Northpolehome- Our electrician is charging around 45/ per dimmer in our house. We had 4 included in our contract and we added a couple extra. One of the places we added a dimmer was the shower. I can't remember if it was GW or my lighting designer that gave me that idea but I thought it was a good one since our shower has 2 can lights and it may be nice at times not to get blasted with light in there. Other areas people tend to put on dimmers: island lights, anywhere you will be watching tv, dining light, master bedroom overhead lights if you have them (we did add 2 cans to the mbr) I'm debating putting the IC/UC lights on dimmers but the electrician says very few do that. Not sure if I should or not. As far as the original topic, I asked the opinions of a few people (besides GW) and they thought the light was fine for the space. Certainly we could go larger also. I love the fixture itself so I'm going to leave it. Northpole you correctly remembered I did originally want a lantern and we could not find one that would work because of height. It would have been too tall and hung down too low. I didn't care for other styles of flushmount bell jar lanterns. That fixture may not be as dramatic an element as it could be, but when people open the door their eyes are going to go to our huge window wall anyways. So I'm going to play the understated card here I guess ;)

What is the height of the ceiling? This has to be taken into consideration because you also need to consider the size of the light which you are going to purchase.

Just about any chandelier, semi-flush mount of flush-mount light will work there. You don't need much light in a foyer, since it is not a work or living space, so really the only factor is sizing it so it doesn't look too small or too large for the space. I'd probably go with a medium-sized chandelier for that space, one about 2 feet in diameter and hanging down about 2-3 feet; I'd also put it on a dimmer if it will be on for any significant amount of the day. But that's just me. Go with what looks good to you.

I love that light fixture, but for my kitchen island, I wanted to be sure that the light was transmitted down onto the work surface. I've provided the link to the fixture I installed (a month ago). We love it. And then you could go with the Luna 12 for your dining room, where I think you want a more diffuse light. Here is a link that might be useful: kitchen island fixture