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Dining room light fixture help .

2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago

I am trying to pick a light fixture for my dining room. For some reason, it will not allow me to post links so I'll have to find a way around But, first, here is the "before" of the dining room to show the scale of the previous light, and I'm also including the after.


Before:



And here's what it looks like now:




Comments (28)

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Possible fixtures- I do not know why I can't post links. It's OK to say none of these, as I am not super in love with any of them:


    Option 1:





    Option 2:



    Option 3 but with blue shades


  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    This dining room is adjacent to the foyer, which will hopefully have this lovely light found by bbstx -- it is listed as sold out now, but I ordered it days ago, so I'm hoping it will come...



  • 2 years ago

    #3 is my favorite.

  • 2 years ago

    t looks so pretty in it's blue and white! Good luck finding a fixture!

  • 2 years ago

    Why not until the table is in place?

    I love the floors! Can you what they are? I remember you wanted LVP.

  • 2 years ago

    What shape and size is your table? How big is your room? There are several rules to help the proportions of the chandelier work with the room and/or the table


    1. The general rule of thumb is to add the length and width of your room and use that measurement in inches to get the diameter of your chandelier. For example, if your dining room is 12’ x 15’, you would use a 27” diameter chandelier.


    2. Choose a chandelier that is 1/2 to 3/4 the width of the dining table. The chandelier should also be 6” smaller on each side than the table.


    What about this one?


    41” diameter

    https://www.horchow.com/p/regina-andrew-river-reed-chandelier-cprod177610185?childItemId=NMHG1K0_7B&msid=4623358&navpath=cat000000_cat1590731_cat20270731&page=0&position=95


  • 2 years ago

    @beaglesdoitbetter, is the flooring in your DR LVP? If it is, would you share the brand, style, and color, please?

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    I don't know what's going on with Houzz but it keeps disappearing my posts. Here is the table in my old house. It's really too small for our family now so I'm going to get a new one if I can find one I like. In the meantime, I will recover the chairs in white and use the existing table until I come across one I like.






    The dining room dimensions are 13 feet wide and 22.4 long.

    The first of those suggested fixtures is a bit fussy. I like the second better, but the shades are a bit too large. I'm also really trying to stay under $600 since I have to buy 22 light fixtures :)


    bbstx it is not LVP. I really tried to like LVP floors and in the end, I could not. I ended up with natural maple hardwood floors.

  • 2 years ago

    Of the options you posted, the first and second best complement your foyer choice.

  • 2 years ago

    I like option 3, but it is 47 inches wide. How wide is your table?

  • 2 years ago

    (Does H not allow links to their own merchandise?!)


    Since you are going to buy a larger table, I would size the chandelier to the room. Then keep the diameter in mind when searching for the table.


    DD2 has this one in her MBR, and currently at a heavily discounted price.



  • 2 years ago

    I love the changes you’ve made. Since the chandelier is visible from the foyer and since you don’t know what shape and size table you will have, I would wait to buy the chandelier unless you find one you really love. You can always have a plain cover over the opening for now.

  • 2 years ago
  • 2 years ago

    Ballard Designs, love the shades on this!



  • 2 years ago

    Regina Andrews Ombre wood beaded chandelier is beautiful and has a tropical vibe


  • 2 years ago

    These from avore would be great in your breakfast area or in multiples over the island


  • 2 years ago

    These suggestions are great! I'm showing them to my husband. I love that twig one but I really want to stay under $600. This remodel is, unsurprisingly, already a bit over budget and I have 22 light fixtures to buy!


    Both the Ballard Design one and the one Allison posted are top of my list if my husband likes either :)

  • 2 years ago

    Safavieh option:


  • 2 years ago

    This one is gorgeous blue velvet, but in a dining room you’d need two— easily done by an electrician and have the original attachment site covered with a plate or else habe the box removed and the area patched, mudded and painted (all easier than they sound)

    ,

  • 2 years ago

    What is your beautiful floor? I have been seriously considering the carpet in the main living area (living room, dining room, etc) with wood (engineered maybe).

  • 2 years ago

    Just popping in to tell you that I love your new dining room.

  • 2 years ago

    KSWL Where are you finding all these amazing blue lights. I googled for blue light fixtures and nothing like this came up. I think I might do the velvet for my bedroom and the Safavieh for my living room unless my husband isn't on board. I'll show him tonight!


    The kitchen and breakfast nook we have light fixtures already, we're using these to match our Big Chill range with the aged brass accents.



    Pricklypearcactus It is a natural maple floor. I don't know the specific name or brand. If you're interested, I can give you my flooring guy's contact details if you're anywhere near Orlando. Or I can call him and try to find out. We used it throughout our entire house so if you want I can also post pictures in other rooms so you can see how it looks in different lights.

  • 2 years ago

    I googled blue and white chandeliers! They are fantastic, aren’t they?

  • 2 years ago

    I guess adding the "white" to the search made all the difference because I did not see ANY of these. They are fabulous. Now I'm wishing I had more rooms to put them all in!

  • 2 years ago

    Fabulous lighting above!


    Here's a couple to add to the mix:



  • 2 years ago

    Unfortunately I'm all the way in Salt Lake City, Utah. I wish I could use your flooring person! That's very helpful to know it's natural maple because that's one of the woods I was thinking about. I probably need to find a good wood flooring person here and see if they can help me source a good product. Thank you! I have some other wood (knotty alder) in the house that I don't want to replace (cabinets, railings, fireplace mantle) so I need to find something that can work with its tone.