Don’t know if this really works but heard that if you take room dimension (l x w) in feet and add the numbers together, that is how many inches light shoukd be....so if you had a room that was 12’ x 14’, the light should be about 26”.

thank you ..... we are building a house, so my brain is mush. Flo, the room is large but connected to the openness of the home, meaning, you walk in the front door, have the foyer ~ I have another question about that too~ then you have your hallways, then the dining area, to the left of that space starts the kitchen. I would say the room area is roughly 14 x 10 if it was walled off~ but like I said, its all an open area. And my chandelier I want to be rectangular .

Question about the Foyer chandelier .....what size can I do with that? The ceiling is higher just in that area....I would be lying if I said how high...I dont know lol~ but I do know its taller. So how do i measure for one in that area? and can I do a round one, if the dining room one is rectangular, they share that open space together so I didnt know if there was a rule about that and what size~

THANK YOU everyone~~ my brain is fried!!

Black is what I am thinking ~ Your the best~ THANK YOU~

Hi Stephanie-

The rule of thumb is that the dining room chandelier should be hung 30 - 34 inches over the dining room table in a room with an 8 foot ceiling. If the room is taller than 8 feet, than raise the chandelier an additional 3 inches for every foot of ceiling height. So if we pick an average of 32" for an 8' ceiling, for your 10' ceiling, we add an additional 6" and say your chandelier should be hung 38 inches above the table, you can work with the range of 36 - 40 inches above the table.

In addition, the diameter should be 12" narrower than the diameter of the table (2/3 - 3/4 of the table's width) and 48" from the room's walls so people don't bump their heads on it when they get up from the table or have unflattering light cast on them.

The diameter of your table is 42" so subtracting 12" from that is 30". You can work with the range of 28" - 32."

If it's not over a table, the diameter of the chandelier would be the sum of the room's length plus width but in inches, so a 10' x 12' foot room (including a foyer) would take a chandelier with the diameter of 22."

The chandelier's height would be the arithmetic product of your ceiling height x 2.5 - 3. An eight foot ceiling height would have a chandelier height of 20-24." If the room is less than 10 feet high, the chandelier should be less than 27' tall. The chandelier should be hung a good 6.5 feet from the floor. If you have rather tall people in your family or 10 feet ceilings, hang it at 7 feet from the floor. At the entryway to provide sufficient light you need 200-400 watts.

Any pricing Galilee?

For a 10' ceiling a good starting rule of thumb is 36'' including the chain. Width is really a personal preference and depends.

In addition to hand-building copper and iron chandeliers, Bevolo also sells some vintage/new lighting pieces.

We also offer a complementary design service and can scale out the proper size fixtures for your rooms, based on your ceiling heights/table dimensions/building plans. Let us know if we can help you at all. Happy decorating! -Lindsey @ Bevolo