Long Chandelier Over Dining Table

For your ceiling higher than 8 hang the chandelier a little higher.

Long chandelier over dining table.

Install the chandeliers spaced the same distance apart as the width of the chandeliers. 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. 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. This range assumes you have an 8 foot ceiling.

You want the light to be close enough to the table that it will light up the table more than a ceiling light would. 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. For example if you would like to hang two chandeliers over a table that is 72 inches long 72 divided by 2 1 the width of each chandelier would be 24 inches and they should be hung 24 inches from each end 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. 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. 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. The diameter for a chandelier hung over a table should be one foot less than the width of the tabletop to avoid hitting heads.

Now convert this number to inches. The second way is to select a chandelier that is three quarters the width of your dining table. How to choose a style okay you officially know how to choose the right size chandelier. If you have a hutch or sideboard against one wall as most people do your table will likely be placed slightly off center in the room and everything will look off kilter if the chandelier hangs exactly dead center.

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.