So I wrote a post about having cancer and then disappeared here for a week. I’M SO SORRY.
I’m still trapped in moving hell and my computer was lost in the gazillion unopened moving boxes but this afternoon it turned up and so I am writing this in the middle on the night to tell you that I am still here and I’m just fine aside from the light concussion I gave myself a few days ago when I was sleeping on the couch (since my bed frame had been taken to the new house) and at 3am I woke up to the sound of Hunter S. Thomcat loudly drinking out of a giant glass of ice water I’d left beside me, so I went to dump it in the kitchen sink but I kept the lights off so I wouldn’t wake up all the way and that’s why I didn’t see the dangerously low-hanging chandelier that normally hangs over the now-missing kitchen table and that’s how I ended up completely drenched in a gallon of icey water and cat backwash as I was unexpectedly punched in the head by my own home, which is exactly the opposite of how to stay asleep.
I’m not sure any of this makes sense but in my defense, it’s very late and I have been concussed by a light fixture that I didn’t even like.
Although, now that I’m thinking about it…I could use your opinion. When we first moved in to our old house I didn’t like this chandelier and was going to change it out but then I got distracted for 12 years. Now that I have to get the house ready to sell I was thinking I should replace it with something less…I don’t know…jestery? Medieval? But the real estate agent said I should leave it because it’s lovely and now I can’t tell if I’m insane. What’s your vote on this? Hideous or lovely?
It certainly has…… character?
Very jester. Would get something incredibly bland like all houses getting shown 🙂
Thinking of you and your family , and Mr. HST and his fur siblings
It’s a fantastic security feature sure to set the minds of perspective buyers at ease–or concuss them into thinking it’s the best light they’ve ever seen.
The hideous killer chandelier must die. 😂
Leave it because if you replace it, somehow it will end up at your new place with a sly grin on its face.
It’s fabulous but I’d replace it with something simple (and inexpensive) for selling.
Focus on new house! If new owners don’t like it, they can change it!
Glad to hear from you! The light fixture, meh. When I had to sell, I let the house stager do the interior decorating shit. It worked. Take those deep breaths. Moving sucks like no other possible suction. XO
Horrible, but won’t be your problem when you sell the place. Let them upgrade if it doesn’t bring them joy.
Leave it for the new owners to deal with.
Is that faux candle wax drippings? Definitely time to switch it out. But it would look lovely in a garden gazebo.
It is kind of jester-y, but some people might love it, and if they don’t, one light fixture isn’t a deal-breaker!
Are those chicken feet or upside-down crosses hanging from the jester cap of flames?
It definitely has…character. I say leave it. You have plenty to do without changing a fixture in a house you’re selling. Sending you good vibes & much love, Jenny ❤️
Looks ridiculous if you focus only on it, but it seems to fit in with the rest of the decor.
Clamp the jaws of a plastic trout onto each one of those dangling pieces on the bottom, wipe your fingerprints off the whole thing, and slink away into the night.
I LOVE IT!!! I agree with the Medieval look and that’s what I love about it!!! Weird because I usually agree with you… 🤔
Let it go! It’s done enough damage to you and you can walk away from it. Good luck with the rest of your move!
I think if you leave it, some people looking at your house will be like “dang, that is one ugly light fixture, we’d have to replace that”, and if you change it some people will be like “dang, this light fixture has no character, we’ll have to find something more unique”, so basically you can’t win. I wouldn’t spend the money replacing it when you won’t be there to enjoy the new one.
100% hideous but don’t spend any time, money or effort on a new one. It’s too late. Move forward.
It’s no longer a you problem. Leave it, you have enough going on. Picking battles and whatnot.
Yuck. 🤢
Leave it. The new owners will plan to replace it and it will still be there ten years from now when they decide to sell.
Well, first, I find your “how I got concussed by my house” story relatable and also feel better about now keeping cold water next to me while I sleep because my cats will either drink it or knock it to the floor.
As for the chandelier, I don’t personally like it but the buyer might love it so much they have to buy the whole house to get it! Or if not, they can change it out for what they like better themselves.
Glad you’re still with us! May moving hell resolve soooon
Leave it- you have larger issues to deal with, such as an antidote for cat backwash. Btw, my cat once stepped on the record button app on my iPhone. That part is real .Turns out she was a sleep study specialist in another life, and i had to get a cpap. That part is partially true.
Get better we need you!
If your real estate agent doesn’t care, you don’t care. Don’t spend money you don’t need to. It will be fine. (I’m so sorry to hear about the cancer and the concussion. Sending all the good vibes for all the things you have happening now.)
I’d give it to the realtor as a thank you gift. 😆
Don’t change it. You can’t please everyone, so don’t bother spending any money on it. Sorry about the unexpected chandelier attack.
I think it’s pretty ugly but I also think you should listen to your real estate agent.
(I suspect “It’s lovely” is real estate agentese for “Changing it won’t sell the house any faster nor will it get you more money so just leave alone and let me do my job, OK?”)
