Long Chandelier Over Dining Table

The diameter for a chandelier hung over a table should be one foot less than the width of the tabletop to avoid hitting heads.

Long chandelier over dining table.

For your ceiling higher than 8 hang the chandelier a little higher. The generally accepted rule for hanging dining room chandeliers is that the bottom of the fixture should hang between 30 and 36 inches above the top of the dining table. The second way is to select a chandelier that is three quarters the width of your dining table. This style of linear chandeliers are especially great over long dining room tables billiard pool tables and over the kitchen island complementing the shape of each area while providing ample downlighting.

The best way to achieve this is to select a fixture that s diameter is somewhere between half and three quarters the diameter or width of the tabletop. If the ceiling is higher the recommended standard is to raise the chandelier 3 inches for each additional foot of ceiling height. A chandelier hung over a table should be 30 to 34 inches above the bottom of the table. As a general rule the bottom of the fixture should hang between 30 and 36 from the tabletop.

This range assumes you have an 8 foot ceiling. With its generally rectangular shape linear suspension light fixtures are a great way to make a room look wider or longer and since the shape of the fixture lies along a single plane it s easy to keep a room from becoming over stimulated with ceiling lights. You want the light to be close enough to the table that it will light up the table more than a ceiling light would. Install the chandeliers spaced the same distance apart as the width of the chandeliers.

For example if the dining room table was 48 wide x 60 long the chandelier that is 24 to 36 in diameter would be an appropriate size to compliment the table. If you want to place two smaller chandeliers over a long table choose a diameter that s about one third of the width of the table. But you also don t want the light to be so close that people hit their heads when they stand up from the table. Be sure that the chandelier is centered over the table and not in the middle of the room.

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