DIY Antler Chandelier?

[npaden]

So we've done some recent decorating and my wife shockingly said to me the other day - "I really think we should take some of the sheds laying around and make a couple of chandeliers with them, one over the dining room table and one in the old piano room". (We recently sold our baby grand piano that she can't play anymore).

I've watched a few YouTube videos of people making some of these and it goes from easy and ugly to extravagant and awesome and so far I've not seen much in between. I'm not looking to create some $10,000 chandelier, but would at least like something decent. I would have thought that folks would have some type of setup with LEDs, but most of the ones I'm seeing are still old school wires and bulbs.

Anyone done this and have some recommendations? Do I need to use my best antlers or can I mix in some mediocre ones and stain them? One guy I watched started out with some really nice sheds, then stripped off a lot of the color with a buffer and then stained them all the same color.

A few that I've seen that look decent have a mix of elk and deer. Some have just deer. Anyone have pictures of some that they really like that I could look to mimic?

Thanks in advance for any input or direction on where to look to start something like this.

Thanks, Nathan

 

[Hem]

So many of them up at Big Sky its turned tacky.
But none of those posers actually hunt.

 

[mtmuley]

So many of them up at Big Sky its turned tacky.
But none of those posers actually hunt.

We actually remove a lot of them. Some go in the dump trailer. Some I've taken apart. Personally, I wouldn't have one. mtmuley

 

[Dave N]

Mule deer. Bought many years ago on ebay before prices got crazy.

 

[Lmartin5]

Mule deer. Bought many years ago on ebay before prices got crazy.

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