I wish I could attach a photo to this post so that you could see our house when we bought it. Built in 1977, the bathrooms had metallic floral wallpaper and ornate hanging lights (suspended by chains!), and, worst of all WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING! Horrors! The rest of the place had minor weird touches, but the bathrooms really stood out. Just to say, we bought it anyway because it was the right size house, in a quiet neighborhood, and we figured we could fix it up. Confession: it’s been 22 years and one of the bathrooms still has metallic floral wallpaper and hanging lights. They kind of grow on you after a while. Good luck!
I don’t love it but it isn’t ugly. And if the real estate agent thought that a different one would aid in the sale of the house, they wouldn’t tell you to keep it. So conserve your energy and concentrate on a new light fixture for your new house if you don’t like the one there. And feel better.
It’s something the new owners can easily update if it isn’t their cup of tea.
Absolutely hideous is my vote but why bother. You may pick something beautiful but the next owner hates it so replaces it anyway. The best part of moving is that all that stuff is no longer your problem. Enjoy looking around saying “F*ck it”!
Either way I doubt it’ll make a difference in the sale of the house.
Let the next owner pick their light fixture.
Hideous. Keep it and change out the hangings with upside down crosses for halloween.
I think it’s lovely. But I’m weird and have weird taste.
Don’t bother. The new owner won’t keep whatever you put there!
It’s not pretty and it attacks people. However, you are leaving this place so you really don’t have to replace it. After all, the people who buy your old house may like it.
probably insane
(Kidding. You’re wonderful.)
Terry Mase
We have one and I hate it, but I wouldn’t bother changing it. Other people love them and even if they don’t they also might not like what you replace it with. I don’t thing light fittings are deal breakers, otherwise I wouldn’t have bought my house.
Leave it.
It’s homicidal. You don’t want to take it with you, and the new home-owners will either love it, or it will be the focus of every irritation in the new place and they will feel a sense of true accomplishment when they remove it. Leave it there but put a pile of empty boxes underneath it so it can’t brain you again.
One less thing to do, spend money on or make a decision about! Leave it!🙈
Leave it for the new owners. It is obviously possessed and they will appreciate to character it brings.
Also if you take it down the ghosts may follow you.
If the real estate agent says keep it, and it costs you less to leave it behind, I’d not bother changing it. I think it rather fits the vibe in the kitchen.
Also, I have to turn on lights when I get up in the middle of the night as I’d either trip, or break a toe (again). I cannot be trusted to navigate in darkness in my own home.
I would say, it’s passable. Since you’re selling, just leave it and the buyers can decide. They may love it or hate it, but it’ll be their decision. In my area, most home buyers completely rip out kitchens, bathrooms, and fixtures and replace them all, so to redo anything at this stage is a waste of money.
Leave it. It’s the new owner’s choice to keep or replace and you can’t predict their taste. Don’t sink any more money into a house you’re leaving. And DO leave the broom because moving a broom is bad luck and brings negativity from the old house to the new one. If you want to be extra nice, leave some salt behind with the broom to purify and protect the house for the new owners. 🙂
It’s definitely medieval but I wouldn’t bother changing it. Light fixtures are easy for new owners to change and it’s already tried to kill you once.
That’s a hideous chandelier. Do the next owner the favor of never having to see it
It seems to go very well with the tiles and cupboards, so I would definitely leave it.
Leave it.. They will replace it if they don’t like it. And you don’t have to pay out for a new one they will probably replace anyway.
Leave it for the next nutcase who will either love it and put a table under it (I think that’s the purpose of it being low?) or they’ll keep meaning to replace it for the next decade. Either way, not your monkey, not your circus. Yay,,!
#14 is feeling me; when I first looked at the photo, I didn’t have my glasses on, and I thought out loud “…the fuck? Are those…chicken feet?”
Don’t bother taking it down unless you plan on utterly destroying it with a hammer for having the audacity to attack you. Take it from a Klingon who knows– it can be very cleansing.
And Miss Draagonfly is absolutely correct; leave that broom behind. New house, new broom is what my Wiccan teachers have always said (It’s 2025 and SpellCheck doesn’t recognize “Wiccan”?) otherwise it’s bad juju that brings the problems from your old home with you.
Your Pal,
Storm the Klingon
Hideously lovely 💜
Funktastic!
Girl, hideous. Leave it for the next people to worry about.
I wouldn’t touch it. That thing exudes ick, and would probably poke your eye out.
This is the try to pick someone else taste in light fixtures game. Leave it. If the new owners want a different one they can buy it themselves.
You’re moving?
I would remove the Jester tassles and replace them with crystals. Crystals are expected, violent Jester lamps are not
so I guess you could say it’s now a Fight fixture
🙂
It looks like it belongs in a medieval castle. If that’s your house vibe, leave it. But, maybe it’s lovely. I’m not known for my taste.
