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Is this chandelier to big?

9 years ago

My wife and I have been looking at the Pottery Barn large Adeline Chandelier (on sale 50% off) to go over our Ethan Allen Miller Rustic Table. The room is 13'x13' but is open on the one side adjacent with the living room. The table is 72"x41" (un-extended) and the chandelier is 38" diameter. Do you think the chandelier is to big for the table/room?

Comments (25)

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    It could be amazing but the question is how high are your ceilings??

  • 9 years ago
    the ceilings are 8'10"
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    With your room being square you should be doing a round table...the ends of the table will be very tight to move around...you need at least 2' on each end just to pull chair in and out....so you need 10' just for table and chairs so once someone is sitting in chairs pulled out you will barely have a foot behind you on each end....I would rethink the rectangle table..round with round chandelier will be much better choice!

  • PRO
    9 years ago
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    This round extendable table is a very good choice for your space...or something similar.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    You need a minimum of 14' long room for that size table and it can not be extended at all! Please consider changing table it really will not work:(

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    How to measure for table...take length of table + 48" needed on each end..take that total and divide by 12...so 72+48+48=168..divide by 12=14'

    so a 48" round needs a minamum of 12' your room is perfect for a 48" round table...I know this is not what you want to hear..but you will be so unhappy with the table choice once in your room.

  • 9 years ago
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    Both of those are a total rip off. I can't see myself spend that much money on something that looks like I could have done myself, maybe even better. 99% of that price is just because it says ethan allen on it. I know for sure I can build a table waaaaay better then that $2,200. Id do it for a few hundred.

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you for the feed back. A round table might make sense if we were not planning on having any other furniture in the room, but we are planning on putting a buffet cupboard against one wall and a living wall on the opposite. The table is 72" in a 156" room leaving 42" on either side, which meets your criteria of at least two feet. Yes, when extended will be a tight fit, but we will shift the table slightly into the living room for large functions. Here are a couple of pictures of the room with the previous owners furnishings (72" rectangular table).


    As for the price, we got the table on sale. I wanted to build it myself, but with moving into a new house, work, and parenting a 4.5 yo i just don't have the time. That being said I am perfectly happy paying for well constructed furniture

  • 9 years ago

    Are you already moved in? I would think it'd be pretty easy to take a piece of cardboard and fashion a 38" diameter circle to hold up and see how it feels in person. Seems to me a 38" light over a 41" table will feel a bit in your face.

  • 9 years ago

    No we are not in the space yet. We are also considering this one, if the round is to big.

  • 9 years ago

    I actually like the rectangle one better. I know your room measurements are square, but with the addition of the furniture and living wall, and with the opening to the living room on one end, it feels rectangular. At least that's how it comes across in photos. I like that the rectangle light fixture emphasizes that.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks. If we are going with the rectangular one should we get the 37" or 50"?

  • 9 years ago
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    On another post, someone had suggested that you add the 2 lengths of your room - so for you 26, to come up with the recommended width of the chandelier, and then you multiply ceiling height by 2.5-3 to get the height of chandelier..so would be 25" or so for you? Not sure if that is still the general recommendations. Also, may be different for dining rooms?

  • 9 years ago
    What about with these chairs?
  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Pottery barn dining room display...I guess anything goes these days!

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Really, you take your design advice from Pottery Barn?

    They're pushing products!!

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Beverly of course not....No I don't..that is the point.... I was being sarcastic...that looks horrible together..but it helps understand why the regular consumer gets confused!

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Either kick up the table design

    or tamp down the chandelier design.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    Love the gray washed Trestle table!

  • PRO
    9 years ago
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    Start with the 13 x 13 room. You need 3’ around a dining table to be able to pull out the chairs.

    Your 6 x 3.5 table will work, but the seating will be minimal unless you put in the leaves. Whoops, now you are no longer in the dining room.

    Chandelier should be half the size of your table. So, if you go with your choices, yes they will fit.

    You measure a dining chandelier by the size of the table, not by the size of the room.

    Way too big for your space I think.

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    No chandelier is ever too big.

  • PRO
    9 years ago
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    Take a look at this arrangement. Table/chairs/rug

    Square table seats 8.

    http://www.livingspaces.com/ProductView.aspx?productId=74139&utm_medium=products&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Ci_PLA_Shopping_II&landing=product_listing&gclid=CjwKEAjwpdnJBRC4hcTFtc6fwEkSJABwupNi6S0FDX7z6K8XtOwhAH0YKT4RV4anLghPwnUzV7VfmxoCQMjw_wcB

    Now you put this chandelier over the square table;

    Same chandelier you want; different size and different shape.

  • PRO
    9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Ryan :>)…did you ever see “Pete Kelly’s Blues” It may still be found…that was a chandelier. Or how about “War of the Roses”? Thank goodness for that chandelier.

  • 9 years ago
    Yes it's to big and not really a good fit for your table.