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1 Measure the length from the top of the wire lampshade to the centre ring, add about 5cm and cut 26 pieces of wire at this length. (There are 26 spaces between the vertical wires on our lampshade; adjust your number of wire pieces accordingly.)

2 Attach one side of the wire to the centre ring of the lampshade and string the beads onto it: we used three 30mm beads with 10mm beads in-between, followed by three 25mm beads with 10mm beads in-between, and then seventeen 10mm beads all the way to the top ring of the lampshade. 3 Attach the wire to the top ring and cut off any excess. 4 Repeat step 2 and 3 until the top section of the lampshade is complete.

5 Do the same on the bottom section of the lampshade. We changed the sequence: we did every second string with three 30mm beads and 10mm beads in-between, then five 25mm beads with 10mm beads in-between and, finally, five 10mm beads all the way to the bottom ring of the lampshade. We started the strings in-between with four 10mm beads, then two 30mm beads with a 10mm bead in-between, followed by four 25mm beads with 10mm beads in-between, and ended off with nine 10mm beads. Cut eight 30cm pieces of wire and thread sixteen 10mm beads on each. Attach these at the base of the chandelier in a scalloped pattern; let each scallop overlap the previous one a bit. Cut off any excess wire.