Help us decide on foyer light fixture placement
Katie Rusch
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Can you help me decide which size foyer fixture?
Comments (4)This is from hinkleylighting.com HALL AND FOYER: Hall and foyer fixtures can create a welcoming atmosphere, while providing you with the general lighting you need to greet guests and assure safe passage into other areas of your home. Use flush and semi-flush fixtures, large chandeliers or pendants and sconces in hallways, stairways, and foyers. HOW TO SIZE A FOYER FIXTURE To determine the overall height of a hall or foyer fixture, always keep in mind the bottom of the fixture should be at least 7 feet from the floor. This will determine whether you use a flush, semi-flush, or if you have a tall ceiling, a multi-tiered chandelier. When sizing a chandelier or pendant for your foyer, add the length and width dimensions of the foyer area together and convert the total into inches. Example: The area is 18 feet by 14 feet. Added together this equals 32 feet. Then convert your sum to inches: the chandelier's diameter should be approximately 32" in width. In a two-story foyer, if there is a window above the front door, center the chandelier so it can be seen from outside. If the foyer is extra-large, you may also want to install sconces in the foyer. Sconces should be installed 60" from the floor and 6 - 8 feet apart. Since a standard ceiling outlet box will only hold a maximum of 50lbs., some large chandeliers and foyer pendants require special mounting hardware. Hinkley fixtures weighing more than 50lbs. are marked in this catalog for your convenience and will come with additional heavy duty support hardware and complete installation instructions. Here is a link that might be useful: Lighting...See MorePlease vote and help me decide on replacement lighting fixtures
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Comments (16)Now I remember your kitchen! :) Glad you got that oven out of the corner. As I recall the new layout is excellent. One other question. I'm not sure because I'm not an architect but is there a way to lower the roof pitch a bit. It feels like the house is too much hat and not enough house. It seems to me if there's nothing except the one room over the garage, it could be lowered a bit? I removed the shutters. I think if you beef up the moldings so they're thicker all around, you won't need the shutter and it will create some interest for the house. I'll find you some examples. I moved that double column so it now looks like you have both holding up the house. In the laundry room, I made the window a double window and the same size as in bedroom 2. If you're concerned about people looking in, put a nice shade on the window or frosted glass. I didn't like the two windows separated and felt it had no relationship to the other windows in the house on the garage. I instead made it a triple. I also do not like when second story windows are as long as first story windows. I shortened the window length over the garage and made it a double so it matched the length of the window in the gable over the front door I feel that overall, with the changes your eye is not jumping around as much and the door and the gable over the door is the focus....See MoreHelp needed selecting a foyer light fixture
Comments (7)Great space! What do you think of these options: [Signature 4-Light Foyer Pendants, Mottled Black[(https://www.houzz.com/products/signature-4-light-foyer-pendants-mottled-black-prvw-vr~40035250) [Currey & Company Beaumont Lantern[(https://www.houzz.com/products/beaumont-4-light-foyer-pendant-in-bel-air-black-and-bel-air-gold-prvw-vr~27528436) [Currey & Company Denison Lantern, 4-Light[(https://www.houzz.com/products/currey-and-company-denison-lantern-4-light-prvw-vr~5543863) [Currey & Company Derrymore Chandelier[(https://www.houzz.com/products/derrymore-chandelier-prvw-vr~12009622)...See MoreWestCoast Hopeful
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