I always wanted an Emil Stejnar chandelier for my last house, and the funny thing is that the pricing was all over the shop for those a few years ago…I could find them on e-bay with a single broken flower for about $400…so I figured if I sleuthed enough…maybe I could get a good deal on one without broken glass…although, with all those flowers, a single broken one could easily go undetected. I was hopeful.
Then something happened…I missed the watershed moment, but Kelly Wearstler or some other wildly popular designer from a few years back must have featured one, because, for the past couple of years..this is what they are going for:
Stejnar is all wrong for the Regal Beagle, too formal…but Ikea has felt our pain once again and offered up their new Maskros. The shelter blogs went nuts for this when it was unveiled in Europe a few months ago…but I hate to feature anything you can’t get your hands on yet, so, I waited until it showed up here. Sure, it’s paper, not Austrian glass, but a great look on a budget. If I were trying to pull it off in a more formal setting, I’d group several of them at different heights and the drama of that alone would distract many from the fact that your statement chandelier is paper! Tord Boontje has been doing very well for years now with his paper chandeliers/pendants at the same price point, so why not Ikea?
