{"id":1783,"date":"2012-05-03T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/what-size-should-your-dining-room-pendant-be\/"},"modified":"2012-05-03T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T13:35:00","slug":"what-size-should-your-dining-room-pendant-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2012\/05\/what-size-should-your-dining-room-pendant-be\/","title":{"rendered":"What Size Should Your Dining Room Pendant Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m working on the dining room of one of my ongoing, favourite clients. We have chosen a beautiful round table and chairs from Geovin<\/a> (the table is from their new line and I can\u2019t wait to share more.)<\/p>\n

\"Gianetti<\/p>\n

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\"Martha

The room is actually what would be a breakfast area off the kitchen on the floor plan.  The \u201creal\u201d dining room is on the side of the house with a view of the neighbour\u2019s brick which is typical in many suburban homes (at least in my neighbourhood.)  It made much more sense to make the breakfast area the main dining room. It is at the back of the house surrounded by windows and looks onto open space with the Escarpment<\/a> beyond.  A much better spot to eat and host dinners.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Pinned

To me the \u201cnook\u201d (aka one beautiful room when we are done!) was calling out for a lantern as the light fixture over the table.  The clients didn\u2019t want it to be fussy or overdone so a lantern fits the bill. These images are some examples of the type of lantern I suggested \u2013 larger at the top and smaller at the bottom and similar to a coach style light you may find outdoors. I\u2019m sure we all remember this one in Tommy Smythe\u2019s former kitchen (this kitchen still gets me 6-7 years later.)<\/p>\n

\"Tommy

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\"brick

My client had bought one but at 14\u201d w x 16\u201d h, it was way too small.  The rule of thumb for dining room lights (be it a pendant or chandelier) is its width should be 1\/3 to 1\/2 the width of the table.  In our case, that is 18-27\u201d.<\/p>\n

The one we are going with is 20\u201dw at its widest point (perfect) BUT its height is 30\u201d! Yikes – that is the height of a table!  So, you have to consider the height of the pendant as well.  The 30\u201d is to the top of where the four chains meet and you require 36\u201d overall. Isn\u2019t she lovely?<\/p>\n

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Remember this dining room<\/a>?  This is a modern take on a lantern and is 16\u201dw x 25\u201dh which I think is just perfect for the table and the space overall.  Even though it is not wide in relation to the table, the height provides enough visual weight for it to work.<\/p>\n

\"Client

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\"lantern\"

You will notice in all of these photos, that the rooms all have high ceilings and the lanterns are hung higher than the typical 30-36\u201d above the table.  That\u2019s why it works.<\/p>\n

\"Christina

All images via Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We are still going with the large pendant (the one smaller was only 14\u201d wide and just 3\u201d shorter anyway.)  We will hang it as close to the ceiling as possible so that it doesn\u2019t seem so massive.  It will be 42\u201d above the table (there are 9\u2019 ceilings.)  I think<\/strike> know it will be perfect!<\/p>\n

What are you loving in dining room lighting lately? (say that 3x fast!)<\/p>\n

PS Sorry for my lack of blogging this past week.  Client work has kept me extremely busy.  I don\u2019t see it easing up until the end of June which is a good thing!<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget to enter my giveaway here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

If you require design advice, please contact me at vanessa(at)vanessafrancis.com.  <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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