Personally I think it’s hideous but I believe it’s a fool’s errand to try and predict what a buyer will want. You are just wasting money making cosmetic changes when selling your house. It’s just as likely someone else will love it as hate it. But the same applies for whatever you change it to.
Deferred maintenance, yes, address that, but leave the hideous light fixture. 😝
It’s hideous but lots of people have bad taste and would love it, so leave it and that’s less work for you as a bonus.
Don’t replace it. We changed out fixtures before listing, and the first thing the new owners did was to replace the fixtures. Save yourself the annoyance headache. Also, my sympathies on unpacking.
It looks like a peacock. Change to color changing led bulbs and keep it.
Leave it. You’ve got more important things to take care of.
You have to leave it now. It’s famous!
Leave it and let the new owner decide what they want there. I do think it’s awful though, but the new owner may love it.
Something else to be dusted. Leave it for next owner. They can dust it.
Ugly? No. More……I dunno….dated?? 🤷♂️
I’m glad to hear from you again, dear leader 😊 ❤️ Um, as in “leader of our lil mentally ill club”, not like Dear Leader Kim Jong Un.😳
It’s weird and eccentric and kind of neato
How does a cat drink water loudly?
It.. is… hideously… lovely. There seems to be a weird-ish and awful-ish, somewhat magnificent, beauty about it. Leave it!
Was the chandelier in place when you moved in?
If so, I imagine the people your bought it from reading this post and remembering having the same thoughts. But you still bought the house.
And, in 12 years time, the next owners will have the same conundrum.
Leave it for research purposes – to see how many owners it takes to change a chandelier.
I think it’s ugly but lots of people like that,um, style. Why they do is beyond me.
Honestly I kind of love it! I’d leave it for sure.
Lesson to be learned here, let the cat drink from your glass. 😸
Horrendously beautiful! I’d say LEAVE it behind.
Leave it. You have enough to do. You don’t need to add this.
It’s lovely and you should leave it. No more concussions!
A strange light fixture won’t deter buyers, but if you want to continue the medieval dungeon decorating trend in your new place, by all means take it. You already know it can inflict injury…
😉
leave it for the new owners to deal with. It attacked you; its cursed. Their problem now.
Trust the real estate agent. And keep the cursed object from following you to the new house.
The new owner might be an influencer, and she could make some lovely posts about how she brought the wretched thing back to life.
It’s cool. It fits the rest of the house.
Definitely leave it foe the new home owners to decide. That chandelier chose violence
That chandelier isn’t your problem anymore. Go with the real estate agent and leave it!
Leave it. One less thing you have to deal with.
Unless you have one custom-made there is be no better chandelier for your kitchen. Right colors, right balance of metal and wood.
Replace it before someone else gets concussed.
Leave it so you don’t get another concussion or worse while changing it!
It totally matches the kitchen – I would want it if I were buying the house. Says someone who has left a black dining room light fixture with, yes, gold ribbons tied on it, since move-in, uh, 2013.
It’s something the new owners will look at and say, I probably should consider changing this…and, we don’t/they won’t.
I would say leave it. Not because it’s lovely (it’s not) but because it already attacked you in the middle of the night for no reason. Who knows what it would do if it perceived an actual threat?
I’d leave it as you might pick something the new owners hate and that they’ll replace anyway, so save the $ to spend on your new house.
If I was a “normal” person looking at houses to buy, I think I would like the idea of a chandelier light fixture (especially given how nicely it matches the kitchen detailing) and want to buy the house.
It’s not your fault the chandelier bears a grudge toward all not-height-challenged (or furniture-challenged families). They will learn soon enough. I’m sure they’ll be just fine.
I always follow the realtor’s advice.
You are right, it is a hideous chandelier trying to be fancy.
You have enough to deal with. Leave it 🙂
It is a quirky chandelier. Leave it.
It’s one of those things that’s lovely because it’s, well, not really hideous but definitely odd. Leave it be. It can be on someone else’s to-do list for the next decade. Or it might be what seals the deal for a buyer. Altho if it were me I would shorten that chain just a bit.
I don’t like it, but I’ve seen worse. I say leave it. Not your problem anymore, and you have so many other things to worry about.
Leave it. You don’t need to give it another chance to ambush you!
Leave it! I’m not a fan but nobody is not going to buy a house based on a medieval looking lighting fixture. Chandeliers are really expensive and you don’t know the new owners tastes. They may wind up chucking whatever you replace it with too. We’re on the verge of putting our home up for sale and our realtor told us just to repair obviously broken things; like the bathroom ceiling that suddenly felt it’s 100 years and nearly fell on my husbands head last week :O
Leave it. The next owner may love it. If they don’t, they can incur the expense of replacing it.
Leave it and let the new owners decide whether they like it.
It’s hideous but leave it for the new owner, no need to give yourself more work. They can change it if they don’t like it.
