Light fixture....too big?

lisa616

12 years ago

Is this light fixture too big? It's 24 inches in diameter and the table is 3x5. I'm worried it's too big....thoughts?

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lascatx

12 years ago

My breakfast room table fixture is off center and with the traffic flow, vaulted ceiling and alignment with the kitchen and family room fixtures, there isn't much I can do that wouldn't make it worse. Builders center the fixtures to the room and that works in most rooms, but where you have hanging fixtures intended to go over tables, the traffic flow, dictated by where they put doors and windows that furniture has to be placed around, does make a difference. Seems centered to the room is often not the best spot.

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dianalo
12 years ago
I think it is a fine size. It does seem off center though. Can you move the table left a little?
My bigger concern is the color of the chairs and table base. Any thoughts of painting them darker? A charcoal gray would be great.....
User
12 years ago
Any light that covers 2/3 of the table width is too big. Can you go with a larger table?
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I think its a little to big, at least in the picture, but it goes nicely with the rest of the kitchen. If your planning or can plan on replacing the table then go with it for awhile. But perhaps if the bottom half of the table was darker it wouldnt look that large. It could be the lightness of the table legs making the lights look even biger than maybe that are.
gr8daygw
12 years ago
What kind of refrigerator is that? It's great looking. The light looks fine to me but if you still feel uneasy maybe you could try using smaller light bowls or take them off, put in chandelier bulbs with nice little shades. I agree with the advice to paint your set and move to center of chandelier. I painted my kitchen set black with just a touch of bronze highlights. Looks great and is holding up well.
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12 years ago
Yes, too big. Go smaller on the light or larger on the table.
lascatx
12 years ago
The guideline I was given was half the width of the table as a starting point. Ceiling height, visual weight and detail can bump that up or down a couple of inches, but you are 30% larger with a fixture that has some heft and the weight of that glass with the black lines is too much for your light table and chairs for my taste. You might get away with it if you painted the chairs and base of the table black and changed the seat covers to something darker and warmer in tone. What is your priority?
lisa616
Original Author
12 years ago
gr8day-the fridge is an LG bottom freezer with a faux stainless finish. It's probably close to 10 years old.

I'm thinking about moving the fixture to over the island and hanging closer to ceiling? I can't take it back because we cut the chain. I can take the island fixture back with no problem. I should of probably gotten a nickel finish chandy, but worried it would be cold looking. I can definitely paint the table...not sure if I want to do all that work though! In hindsight....mustardy yellow wasn't the best choice! But I always loved that table when I walked into Arhaus...so I finally bought it!
Bunny
12 years ago
Finally I'm forced to admit that the light over my table is off-center. It's centered in the ceiling space, but in reality, the table works better in a different location. I don't know why that wasn't taken into consideration. It's been there 10 years and I've just stopped noticing. I'm not gonna show you guys a photo of it. :p
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12 years ago
Your island looks smaller than your table, is that right? If so, then no, I wouldn't put that fixture above the island. Do you have a formal foyer with a taller ceiling? It's not just the width that's problematical here. It's too tall for 8' ceilings. If it didn't have the swooping down portion, which I didn't really notice on first glance, you might could squeak by with it over a larger table. But overall, it's too wide and too tall for your home.
lisa616
Original Author
12 years ago
The island is smaller than the table. It's about 6 inches smaller across and a foot shorter in length. However, I was thinking of hanging the Chandy all the way to the ceiling with no chain....more of a centered kitchen fixture than task lighting over the island? I guess I can always try and see. Frustrated because I can't take it back.
deedles
12 years ago
Could you swap it with the light over the dining room table that I see through the doorway? Is that table bigger and would that light work in your kitchen? Just a thought. In lieu of that I'm in the paint the table legs camp.
lisa616
Original Author
12 years ago
Alrighty! So instead of moving lights around (much harder) I moved the tables. I also moved the light up a few rings....better?

Still thinking of changing the island pendant to something different...since I can take that one back!
deedles
12 years ago
That looks nice. The darker chairs look good with the counter tops.