Make Your Own Chandelier Chain Cover

You can make your own chandelier cover in less than one hour.

Make it personal to match your decor.

 Before

 Let's face it.  There is nothing attractive about chandelier chains and wires so I decided to make my own chandelier chain cover to match my breakfast nook toile bench seats and matching toile lampshades.

I had leftover toile from making my breakfast nook box cushions.  I found matching toile shades for my chandelier on the internet at a price which was too good to pass up and saved me having to make them.

My chain is about 20" long.  I cut a 4" strip two and one half times the length of my chain to allow for plenty of gathering.  I hemmed both the top and bottom and sewed a scant 3/8" seam.

Once the "tube" was sewn I turned it with a chopstick.  I just turned one end in and grabbed it inside with the chopstick and pushed until it was inside right.

You will have to remove your chandelier from the ceiling.  Make sure

the power is turned off, first!

In order to get the chain and wires through I tied a piece of string to a rod and pushed that all the way through.  

Tie the string to the wire and chain. (Photo only shows string tied to wire.  Had to do this step twice to get it right!)

Now pull the string until all of the wires and chain come out

the other end.  You're almost done!  All you have to do is

attach your chandelier back to the ceiling.

You can make this chandy chain cover and install it in less
than one hour and you can personalize one for every room in your home.
Oh...it took longer to write this post than it did
to make and install this chandelier chain cover!