I think it goes with the tiles behind/above the stove. I don’t think I like it, but you can leave it in clear conscience because the new owners can change it if they don’t like it. Don’t futz with it or spend money on it now. It won’t net you more money for the house, which should be the concern since you are selling a house. You’re not crazy for hating it. It’s clearly very unreasonable and has violent tendencies.
Hard to tell with no table under it! I’m no help…….
I don’t like it either, but let the new owners change it. You have more important things to focus on. Stay strong.
That is not your problem. It won’t change the value of the house, so let the next people worry about it. (which is probably how you got it in the first place) A am wondering why the dangly bits seem to be hanging on earring hooks though?
Lovely ❤️🥰
What I think is that it’s not your problem anymore. Let the next owner worry about it.
Don’t waste your money! They may like it or prefer to choose their own fixture. Take care of yourself!
I would leave it. It’s one less thing you have to worry about. Sorry that you hit your noggin. Take care dear and hope you are feeling better.
I’m a firm believer of signs. Clearly, it hit you because you dared to consider leaving it behind.
Take it.
Leave it. It’s not worth your time, money, and effort to change it out. The new owners can replace it with something they like better.
Agree with you…hideous. But like other have said, leave it. Not your circus, not your monkeys anymore. <3
I’d hang it higher so potential buyers aren’t put off by inadvertent concussions?
It’s neither hideous nor beautiful. I would leave it as is.
Hideous. But the realtor (hopefully) knows the market so save yourself some trouble and leave it there.
Leave it hideous!
Hideous, but leave it. The time to replace it was when you could enjoy it. Whatever you buy now will probably be hated by the next owners, so let them start with this and then they might be motivated to go shopping sooner than you did
Lose it. Let the next people replace it. Sounds like it fails both the joy test and the poop test. Besides, why would you keep a lighting fixture that clearly tried to kill you?
Glad you didn’t end up in the ER! Re: said chandelier – it’s creepy. IMO. Adams family genre. Just depends on vibe of new owners. Happy (not) moving. And I’m fascinated how a cat can drink water from a cup!
Hideous BUT your realtor is right. Some people love that shit. Let them decide if it needs to go.
It is hideous but some will like it . If your house is very old it will help give it “character” lol
It’s not my style, but it looks like it goes with the room. I say leave it. If the new owners don’t like it, they can change it out.
Leave it. Save your money for heads bandages.
Hideously lovely. If you are miss havisham.
It’s hideous, but if you’re moving, leave it. Let the next owner decide how to deal with it. 😎
Keep it. They’re back in style according to my Washington,DC interior designer.
I luv it but others a toss up. If you take down, neighbor painted funky, changed to solar bulbs and hangs from her pergola over their outdoor deck table.🙌
I don’t like it so you aren’t crazy, but I say let it be the next person’s decision.
Leave the chandelier or take to your new place so you can work on your relationship with it! It is lovely.
Side note: maybe put yourself in the chandelier’s shoes. Poor thing was probably resting soundly in a quiet, dark house when—all of a sudden— a human crashed into it with no warning, probably screaming obscenities and splashing cat backwash on it. 🙂
I kinda like it. You should leave it. Selling a house is stressful enough, you don’t need to add something else to your to do list. Plus it saves you money to just leave it. The new owners may not like a new one you pick out and replace it anyway.
It’s not my style, but I don’t think it’s hideous either. From the photo I see a glimpse of a ceiling medallion holding it up. They pair well together. My advice is don’t give it a thought; take care of you and who knows, maybe the new owners will fall in love with it. On a side note, I just burned my tongue on my coffee.
Leave it, it goes nicely with the kitchen. Why are you moving? again?
I say leave it. It’s already given you one headache, so don’t let it give you another by having to remove and replace it while dealing with all the moving mazes and stress. It also looks to match the kitchen a little bit and might appeal to buyers. If they don’t like it, they can change it…or accidentally live with it like you did. Imagine swapping out the fixture just for the new owners to replace it anyway. You probably wouldn’t know if they did, but I’d think that possibility would also keep you up at night.
Why spend $ to replace it when you can’t enjoy it?
I’d leave it. IT has lots of character!
That chandelier has been plotting against you. Don’t change it. Don’t even get near it.
Not a fan, but color wise it is good. Let the new owners choose a replacement.
Glad you didn’t break anything in the dreadful light fixture incident. As for the question of Leave it or Change it…leave it. Let the new people decide and why incur the cost? Change a light fixture, if needed, in your new place.
Oh, no! Do not change it! It’s part of the house now and the new owners will change it if they want. I never like the light fixtures when we move house and as sad as it makes me, I know that I am pretty much the norm in almost every way. Changing it would be a waste of time and money since they will likely change it anyway. I know I would! Also, delighted to hear from you and you’re not the only one who has been accosted by a table-less dining room light. It’s happened to me more than once, unfortunately.
It’s hideous, but if the real estate person likes it maybe your buyer will too – and it’s really their problem now. I doubt the hideous light fixture will drive the price down. You don’t have to live with it anymore … so call it a win. Also, hope you feel better soon!
