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Monday’s Simple Cleverness… Shedding a Little (more) Light

February 20, 2012

I love, love, love track lighting! When you change things around in the house as much as I do, the ability to move around light fixtures that easily is an amazing ability.

One little, but very wonderful, track light fixture I have found is this chandelier adapter. At Menards they’re around $7 or $8.

You can transform almost any chandelier into  working in this fixture. The only concern is a weight restriction of the chandelier. (Obviously, too heavy a chandelier would be too heavy for the track and this little fixture to hold it. Read the restrictions on the packaging of the chandelier adapter.)

For my dining room table, which is quite long, I wanted to have 2 chandeliers. I simply purchased two, not too heavy, chandeliers, and measured the proper height for them to hang, clipped the wire and chain to correct length.  Then put the wire through this end, and hooked the chain on this ring.

Just unscrew this end, hook up the wires of the chandelier inside and re-attach this end, screwing it together. Good to go.

Be sure that your wire has a little slack in it. You want the weight of the chandelier to be held with the chain strength, not the electric wire.

What a super simple install, just a half twist and you’re done.

In this room, I need different types of lighting, and this track allows me to have flood lighting, spot lighting and chandeliers all on the same track. With this I can move or remove the fixtures all together as I need. What freedom!! I love that!!

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  1. Nichole says

    September 7, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    Absolutely love this idea. Perfect way for me to change the 1980’s track lights in my hallway to drum shade chandeliers. Trying to purchase the adapter and cannot find it online. What is the specific name of the adapter? Thanks

    Reply
  2. thistlewoodfarm says

    April 2, 2012 at 10:47 am

    What an absolutely clever idea! I love it! I need this for my chandelier in the laundry room!
    Thanks for the inspiration and thanks for linking to our party!

    blessings,
    karianne

    Reply
  3. Kelly @ Eclectically Vintage says

    April 1, 2012 at 9:15 am

    I adore chandeliers and this idea is fabulous!!

    So glad you linked to our Cinch party.
    Kelly

    Reply
  4. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says

    March 31, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    What a great idea!! Beautiful chandy. Thanks so much for linking up to our party!
    Karah

    Reply
  5. Linda @ it all started with paint says

    March 27, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    How incredibly ingenious! Seriously! Love, love this and so glad you linked it up here …

    🙂

    Linda

    Reply
  6. Anita says

    March 1, 2012 at 8:13 am

    What a great idea, and thanks for linking up at cowgirl up. Love that you can put all of those lights on the same strip.

    Reply
  7. Jill says

    February 29, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    Thanks for linking up to my party at Jillify It! I’m a new linky follower!

    Jill
    http://www.jillifyit.com

    Reply
  8. Jill says

    February 28, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Great idea to add more light! I would love it if you linked up at my party going on now! (It’s my very first one!!)

    Jill
    http://www.jillifyit.com

    Reply
  9. Melissa says

    February 28, 2012 at 10:16 am

    This is fantastic! I must put track lighting in our next house (we’re renting right now while we find a place). I love how easy it is to change out the lighting. Thanks for linking up!

    Reply
  10. Pamela says

    February 27, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    Great idea. I love it!!

    Reply
  11. Maureen says

    February 26, 2012 at 10:35 pm

    I’ve never seen this product before. Thanks. I’m pinning so I remember this!

    Reply
  12. Claire Jain says

    February 26, 2012 at 11:53 am

    That’s a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  13. Melody of ChattyChics.com says

    February 26, 2012 at 9:24 am

    No way! Awesome! Boy you are good at doing some serious home reno! Great job!

    Reply
  14. Karen Heath says

    February 26, 2012 at 8:31 am

    Perfect. Does the package say whether there is a weight limit?

    Reply
  15. ma says

    February 24, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    BEAutiful!!!

    I would love if you’d link this up to my new linky party!!

    http://classyclutter.blogspot.com/2012/02/saturday-spotlight-3.html

    Happy Crafting, Mallory @ Classy Clutter

    Reply
  16. Nancy says

    February 23, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    Thank you so much for this post! I have track lighting and never knew about this device. We even have a Menards where we live! Thanks for sharing.
    Nancy

    Reply
  17. Debra@CommonGround says

    February 23, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    What a great idea!! and what a really pretty chandy. I’m wanting one about that size for my hall bath re-do. Love the ability to move things around. thanks so much for linking up to the party!

    Reply
  18. Megan and Emily says

    February 23, 2012 at 9:12 am

    This is awesome. I don’t think I’ve ever seen something like this done, this would be great for my house because my dining room is pretty large.

    Please visit us at Whimsically Homemade

    Reply
  19. Sharon ت says

    February 23, 2012 at 8:40 am

    Thanks for sharing this ingenious tip at Show & Tell. Love it!

    Sharon @ mrs. hines class

    Reply
  20. D @ The Shady Porch says

    February 23, 2012 at 7:07 am

    Good information. I love the chandelier! I have a party going on now … I’d love to have you share this.

    Reply
  21. Jo says

    February 22, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    Thank you for posting this! Who knew these were available

    Reply
  22. Pamela says

    February 22, 2012 at 7:27 pm

    Now that is a creative way to get a chandy in there!!

    Reply
  23. cheapchichome says

    February 22, 2012 at 3:19 pm

    Wow, this little gadget is certainly a game-changer. I’m so glad you let us know about it!

    Reply
  24. Natural-Nesters says

    February 22, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    How clever! I would love for you to stop by and link this up at our Naturally-Nifty linky party!

    http://natural-nester.blogspot.com/2012/02/naturally-nifty-linky-party-3-features.html

    -your newest follower

    Reply
  25. Marilyn says

    February 22, 2012 at 7:30 am

    Thanks for the tip…I’m always looking for amazing ways with light fixtures and this is one! Have a wonderful week

    Reply
  26. Pat says

    February 21, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    What a great discovery! Thanks for sharing it!

    Reply
  27. Cindy says

    February 21, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    How cool is that?

    Reply
  28. Honey says

    February 20, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Very interesting!

    Reply
  29. Jill Kannel says

    February 20, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Very cool….never knew there was such a thing!!! That would be perfect in my dinning rm…thanks for sharing all you great ideas!

    Reply
  30. Dawn McKibben says

    February 20, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    I love your blog Liz. Thanks for sharing your gift.

    Reply
  31. Cloches & Lavender says

    February 20, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    Love the picture I am a Chandelier girl at heart.

    Reply

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