DIY Sputnik Chandelier. I've always dreamed of having a gorgeous sputnik chandelier, but they are usually on the smaller side and in the many thousands of dollars. I had planned on investing a little bit more of the house budget on the dining area's light fixture because it would be basically the first thing you'd see when walking into our apartment.
I wanted big and beautiful. After deciding to buy the Gossip Girl sconces, I had sort of eaten up my lighting budget and needed to figure out something very inexpensive for the dining room. I thought the ubiquitous IKEA Maskros (which means dandelion in Swedish) might be a good base for a DIY sputnik. I had some help from my Mom and Dad, who were in town visiting at the time. It's a pretty simple project, with not a lot of tools required. Like almost all IKEA products, the Maskros comes disassembled. I used a clear (making it easy to find the center) plastic cup with a 2.5" base to trace a circle on each of the flowers. On the florettes. Bottle!)