putting things together forget this one, it requires hours of time and a lot of patience and a creative eye doesn’t hurt in configuring all the branches. Mine didn’t seem to go down as low as the one their picture but I love the shape and it’s a very striking fixture, you’ll find yourself just standing there staring at it.
I didn’t love the paper clip like hooks, they are difficult to work with especially on the branches where the holes didn’t fall side to side and were more diagonal, the wires tend to stick out looking like malformed paperclips. I would rather they were more like s hooks perhaps which would be easier to take on and off. I wonder how on earth I’ll clean this, I’m thinking of trying a can of compressed air for dust removal and the included white gloves sprayed with vinegar to clean the teardrops. I’m so glad this was the 31” small one, I would not have survived putting their larger one together, it’s a very very long tedious process. I do love the look of it. One thing to know, we have a dimmer switch so when this is turned off it unfortunately stays lit on low because LED bulbs always have a low amount of current and don’t completely go out on a dimmer type switch. If you want it to completely turn off you can’t use a dimmer switch.
After all the time and effort we feel it was worth it, we both are in love with this fixture, it’s so beautiful and very unique, it reminds me of an osprey nest with dew drops. It really is a stunning focal point in the room and it throws a lot of light on our dining room table. If you are willing to go through many hours of assembling this, you will be delighted with the effort. I can’t imagine a more glorious looking light fixture, it is extremely dramatic in person! Recommend it to those with patients.
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