It’s a good thing you’re kicking that house to the curb!! The light is not my cup of tea but why go to the trouble of changing it out? I say leave it and let the next people mean to change it for 12 years.
Don’t waste your time or money replacing it. Let the new owners deal with it.
let the next homeowners deal with it. it is pretty unappealing🫠
someone is going to love it. really.
Leave it alone. I’ve never walked through a house I wanted to buy and said,”dammit if it weren’t for that hideous chandelier I would pay over asking price right this minute!” I hope your concussed brain has recovered. Furbabies are lucky they are so cute….
I like it but I would take off the dangling bits hanging from the black curlicues. Good luck with move. It took me 8 months to unpack 90% of our boxes. The other 10% are still sitting in our basement after 23 years. I guess I need to take those to goodwill.
leave it. spend your energy wisely into what matters to you. let the new owners personalize the space how they want. and if they choose to keep it (which I would because it was jenny’s light fixture) good for them!
Leave it, but install a motion detector so that it flickers, flashes, then goes dark when anyone moves, including the cat.
This chandelier definitely gives me strong medieval torture chamber vibes… so I suggest you leave it, it makes the room more interesting, which is especially great when it’s empty!
Wish you get well <3
When buying a new (to them) house, folks seem to need to pee on the tree, ya know mark it as their own. So whatever you replace it with, it’s almost guaranteed they’ll replace it again. I won’t bother (unless you wanna replace those fleur de lis thingys with coffins or little bodies…)
Leave it!!!!! You have enough to do 💜
I find it very cool, goes with the room, adds some panache in otherwise empty room. I agree with commenters that someone can easily replace it and may not like a replacement chosen for them so LEAVE IT. Simplify your life. But I would consider removing the gold dangles — and that will update it sufficiently. Good luck with the move! I find moves difficult but cathartic!
The new owners bought the house with the chandelier. Either they like it. Or they will replace it with something they chose. I don’t think you need to change it now. If it is still up for sale, same logic applies. IMHO.
Begone, ye hanging menace!!! The quirkiness is fine, but it does look cheap & incongruous with the empty kitchen (I’m sure it was adorable w/ your other things.)
Walking into that medieval device in the night must have been wildly disorienting.
Recommend leaving it. The new owners may replace the one that new one that you select. You have no way of knowing. I would leave it to them to make the decision to keep or replace. I don’t think it’ll change the resale value of your house and it may keep something out of landfill.
Well, you bought the house with it hanging there so somebody else probably will, too.
It’s hideously lovely, or lovely hideous, whichever you prefer, so leave it for your old home’s new owners to decide, or to decide to let inertia take over.
I’m also prone to bumps in the night because I don’t want to fully wake up by turning on a light.
And head bumps because I misjudge the locations of things within head bump range.
And I don’t like moving and not knowing where everything is.
So you have my understanding and sympathies.
I think it’s hideously lovely! I feel like it fits the vibe of your house (which I love, by the way). Let the new people change it out if they don’t like it!
Your realtor ideally knows what sells in your market. I would trust their advice and also not bother with trying to pick a new fixture while you’re in the middle of moving.
Leave it – chances are the new owners will have their own opinions on light fixtures – let them change it if they want.
Keep it! It’s funky
Hideous, but won’t change anything about your ability to sell, so let it be the new owner’s problem
I mean hideous but *lovely* hideous. It’s lovelyous so I say keep. Also sorry about the concussion and the backwash. Get some sleep!
For my taste, it’s hideous, but you never know with buyers. They might love it, or they can swear on a stack of bibles to switch it out immediately.
The real estate lady has bad taste
Leave the light fixture; you never know what people will like. When my husband and I bought our house it had a lot of light fixtures and other things we hated, and as we changed things we put the old stuff on the curb or gave it to someone and had no trouble getting rid of all of it. If the new owners don’t like it they can change it!
It’s hideous. I jumped a little when the picture came up. You are not insane. 🙂
Bloody hell……only you sweet dear could have that catastrophe in the middle of the night. Do Not change the chandelier,
too much work (decisions etc) and let the new folk change it. If they want to! Be well friend……..love from here.
Hideous… I have a very similar one in my house, which I hate. I have been distracted from changing it for almost 17 years, so I know how that can happen. That being said, leave it in place – one less thing to worry about. Good luck negotiating “moving hell”!
I really like it.
And really glad to hear from you.♥️
I think it’s too much, but is the rest of the room too much also? If so keep it.
I moved last year (still not recovered) and have one small bit of advice: real estate agents are sometimes wrong. Sometimes very very wrong.
Leave it, let the buyer decide.
I vote “not your problem”. Kinda thing that potential buyers will do as you did “oh that’s easy to replace”. So don’t spend the money as they are just as likely to say the same about whatever you replace it with.
Oh, and it’s hideous.
ugly and yet…
It doesn’t matter. The new owners will either leave it or change it out, so you actually don’t need to do anything. As long as it works!
