A floor plan will really help. It will let us see what lights you can see from where. Is your faucet and your hardware both chrome? and your door handles the dark finish. I can't tell if it is antique brass or not? What is your DR chandy - is it brass? You need to figure out, if you are following the article that you posted what category each of the above elements fall into. (the faucet, hardware, etc.) My feeling is that you have already mixed your metals. For example - in the kitchen you have chrome hardware/faucet (step 1). Step 2 would indicate picking a matching metal which you did with the island light and either of the window lights. (I prefer A2 as it adds another element - the white glass shade - into the mix while retaining the metal. Where I am bogging down is in the transition areas between the rooms which is why a floorplan would be helpful. For the foyer/LR I would pick H2 and J1 but that is subject to change depending on the floorplan and how the rooms are connected. Edited to add: Don't forget, unlike a bathroom, a kitchen comes with other metals. What are your appliances, pots/pans, cutlery. What are your plans for your stools - any metal there? In your foyer, LR and GR - does any of the furniture have any metal in them and if so - what type. Are any of your accessories metal. How about your backsplash. This thought and question was triggered while I was just in my kitchen and happened to notice my copper backsplash which is behind and underneath my stainless steel range and vent. My hardware and faucets are brushed nickel while my lights in the eating area and family room are aged bronze. My pendants are a mix of the two and act as a transition. I treated each `area of the house as a separate area. Kitchen/eating area/family room is one area while the DR and LR was treated as a separate area. Because the Kitchen/eating area/family room had a mix of metals I felt comfortable using either of those 2 metals in other rooms. The copper backsplash was my jumping off point for using copper in a variety of accessories throughout the house.. So, 3 metals throughout the house. This post was edited by blfenton on Wed, Nov 5, 14 at 18:30

Thanks for the ideas! I am planning to put an end table beside the sofa's arm rest but I'm not sure of a lamp there, since the cable would be visible since the sofa is not resting on the wall. What type of lamp would you recommend for the corner?

Re-post from Lighting Forum seeking more help THANKS!!! We are building a new home and are having trouble with selecting a chandelier for the dining room as you enter the home. Pendent lighting suggestion would also be helpful. The floor plan is an open concept making the kitchen, family room and four season porch visible as you enter the dining room. The dining room is approximately W=15’ x L=17’; all ceiling heights are 9'. Our thoughts are having a chandelier that does not block the view into the rest of the living areas. This is a photo of our neighbors same style home. The builder provides picture frame wainscoting in the dining room and family room with the wall color being BM Barron Plain Gray. The kitchen cabinets are ivory white with a gray subway tile backsplash with Arabesque tile behind the range. We will be using European Alleanza Vagil quartz on the island and countertops. We are not sure what style of chandelier the area calls for. The dining room table, chairs and hutch are dark cherry. The table is 32” wide and opens to 108” when it is open with the three 12” leafs. The majority of the time it will be 84”. We like the farmhouse look but don’t know if the home style is suited for the farmhouse style lighting. Also you do not like the circular wagon wheel look. We do not like contemporary or ornate; we are more casual. Thanks

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