whirly candle chandelier

i saw this whirly candle chandelier on cb2's blog and decided that something like this would be fun in our house.  our dining room is super tiny - our table is practically in our entry - so it is in major need of a fun / unique focal point. 

here's the pic from cb2:

http://blog.cb2.com/home/2010/7/1/whirly-chandelier-how-to.html/

i loved this look - but it was a little too modern for our house....so we changed things up a bit.  i used jute twine instead of the orange electrical wire used in cb2's blog. 

we attached it to the ceiling with an eye hook - but since i didn't want to see a bunch of messy knots at the top - i came up with a way to cover them up.  i took an empty toilet paper roll - cut it in half length wise, wrapped it around the hook, taped it securely and wrapped jute around the roll.  it worked out great and you would never know that a toilet paper roll was used!

it looks awesome when the candles are all lit....only bummer is that it takes FOREVER to turn on each individual tea light - so i have to admit we don't light it very often.  it did give me an excuse to pick up two new table lamps - homegoods has such fun lamps!