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Lighting over kitchen table

4 years ago

I'm in the middle of a renovation project and trying to decide what to do with the lighting in the dining room area. We are going with an open concept idea where the living room and dining room somewhat share the same space with the kitchen off to the side. I have flush mount led lights spaced evenly through the living room and dining room area, led lights in the kitchen and pendants over the island. We are thinking about adding a chandelier over the kitchen table, but the way the led lights are spaced leaves one almost centered over the table already. Should I replace the led light with a chandelier or put the two close together? I'm thinking that sometimes we will be using the led lights without the chandelier and don't want a dead space in the lighting, but on the other hand having two lights close together might look funny. Thoughts?


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  • PRO
    4 years ago

    If you are set on a chandelier, you can center the chandelier between the 3rd set of lights so you can choose to use one or the other without them being too close together.

    Jeremy White thanked CAGE Design Build
  • 4 years ago

    Thanks. I guess it doesnt show up well in the picture, but the front entryway is in the lower right corner. i don’t want to move the table too far right as it would block the door. We also don’t want to move it too close to the kitchen or it would cut into the flow of traffic from the kitchen to the living room. I’m leaning towards just using led lights, but the chandelier would give it a nice look too

  • 4 years ago

    If you don't already have your recessed lights on a dimmer, do that. It seems like you could move the table a little closer to the kitchen and hang a chandelier further away from the existing recessed light so it looks a little better. Or since you're in the middle of the project, is it possible to just eliminate that recessed light that is interfering with your idea for a chandelier? Also consider having some of the recessed lights on one switch and the rest on another if it's not too late so you have zoned lighting unless you want to always have the whole area lit all the time.

    Jeremy White thanked kandrewspa
  • 4 years ago

    Is this your planned lighting, or existing, or rough-in/final already installed?

    Is this a clean, open, airy loft/condo with flexible spaces or an update of Mike & Sharon's Jersey City split-level?


  • 4 years ago

    It's a reno, but we took everything back to the exterior framing, installed floor joists and added a new level on top. This is what I have planned at the moment, but the electrical is going in this week so we need to make a final decision on the layout sooner than later.

  • 4 years ago

    well if that is the case I see a few other issues.

  • 4 years ago

    What do you see or suggest?


  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Your spacing of 6' probably means they will need to be 6" cans if there aren't any other supplemental lighting (floor/table lamps). Draw a larger circle around each one, any size it doesn't matter, then see how the cone of light throw will affect certain areas - like at the tv wall, the corner of ref (I think that's it), compete with windows - and where you will have hot spots or darker wall areas in between the throws. There is lots of lighting up of large open floor areas, but I'm not sure if this drawing is fully representative showing stairs, closets and such. The kitchen lighting works in terms of a value proposition - but most people would want something more if there isn't a monetary choice.

    Jeremy White thanked 3onthetree
  • 4 years ago


    Here is a good example of an open floor plan, notice where the recessed lights are, and arent.

    Jeremy White thanked RL Relocation LLC