We've always hated our gold brass chandelier, but haven't had the money to buy a new one. When at a friends house recently, I saw that she had spray painted a similar chandelier for her baby's room. I love the nickel finish, but as we have black furniture in our dining room, and had black spray paint on hand, we went with black. I read some reviews online of people that hung the chandelier from a tree to paint it. We had some empty boxes in the attic so my husband decided to make his own spray paint chandelier holder. As you can see, he removed the bulbs and used painters tape around the bulb holders. He painted the bulb cylinders silver. We may change our mind and go silver but for now its a heck of a lot better than the brass it was before!