What do you need to know when deciding to buy a hanging chandelier?

When choosing a chandelier for the living room, bedroom or hotel, you need to consider what has already been mentioned and what style is the interior. Is it more classic or modern? What type of furniture do we have, floor, accessories, what colors are dominant? Another important issue is what light power do we want to get in a given room? We will certainly want to obtain a different intensity of lighting in a living room used by many people and probably often during the day, different in a private bedroom, and still different in a hotel room, which most often combines two functions (a living room during the day and a bedroom at night). ). Of course, in a hotel restaurant or corridors, you can choose other types of these elements. Large, heavily ornamented or surprisingly shaped chandeliers will look beautiful and will add character to these places. Finally, it is extremely important to choose the right size of the chandelier for a given room. In a large interior, a small-sized hanging chandelier will not work well, it will not illuminate the entire room or corridor well. In small ones, however, an oversized chandelier will give the impression of a mismatch, disturbing the proportions of the room and excessively dosing the amount of light.

Dining Room Chandeliers

The dining room is what chandeliers were invented for. A table asks for light gathered directly above it, and people sit under it long enough to notice the fitting properly.

Two numbers settle it

Height: 75–90 cm from the tabletop to the bottom edge. Below 70 cm the fitting starts blocking the person opposite; above 100 cm it stops defining the table and simply lights the room.

Diameter: roughly half the width of the table. A 90 cm table takes a 40–50 cm fitting. Anything wider begins to interfere with the people at the ends.

Matching the table shape

Table	What to hang
Round, up to 120 cm	One round or ring fitting, centred
Rectangular to 180 cm	A single chandelier in the middle
Rectangular over 200 cm	A linear fitting or two smaller ones

Light that flatters food

Warm 2700–3000 K with good colour rendering. Under cool light, food looks grey. Candle lamps on E14 throw the characteristic sparkle across glassware and cutlery — a virtue at the table and a nuisance in a study. If the dining area opens onto a living room, choose something dimmable.

Common questions

How high should a chandelier hang above a dining table?

75–90 cm above the tabletop.

What size chandelier over a dining table?

About half the table's width, keeping 15 cm clear on each side.

Does the chandelier go in the centre of the room?

No — the centre of the table. A ceiling rose with an adjustable suspension solves any mismatch.

See also pendant lights and ceiling lights.

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