What Size Chandelier Should I Choose For My Space? This article will try to sum up how to choose the correct size chandelier for your space. Taking into account the height of your room, the size of the furniture in the room and the size of the room. The first step: The Diameter Get a measuring tape, a piece of paper, a pencil and possibly a calculator (I'll bet your smart phone has one). To determine the diameter of your chandelier: Measure the length and width of your room. Get your calculator (if you have one) and add the two numbers together. For instance if your room is 10 feet wide by 12 feet long, you will get the answer of 22 feet. Anyway go ahead and change that 22 feet to 22 inches. There is where the diameter of your chandelier comes in you need a chandelier that is 22 inches in diameter. If you are looking at a chandelier over a dining room table, figure 12 inches smaller than your table is wide. For example if your dining table is 4 foot wide - 48 inches, your chandelier should be 3 foot wide - 36 inches. Better too big than too small. So a good range to look at over a 4 foot wide table would be 36 inches to 40 inches say. The second step: How Tall If we are looking at 8 foot ceilings in this dining room, it should hang about 30 inches from the very bottom of the chandelier to the top of your dining table. If we are trying to figure out how tall a chandelier to hang in your foyer it should drop about 7 feet off the floor to the bottom of the chandelier. So think of it this way, for every foot of height estimate 2.5 to 3 inches in chandelier height. Trust your eye. The third step: Now Where to Hand This Chandelier Don't limit yourself to just a dining room or an entry way/foyer. You can hang a chandelier over your claw foot tub or free standing tub. This chandelier shouldn't be too large, a mini is usually enough to dress up the space. You can have a chandelier in the master bedroom, just put a dimmer on it and you have created a romantic glow, much safer than candles for those special occasions. A mini chandelier or two over your kitchen island, a large island 10 ft or so could probably take 3 mini chandeliers. The Fourth step: What Kind of Style Should I Choose If you lean toward a rustic decor, a chandelier that has antlers or wood beams could be an option. For a modern contemporary look try a drum chandelier with crystals too add some sparkle and bling. For a more shabby chic look how about a beaded chandelier for one with a distressed painted finish. Most chandeliers have the option of an adjustable height, usually means coiling a cord, taking out a link or two, or some have a sliding mechanism that allows height adjustment. It all depends on the style of your chandelier. Check out: http://www.woodenchandeliersplus.com for lighting options

Those modern farmhouses have several commonalities that I see at first glance. Examples being (some of which were noted): white exterior, white eaves, black (metal) roofs, black window sashes with minimal white trim, Design elements, not an architectural style. large windows, Ok could be architectural if it had a better description of the type of windows and how they relate to the rest of the house. lots of windows, front porch entry, Design elements, not an architectural style. roof gables with a strong pitch and relatively minimal adornment, Now this describes an architectural element that helps define a type of house. and when there are adornments they’re natural (ie cedar), vertical or horizontal siding (or a mix), and usually a board and batten element. Again, design elements, not an architectural style. The house with the black eaves and stucco in that in one example is clearly an outlier in whatever search you ran. Why would that be an outlier? I actually left off others that were described as Modern Farmhouse but were definitely outliers. Some were painted in colors, etc. In short, what they have in common is a simple, bright exterior with a focus on getting as much natural light into the interior as possible. So does any well designed house. So how does that make it an architectural style. I’m sure there are more commonalities, but I really don’t care whether the small contingency of detractors on this forum is willing to accept the term as a style, architectural or otherwise. I just don’t understand why they can’t stay silent if they don’t care to be helpful. It truly boggles the mind. Because it isn't helpful to just throw out terms that really have no meaning. Ideally people come here not only to help their own homes but also to learn and become a bit more educated. I'm sorry if you don't think that's important.

Hi all, thank you for your input. We do have a 2nd floor. There are 2 bedrooms up there. We put a shed dormer on the back, but I personally do not like the look of a shed dormer on the front of the house. we decided to go with 5’ dormers. We were amazed how much light it let in, plus, the water views are spectacular! Now we have water view from all of the rooms in the house! I am worried that the dormers are a little big, but too late now!

I'm less worried about the temp in the room than about how this will look. The divisions between the four windows is set back from the rest of the frame, so the shades would have to be outside mounted and I think it's too wide to have only one shade. But more than one looks weird as an outside mount.