Some people might be surprised to find out that Mod is not just one style. In fact there are mod styles to decorate most decorating schemes.
One of the most well known of all of the mod styles is the all white Austere Elegance type of style. These are chandeliers that are a cold bright white color that are made of wood, paper and cardboard.
Chandeliers made out of paper are also very mod. You can get spiky natural looking cardboard chandeliers that look like they are made out of iron when really they are made out of twisted and dried white paper.
Baroque styles were popular in the mod era of the late sixties and early seventies. These a wrought iron, beaded pieces that look a bit Victorian and are festooned with shiny beads.
A mod Avanti grade style is the four-sided armature that boasts big round balls of smoked glass. These look great with late seventies and all eighties styles of furniture.
The Carousel style is also an armature that looks like a cage. Inside the hanging cage is a pendant of wrought iron leaf lighting fixtures. This style usually comes in color combinations such as powder blue and red or red and gold leaf.
Another classic is the Sputnik style of mod chandelier. These are chandeliers that are round balls with spiky arms sticking out of them. They look like silver satellites hanging from your ceiling.
The gentrified rustic style of chandelier is usually made out of finely bent polished wood with candlestick style lights. One single fat crystal usually hangs from the base of this style of lighting fixture.
The “industrial revolution” style of lighting is basically a bundle of black shelled torch lights that are hung in a clump from the ceiling.
Unusual wagon wheel styles made out of iron and glass are also very mod and look good with more rustic styles of décor.
Another approach is to get balloon lighting made out of paper. These are called bubble lamps. They have been around for decades and are made by spraying a layer of translucent plastic over a wire armature.
When it comes to picking out a mod chandelier it should be more than just a light source. It should be an accessory and a focal point that makes as much of an impact with the lights on as they do with the lights off.