Buy or DIY: Light Fixtures

Brighten your hallway or workspace with one of these stylish, Scandinavian-inspired beaded pendants. Each light fixture is handmade to order and is offered with or without five wooden beads. The natural beads are hand-painted and available in five pastel hues.

Enliven your entryway or bedside table with our crafty, contemporary pendant light project. Pick up wooden spheres and cubes from your local craft store, and use acrylic paint to customize the fixture to fit your space. The best part? The project takes 30 minutes (or less!) to transform your space.

We’re smitten with this sleek, celestial orb chandelier. It’s coated in a brilliant, polished brass finish and makes a posh addition to any room in the house. Suspend it over your breakfast table or dangle it above your bed to polish off your master bedroom design.

Think twice before you toss out your kids’ old hula hoops. Pull 'em out from the corner of your garage and put them to use by creating a statement-making, globe chandelier. All you need to complete this project is four hula hoops, two machine screws and bolts, a hot glue gun and a pendant light kit. After constructing the base, give the sphere a solid coat (or two) of metallic paint to achieve the look of true metal fixtures.