The Plaza Hotel Is Selling Jewelry Made Out Of Its Old Chandeliers

If you're anything like us, you probably have a drawer full of hotel tchotchkes — think: mini shampoo bottles, extra keycards, notepads, and pens — taking up space somewhere in your home. In other words, junk. 

The Plaza Hotel in New York City prefers that you go home with a reminder of a great trip instead — you know, since we can't all afford to make The Plaza our permanent home, like Tommy Hilfiger did — so it's created a new jewelry line crafted out of Baccarat chandeliers that hung in the hotel until 2005. 

Kristin Franzese, executive vice president of retail at the Plaza told the New York Post that the hotel couldn't decide what to do with the 24 crystal chandeliers, until they showed them to jewelry designer Heather Morra.

"They were boxed and literally sitting in storage," Franzese said. "I didn't know what to do with them."

After seeing the opulent chandeliers, Morra immediately knew they would make the perfect jewels, and after seeing the finished product we can't help but agree with her.

The 8-piece Legacy Collection, which will retail for about $150 a piece, only used 6 of the 24 chandeliers, so we could be seeing a lot more accessories from The Plaza Hotel in the future. If you're looking for a little more sparkle from your vacation than that, you'll have to book at the Baccarat Hotel instead.

Bridget Mallon

Bridget Mallon is a writer, editor, and content strategist with more than a decade of experience in the lifestyle space. She's worked at and led editorial strategy for home sites like The Spruce, MyDomaine, HGTV, Elle Decor, and Apartment Therapy and her words have appeared on Wondermind, Well+Good, The Everygirl, and Sunset.com. When she's not testing out new products or covering the latest trends, you can find her listening to folk music, getting lost in a book store, or working "Arrested Development" quotes into everyday conversations.