8 Light Farmhouse Wood High Ceiling Chandelier Rustic Large Ceiling Light Fixture Hanging Pendat Light for Dining Room Living Room Foyer Staircases Kitchen Island.

I read all the reviews and learned from what not to do when installing this chandelier!So it cut down on installation almost completely! It took probably 1.5 hrs from start to finish!

Although the setup time was a kick in the pants it was worth every second! I loooove the way these turned out! One thing I was unaware of was the size of the strings are not able to be changed but they come with 4 different sized strings and about 20 of each size. You can place them anywhere you would like. The outside row has 31 spots so they cannot all be one size they have to be interchanged. I had planned to do a chandelier design where they went shorter to longer in the middle but it just wasn’t possible. But it worked out perfect for us! The lights however you can place at any length you desire.

Firstly, I want to say this chandelier is gorgeous. It casts the most incredible shadows and I love it. I put it in a home we are selling, and I don't know if I could ever assemble another one despite how much I love it and how pretty it is. It was difficult to say the least.If you decide to attempt this, you will be building this from scratch, with the exception of carving the wood and forming the metal.Here are the biggest tips and the order I think you should do things, which is different than how I actually did it, because I learned what I could have done more easily. The directions are worth less than the paper they are printed on. Look at the pictures, but you've been warned.Step 0: Shut off breaker to the fixture before removing old fixture.Step 1:The wood blocks are plastic shrink wrapped, do NOT open them but just open the ends of the plastic to screw in the tiny eye bolts. I found a "monkey hook" to work perfectly as a screwdriver for this task.Step 2: it's tempting to start attaching wires to the blocks, but don't do it! This was my biggest regret later in my process. Step 2 you need to inspect, straighten, and replace many of the silver hooks that are on the metal baseplate. They are easily smashed during shipping. Tiny needle nose pliers help, but be careful as they are delicate.Step 3: Pull the bulb receptacles through the plate to the desired length, shorter than the 60cm wires and longer than the 54cm wires for the wood blocks. Firmly place the set screws on each bulb wire before wiring them all together at the back. There will be plenty of slack. (Twist together all of the 'L' separately from all of the 'N' and include the large fixture wire). I then used the black electric tape sleeves to hold these bundles securely, you can shrink them down to fit with a hair dryer, and it's much better than using the wire nuts on that many wires.Step 4:Attach the large bracket to the ceiling. A very important step that I forgot and turned out to be a huge headache was to first set the distance of the bolts that will hold the metal base plate, and *tighten the nuts* so they don't move! I cannot stress this enough, especially if you made the mistake of attaching all the wood blocks before hanging (yes, I did it the hard way)Step 5:Attach the wires (without the blocks) to the base plate. I recommend starting at the outside circle and going in the pattern around the base, then moving to the next row. Of course the number of attachment points doesn't exactly align to the suggested pattern evenly, so when you move in a row, shift the length of wire you started with over one spot so you don't have all the same length wires in a concentric row. I used the suggested pattern and it worked out pretty nicely. If I did mix it up it was in the center and so you can't even notice.Step 6: Wire the fixture in, white to white, black to black, ground to ground. Then attach the base plate to the ceiling bracket using those pre-spaced bolts that you remembered to set. (It won't be very heavy without the blocks because you followed my instructions and not the useless included ones!)Step 7-100: Attach your blocks to your wires that already have the perfect pattern you chose. Install bulbs.Step 101: Reset the breaker and admire your hard work and the money you saved on this DIY project.

Absolutely breath taking. A real conversation piece. Love having something boho and unique. Worth the install effort!

Love the design. Assembly is not for the impatient. Casts very cool shadows and light fractals on ceiling. Sort of a ”bonus.”

I was worried about the wood pieces being/looking cheap, they are great and pass on both fronts.We assembled it tot he instructions of a reviewer on here. Took hours to pre-hang all the wires, bundle them with rubber bands and then hang. If I did it differently in the future, I would have put lights and electrical on the base plate, prepared all the wood and wires and the layout, and hung only electrical and base plate tot he ceiling, and then took my time with hanging all the wires and wood. You will find you need to adjust and layout possibly anyways, and although it might be a shoulder workout, it's better than what we did and that other reviewer.

This chandelier definitely is a statement piece and can enhance any room with its wooden charm. My dining room feels like a ' modern art room' in the museum now..thanks to this piece!Deducted 2 stars for these reasons:1. Product arrived with missing and broken pieces ( not enough wooden blocks, metal endings were falling off on some and two smashed bulb mounts) Tried to contact the seller but he was unreachable and not really responsive - amazon customer service could not help me.If I saw these upon opening the box - I'd probably return the product. Unfortunately, I was in the middle of putting things together when I saw things are missing and broken.2. Challenging assembly - takes good few hrs of patience and creativity. The instruction they sent is useless, could not find any videos for that ether. You need to figure out things on your own..and as in my situation - improvise and fix what's broken just to be able to put the chandelier on the ceiling.If you can get all the pieces you need undamaged and in one box - then go though the process of putting everything together - you probably will be happy with this piece.

It's beautiful, organic and unique. You should listen to the video another buyer put up, it's very, very helpful. You need to have patience to put this together. The hardest part was aligning the holes in the plate with the screws in the cross bar. It looks great and have received alit of compliments. I am considering having a friend who has a wood engraver adding some words to a few pieces of wood, such as "family", etc. I recommend it highly.