Lighting
Tips: Dining Room
The dining room is probably the one room where you cannot
overdo it. There are so many different moods easily created with clever
lighting.
Chandeliers! Some of the modern chandeliers available
these days are truly wonderful. Just be careful not to buy your chandelier
too big. As a general guideline, your dining room chandelier should
be about 1 foot smaller in diameter than the shotest side of your ding
room table.
Decorate with a combination of wall lamps and floor
lamps.
Create soft, intimate moods with hidden lights.
For something different, try washing one wall with light
while keeping the others relatively shaded. This works especially well
if you break the light with a painting or interesting wall decoration.
Speaking about paintings, consider using track lighting
to highlight artworks around the dining room table. The gallery-like
atmosphere adds a wonderful 'classy' feel.
And of course you must be able to dim each light or
group of lights seperately. This allows you to set the mood quickly
- for anything from a lively party to a quiet, candle-lit dinner.
Try our Designer Plus Crystal™ Decor bulbs in chandeliers
to add sparkle to glasses and dinnerware.
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