How Do You Hang A Ceiling Medallion?
Although the common rooms to find a ceiling medallion are the foyer and the dining room, a bathroom or bedroom may be fun places to try a medallion. Hanging a ceiling medallion above a chandelier can bring formality to a room. Wherever you choose to hang a medallion, you will find that the process is easy and the look clean and elegant. If you plan to paint the medallion, do so now. Cut the power to the light fixture. Take off the escutcheon plate from the chandelier. Unscrew the wire nuts. Use a circuit tester on the exposed wires to make sure the power to the circuit really is off. Using a pair of pliers, open one of the links in the chandelier’s suspension chain. Take the chandelier down. So that the screw heads will not be visible when the medallion hangs, drill pilot holes in the medallion with a countersink bit. Now you will thread the wires and chain through the hole in the center of the medallion with the decorative side facing the floor. Retwist the wires together as they at t
