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Is a 12" pendant too small over a 42" inch round table?

3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago

If you google it, it seems 20-30 inches is the recommended amount of a ceiling light over a 42" inch round table. I found a 12" pendant that I like, and it doesn't seem the similar styles are ever larger.

Is this definitely a no-go?


https://www.amazon.com/Amabao-Lighting-Industrial-Kitchen-Included/dp/B07MDG9JYR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Comments (11)

  • 3 years ago

    scale of the room helps here too, is it a breakfast nook center of the room, ceiling height?

  • 3 years ago

    We have a 12" pendant over a 42" table in a breakfast nook. It's intended to supplement the general lighting in the room, and seems plenty sufficient. Sometimes we turn it on solo when the only person in the kitchen is sitting at the table, and that works. It would probably not be enough if the table were in a dining room and it was the only light source for the room.

  • 3 years ago

    Depends on if you're asking about proportions (in which case the entire room needs to be considered) or light output (which depends on the shade as well as the wattage the fixture can handle).


    The fixture you're looking at is pretty substantial-looking and reads bigger than it actually is.

  • 3 years ago

    hard to explain iso I'll attach a picture . It's a open floor condo and in the dining "area" is really just the corner of the main room. Ceiling height at the electrical box is 7.8 ft, though halfway beyond the table I have vaulted ceilings that go up to 14 feet (though I have canned lights up there).


    I actually had a 24" drum-chandelier here previously- that I returned for other issues, though it did feel a little "much" for the area. https://www.progress.lightingnewyork.com/product/progress-cherish-chandeliers-p4618-20.html


    I have lots of other lights in the combined "foyer/kitchen/family/dining room".


    I'm less concerned with light output, and more so scale.







  • 3 years ago

    The opening of the bowl you have on the table looks to be about a foot wide. That measurement seems too small for your pendant to look properly scaled, IMO.

  • 3 years ago

    I think your rug and artwork would look very nice with a rattan pendant. If you’re still searching for just the right fixture, here’s a link to several looks from Home Depot.

    https://www.homedepot.com/b/Lighting-Chandeliers/Rattan/N-5yc1vZc7o0Z1z18ouz

  • 3 years ago

    Yes, it is too small.

    Could you make more of the corner with different furniture?



  • 3 years ago

    No, it is not to small that is a cozy little corner with a low ceiling. not sure what people are thinking here, as that is a very low little celling and a very small little space, anything too larger aka half the width would be cumbersome, and draw too much attention. that being said I am not sold on the style so much for your space. As to scale, the rug. just remove it, id also remove the 4th chair that is baby in the corner, and just bring it out when you have to pull the table out to seat 4. not sure how many eat here but I would treat this like a café table. I would probably go with something very "plain" as in a white globe or satin nickel pendant, from this view it needs to tie to the modern space and the pendant lights. maybe even a small 3 light cluster. with black cord. that would give you volume with scale.



  • 3 years ago

    A trick I read about is to blow up a balloon to the dimension of the lamp and hang it from the ceiling to see if you like the scale. To my eye, that last mock up from RL Relocation LLC is shown larger than 12”.

  • 3 years ago

    yeah the wooden bowl on the table is actually about 1 ft, so I think you guys are right ,it's going to be small. I actually was going to buy a cluster style light originally , but those have very large canopies that would extend past the ceiling (the electrical box is basically bordering the edge).


    One of those mid century sputnik style lights may work. I think they are going to get dated quickly but they are cheap and come in a million configurations. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B7HFHD78/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A2OJHNP9R7ZHKR&psc=1


    Not a bad idea to remove the carpet. I can't go larger since it would go into the foyer.