Devil on your shoulder ([info]soundofwater) wrote,
@ 2007-04-02 22:31:00
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The ugliest chandelier in the world
Above the dining area of my apartment hangs a five-armed chandelier, which until today held five bare incandescent lightbulbs. When I moved in, I thought it was the most hideous lighting fixture I had ever seen. I couldn't imagine how a functional device could be uglier, more tasteless or, oddly enough, more laugh-out-loud hilarious.

Well, today my superintendent entered all the units in the building and changed the lightbulbs to compact fluorescent bulbs... including the five bulbs in my dining-area chandelier.





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[info]kuril
2007-04-03 03:43 am UTC (link)
Oh my.

That is... hideous. No doubt about it.

Perhaps you could get some sort of heat resistant and translucent colored cloth with wire for rigidity to cover them up. Coned, like an upside down lampshade.

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Fat Albert 40W...
[info]philalex
2007-04-03 04:04 am UTC (link)
There's a 11W retrofit that have globe-ized the CF element.

Then, there are those spring-wire lampshades that clip onto them.

Or, you could just hypnotize yourself....

-Phil

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[info]glacia2000
2007-04-03 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Tell me there are better flourescent light bulbs than this for a chandelier.

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[info]metalana
2007-04-03 12:18 pm UTC (link)
Wow, your building is eco-friendly! ;<

Why don't you go to Canadian Tire, buy an affordable chandelier that accepts the fluorescent bulbs, and have an electrically-savvy friend install it. (Not me, I got shocked by my last attempt at fixture-changing...)

Just because you rent doesn't mean you have to suffer!

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[info]soundofwater
2007-04-03 12:34 pm UTC (link)
After a while, I barely notice it's there! Guests stare at this thing slack-jawed, but I think it's hilarious in an ironic way. And I keep telling myself that by the end of the year, I'll be able to buy a nice condo downtown...

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[info]wiseacre
2007-05-19 12:32 am UTC (link)
Holy crap! I'd say you lived in my building except the SOBs here would never give us light bulbs for free.

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