I think if you took off the dangly bits? Lovely.
Just not worth the effort to replace, let the new owners spend 12yr deciding what to do with it!! Love your blog!!
The realtor spends all day with house-buyers, so if the realtor says it’s fine, then it probably is.
Once upon a time someone liked it enough to buy it on purpose.
Agree that it’s hideous, but I can see how some people might be interested in having it? Extreme question mark?
Not my taste. Leave it. Now you can go shopping for something you really love.
Well honestly its out there between kinf
Hideous, but I say leave it to let the new owners switch out.
Mostly I wanted to add that I have also concussed myself in the middle night when I walked into the doorjamb going into the bathroom without lights on and with my eyes closed, all so I didn’t wake up too much while peeing. Big bruise and knot in the middle of my forehead for a few days. I’ve done the same thing in a hotel room with unfamiliar layout. I should probably learn a lesson…
It looks haunted and I’m sure it tried to kill you on purpose.
Maybe change the bulbs, otherwise leave it alone. Your agent is right. I made the mistaken of working super hard on a chandelier that no one freakin noticed when we sold my BF’s house.
I sold my house in Florida last summer and am now, finally, in the process of buying a new house in North Carolina. What I have learned is don’t do anything you don’t have to do since the new owners will change it to what they want anyway. Save your money, stress and time for other things, not a light fixture.
Good luck with the move and new place and, maybe don’t have low hanging light fixtures? :o)
Absolutely hideous!
Just take it out. Let the new people choose their own.
The light fixture fits the room. Save your money!
Babe, let the chandelier be someone else’s problem. If they like it, wonderful! If they don’t, they can change it to something that aligns with their own aesthetic.
It’s hideous, but you should still leave it. It’s an easy enough fix for the buyer and then they can replace it with the exact one they want. Or they’ll fall in love with it and want to keep it. Less effort and money for you!
Hideously lovely.
Offer the buyer $500 at closing (with a full price offer) to replace it with something of their liking 🙂
Hideous, but leave it for the buyers!
A big thank you for letting us know you ARE alive!. Hideous in my opinion. Replace it. And donate the old creature to a haunted house.
It matches the colors of the house and everyone has their own style, so leave it. The new owner may read your blog and you’ve given the gift of the perfect filler for awkward conversations when someone at Thanksgiving starts talking politics. “You know this chandelier once concussed the previous owner…”
You’ve given a gift by leaving it.
I’d leave it. It’s kind of dated, but it seems to match the colors in the kitchen. Let someone else be traumatized! lol
Leave it. Don’t try to guess a new owners taste. If you put a new fixture up you still won’t know if they’ll like that new one.
Looks like the consensus is leave it – having bought, reno’d & sold a number of properties, I say leave it. I have replaced a dated chandelier with something modern before I sold my mother’s condo but I kept the cost to under $200. Besides we were staging to sell sooooo. In your case, the chandelier is perfectly fine and can be replaced by the new owners with one of their choosing. Works better that way.
You are so wonderful communicating with us all. I would say the majority understand when you are dealing with crap that just wants to take over your life. We’re here and your tribe “gets” you. Take care of yourself – we’re all good 🙂
Nobody buys/doesn’t buy a house based on whether they like the chandelier in the kitchen
Small potatoes
You have enough on your plate already.
Leave it
(not sure why you don’t like it – drape it in fake cobwebs, get flickering bulbs and voila’)
Leave the chandelier, let the next owners figure it out.
I agree – not worth worrying about with everything you’ve got going. And, you never know people’s tastes. Someone may come along and totally love it!
Agree don’t worry about it, just leave it.
It’s not my jam, but since you are moving, let it be. The new owners might like it, but if not let THEM change it out. You obviously have enough to worry about without adding in replacing a jestery light fixture. Love you.
You are leaving the light fixture behind. Let the new owners enjoy it. One less thing on your “to do” list. Voila! Saved time and money and an unnecessary decision. You are welcome.
Leave it but get rid of the dangly things at the bottom
Lovely –
Let the new owners make the decision –
Rest – Rest well, Jenny 💕 – Other things are Much more worthy of your thoughts and attention! 🌷
The light fixture is not my style, but it seems to go well with the decor, and since you are moving, it doesn’t make any sense to upgrade it at this point.
I’m with you (it’s not to my liking) *and* with the realtor (leave it for the next owner). Don’t make more work for yourself! Hang in there with the moving craziness. Hugs!
You need a chandepus. It’s an octopus chandelier.
I’m with the majority. I think it goes with the kitchen decor pretty well and it should be the biyer’s problem. If they loathe it they will tell the realtor, who will advise you on what to do with it.
I suggest you putan airtag or some other ytpe of tracker onto your machine until you’v…never mind. Just leave it on. I cant tell you how much aggravation has been saved by my husband putting locators on all my stuff.
