Bird House Chandelier

I saw something similar to this on Pinterest, and it just so happened I had an iron chandelier that I found that I wanted to convert to candles anyway.  This one originally had five little cups to put candles in in addition to five electrical fittings.  However, the light bulbs this called for were the little pronged ones that are expensive and if you don't buy just the right one, you're toast.  Can you tell I have had this experience before? 

 This was the way the wired arms of the chandelier looked before.  The whole fixture was black.  My husband painted it white.  We saved the little frosted shades for another project.  I found these adorable bird houses at Joann's in the dollar section.  Steve painted the whole thing white and now it's ready for spring.

The bottom of the birdhouses were flat so all my husband had to do was drill out a hole to fit the wiring pipe on the chandelier arm.  He made the hole a tight fit so they almost had to be screwed down onto the arm of the fixture.  This ensured that the birdhouse fits snugly and is permanent.  Epoxy glue would work too.