I found this really neat site that will let you design your chandelier to give you an idea - it's fun.http://www.cristalier.com/Articles.asp?ID=130 I want to add drops to mine also. It's not too expensive and would change the looks up a lot. You could add your shades back during the holidays or when you get tired of crystals. Of course, I'm not a professional so you might not want to listen to me. I just think it would be fun.

Annz and jjam, thank you for the pictures of your chandeliers. They look beautiful. Dulthinbloomz4, patricia43, oceanna and ratherbegardening, I appreciate the tips on how to clean crystal. It sounds like everyone likes their chandelier, even if it is a bit labor intensive to keep them clean. Anyone else have any pictures to share? Jjim, I am a bit hesitant to look on ebay, just because of worrying about breakage. Plus, the lighting store said they will hang the chandelier for us which is included in the price. I may look on ebay anyway to see what I can find.

Okay, I signed out of gardenweb and signed back into the site directly via my bookmark and there's no provision to change any display of posts. However, when I go back to Home Forums and select Home Decorating, that first page gives me the option of changing the display---I have to open it as a new session, almost. However, when I did that my view was already set to "latest activity," so I am not sure what to make of that. Clearly it does NOT show the latest activity because I had to post three times in quick succession in order to get it to the top of the list. there still may be some other metric involved. Regardless, everyone should realize that these threads sink much more quickly than they did on gardenweb, partly because there are fewer posts but also because of the forum design.

If you like it, get it. What ever is "out of date" now will come back. Jim