Leave it. Let the buyers pick out their own. Chances are they will choose something different no matter what you pick
I’m fairly certain my former real estate broker mom (now retired) would say leave the stabby chandelier for the next buyer to exorcise, and then she would advise you to bury a tiny statue of St. Joseph upside down somewhere in your yard, which according to legend can help your house sell quickly (he’s the patron saint of real estate). Then when it sells you dig him back up, like the helpful zombie he is and bring him to your next home at the ready for the next sale someday. Or perhaps the yard could benefit from leaving St. Joe, what with the homicidal light fixture and all.
When it comes to real estate, one is entitled to try any and all things to sell! Fingers and toes crossed for you that someone snaps it up quickly!
I LOVE IT
It’s different so I would leave it. The new owners may like its uniqueness and you could end up replacing it with something that they won’t like and they would end up changing it anyway. Also, changing light fixtures are difficult (or so I have found), so save yourself the hassle (since you are so busy anyways) and just keep it! (IMHO)
The chandelier is hideous but I would leave it for the next family to deal with.
Straighten the candle that’s on the right in the picture and leave it. It does “go” with the room and I think you’d be wasting time and money to replace it. Unless you love it, that is!
I’ve never bought or sold a house based on a light fixture. 🙂
If the new owners don’t like it, they can change it out for something else. Don’t bother replacing it.
I don’t love it, but I vote leave it! It won’t keep the house from selling.
I also vote Leave It. It’s something the new owners can change if they want to put more of their taste on the house. That sounds weird. I hope your head feels better!
Leave it. You’ll never guess a stranger’s taste, and this is as likely as anything else to be what they like.
definitely awful, but you should leave it to the next resident to deal with. It’s an opportunity for the next person to be creative and not complacent (not that you are, you’re just absent-minded)
Let the new owners spend their own time and money over the light fixture. Out of sight will be out of mind.
I’m also in the process of packing up my house and moving, but I also have two toddlers. Please pray for me.
Keep the light fixture, if the realtor doesn’t care it’s fine. We just bought a house where I HATE all 4 of the chandeliers, it didn’t have any effect of me buying the house.
Jenny,
I am so sorry for the cancer and the concussion and the stress. Damn.
I say Keep It Simple, Sister. Leave the chandelier. Maybe take off the dangling Fleur de Lis, but even that’s not necessary.
Mostly take care of yourself.
Ruth
It’s a fixture that can’t decide what it is. The universe bonked your head and will bonk the heads of buyers. The kitchen is beautiful. The fixture is not.
It’s generally a good idea to do what the professional house seller says to do.
It feels like more work at a time that you don’t need more work. I say leave it. Also I gave myself a concussion during a move once and then couldn’t remember where I unpacked anything. So… write stuff down maybe.
1) I completely understand the concussion and how it happened. Something similar happened to me when we were moving and the table was no longer under the too low chandelier.
2) I would trust the real estate agent & leave it.
3) Does this mean the giant skeleton is down now?! Is it coming to where you move?!
The house is punishing you for leaving it!
And now, about the chandelier …. it could be either, Depending on your feelings towards chandeliers …… I’d leave it. It should be easy enough to remove if a buyer dislikes them, and it could be the deciding factor for any househunting chandelier fans!
*waves*
About the chandelier – since you hate it, leave it behind and let the new residents deal with it.
First, Gurl, stop apologizing. You take care of you, no explanation needed.
Second, don’t worry about the chandelier. It’s the new owner’s problem.
Leave it…it’s very cool and the buyer may think so too!
Remove and set aside.
I can only speak for myself, but I would be more likely to buy a house when that in it.
Not my thing but I wouldn’t replace it if I were selling- not like it will be a deal breaker.
I think it’s unique. But if a potential buyer doesn’t like it, they will know they can just get rid of it. Or ask it to be removed before they move in. I wouldn’t bother wasting your energy doing anything with it.
Leave it! As someone who nearly lost her mind shopping for a new house a few years ago, noting irked me more that obviously new fixtures and the like that the seller expected to recoup the price on, and I absolutely hated. If your buyer doesn’t like the killer light fixture, they can replace it without guilt.
Hideous! Yikes
It’s not my cup of tea, but I see no reason to remove it. The new buyer will either love it or hate it and then be distracted for 12 years, too. Besides, they will have a valuable artifact once they learn they posses the infamous villain luminare that once assaulted Jenny Lawson in the middle of the night. There’s a dark world of people out there that loves that shit.
Personally, I find it hideous, but that’s probably because it’s not my style.
Well,we know the chandeliers opinion as it punched you in the head.
My vote is anything that smacks ya stays tethered to the ceiling.
I vote for apathy. Leave it and it’s someone else’s problem.
Lovely 😍
Leave it (what if the buyers don’t like your choice?) but For God’s Sake, ELEVATE IT!
