Cluster of lights instead of large chandelier
Hello!
I need a light fixture over a 86" round dining table. I want the fixture to be around 60". I'm having trouble finding a large chandelier that I'm in love with.
I had an idea to buy 3 of these smaller lights and hang them together in a cluster over the table. I could get a 40", 30" and 20" ball. Perhaps two brass and one nickel. Has anyone done something like this before? Tips/thoughts?
https://www.lumens.com/dunkirk-chandelier-by-hudson-valley-lighting-HVLP110724.html
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chispa
10 months agoSearch Houzz photos. Lots of ideas.
Some of these are custom ...
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Comments (18)Thanks for everyone’s comments. I should mention I am planning on installing a large chandelier in the room - just haven’t picked it yet. Also, eventually , I will probable put the two chairs yous see next to eachother facing the window and put two light colored x benches facingthe chairs. Perhaps at that point I will put this side table in between the chairs and get a larger side table next to rhe couch, but currently the scale doesn’t bother me....See MoreLarge Light Fixture over a smaller table
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10 months agochispa
10 months ago@kit2022, I don't do too many online photos, but I just remembered that I had some better examples saved in my Lighting Ideabook while I was building. Mine would also be too small for what you want.
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoI like this collection of George Nelson lamps in a hotel...very cool and classic! 3 would work in a home.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
10 months agoI would check out commercial chandeliers they tend to be much larger . This one is 60"
PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
10 months agoThis could very well be a custom lighting job which you might have to buy through a designer. Clustered lights are great but they tend to have a contemporary/modern feel. Without seeing your dining room, it would be hard to say what style might work best. If you're going more contemporary, a large ring or layered crystal chandelier might be great:
chispa
10 months agolast modified: 10 months ago@kit2022, I just use cardboard cut to the approximate size and shape of the item I am considering. You can then use string/rope and tape/nails to hang from the ceiling or attach to walls. Some people use balloons to approximate the size of light fixtures.
I make some of the mock-ups 3-D too, but then I built the model below during covid when our house building plans got slowed down and I was bored ... a foam board kitchen model of the first kitchen layout my KD drew up. Gives you a different perspective and I made several changes after building the 3-D model.
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10 months agochicagoans
10 months agoIn case it helps to visualize, here's a mockup I did in my old house. I moved my kitchen table underneath, and we had a few meals there and played with the heights of the "globes" (balloons.) (Also, the walls were later painted a much nicer, brighter color!) I kept the mockup up for the electrician to refer to when he hung the new fixture, which replaced the one you see behind it, purchased during what I call my unfortunate brown phase.
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