Very jester-y. I vote for a new one. Though who knows, maybe whoever will buy your house will love it (no accounting for taste!). So maybe leave it and if your real estate agent gets complaints about then maybe change it. Though I don’t know why YOU would need to change it. Seems to me when you buy a house you buy the whole thing, ugly carpet and all. The buyer has the responsibility to change whatever they don’t like. 🤷♀️so now I am changing my vote.
I’d go with hideous unless home buyers in your little corner of Texas like how-hanging fleurs d’lis. If that is the right way to spell the “d” part.
Home buyers won’t reject your house based on one light fixture – just something you have to change when they move in. However, if you feel the need to remove the jesteryishness of it, maybe repaint it so it is all one color?
Leave it, it’s Somebody Else’s Problem now.
You are insane. In a good way. That’s my vote on this.
Lovely
I mean. It fits the house? Let it concuss the next owners, and they can decide if it belongs for another 12 years.
I would call it demanding. Like you’d have to adjust everything else around it to make it work. But if everything else is gone, it’s kinda impressive.
Looks like the Italianate style of the rest of your interior design. Let it be while telling the agent to to draw their attention to that mystery room viewable under the roof’s peak… or the tiny brass plaque by your front door – “Here Stood Bone Crawford: misunderstood & glorious in every season.“
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I can promise you from experience this is the fastest way to become puffed up with a delicious, lazy smugness. -PS, Don’t lose the notebook.
Leave it – not your problem anymore!
I’d keep it, I think it’s nice, although it does kind of fit in that kitchen, so maybe not. Has that helped at all? 😛
“Jestery” gets my vote for Best New Word for 2025. That chandelier is right out of Christopher Moore’s delightful “The Fool” series of novels. Have you consulted him on the matter? He might want it in his kitchen…or his next novel. Meanwhile, please put a table back under it to avoid getting sued.
Hideous, but in a good way.
Lean into it – paint it in bright jester colors and give a little staff
Having spent all of 2023 and 2024 looking at any number of absolutely batshit crazy things in houses, your chandelier is just fine. Let the new owners change it if they want.
I like it, maybe because it suits the kitchen, and if you got rid of it, you would have to get another one to replace it.
I don’t like it, but I think it really goes with the kitchen.
I don’t like it — but it’s something easy for a buyer to swap if they don’t like it.
I think it might follow you. Best to bring it with you voluntarily so it doesn’t catch you off guard with all its jestery scheming. 😂
Hideous. Abandon it.
Kat (#31) – I also grew up with yellow metallic floral wallpaper in our bathroom. It’s been gone for years now, but I wish I had a picture to prove it’s existence. Wallpaper seems to suddenly be making a comeback, so there is a chance it will be back in vogue soon.
I say leave it. Perhaps the new buyer will see it differently – and be inspired to take it down and make, who knows, a bird bath out of it. No one ever sees exactly what you see.
But maybe sage the kitchen before you leave just in case. Don’t want to leave bad juju behind knowingly. Then sage the new house while you are at it. But maybe ask for help. I don’t know that concussed people should be messing with fire/smoke.
Also, can I suggest those nightlights that turn on when the room gets dark? Has saved me too many times to count. You can make out obstacles, but stay mostly asleep.
Much love, good vibes and best of luck with both the move and the stupid cancer.
I can see why some people are saying it’s awful but I actually LOVE it.
It’s a lot. Though I don’t know whether I would decide against buying a house I loved because I hated a light fixture. Also, there are a lot of people with questionable taste that might just love the fact it’s so different. A lot different.
Tuesday was a bad day for head injuries, my daughter is a teacher at an elementary school and they scheduled a fun teacher race in inflatable costumes! Needless to say there were injuries, one went to the ER (fortunately my girl just got her costume wrecked, she was in her TRex and people kept stepping on her tail which resulted in the fan becoming dislodged and she was also deflating) and I sent her a picture in the morning of a kiddie pool for our new greyhound racing rescue, but thought I should put my foot in it to give her an idea of the size. The stack was about 2.5 high, and when taking my foot out my heel caught and I went straight back bouncing my head on the concrete. I probably should have also gone to the ER, but I didn’t. Had a HUGE knot on the back of my head, it’s gone down significantly, but still hurts and still a little lumpy. I think I’m okay though
As for the light fixture? Trust the realtor, that’s their job, and you’ve lived with it for 12 years, maybe the next guys will too.
You got this! I have neuroendocrine too. There is a phenomenal group on FB that is loaded with information. They have made so many advances. Sending love.
I actually love it too! But then again, I like medieval furniture and have fantasies about living in a castle…
Ok, the Amadeus ending made ME laugh! 😂
I think it’s already kind of jestery. Don’t change it, the buyer will want to do their own decorating anyway.
Glad you are relatively OK. ❤️
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I like its medievalness.
But then I am sort of weird.
In a medieval (at least circa late 12th century) way
I think it makes sense to swap that chandelier out for one that you like more and chuck that one in the storage for 10 years. Check back on it then and see if it’s a grown on you… At all.