Elegant and ornate mounted lighting fixtures are not just there to simply add light to a room; these fixtures are more like works of art, which bring both radiance, beauty and personality into your home.

However, unlike lamps that one can easily move around, crystal chandeliers are more of semi-permanent structures, therefore proper placement is necessary for them to work efficiently and look good. Consider scale too. A very small lighting fixture will look lost, while one that's too large will overpower a room. You'll probably hire an electrician to do the work, so you want to avoid this costly mistake

How A Chandelier Should Hang In Your Room

For a dining room, a crystal chandelier should hang above the center of your table. If the electrical connection in your ceiling doesn't coincide with your table's center, add a durable decorative hook in the ceiling above the center of your table, and then attach a length of chain to carry the wiring from the electrical connection to the hook.

As a rule, for 8- to 9-foot ceilings, the bottom of your chandelier should be between 30 and 33 inches above the tabletop. Crystal chandeliers for other rooms should be placed higher than 8 feet above the floor in the middle of the room or foyer

Appropriate Locations For Chandeliers

Because lighting pieces like chandeliers make beautiful home decor fixtures, however small or large they seem. With its warm dimmed light however, they may not be fitting for rooms like libraries, where good lighting is a prerequisite.

Chandeliers are more fit for dining rooms, living rooms, foyers, and other places where people go to converse, relax and enjoy each others company. If you have a chandelier in a room, make sure that there is a primary light source to complement the subdued light emanating from the chandelier.

How To Make A Chandelier Blend With The Room's Existing Furnishings

Purchasing crystal chandeliers makes for a unique investment and a worthy furnishing to view and gawk at. In order to steer clear from too much glare, you could try buying a crystal chandelier that is equipped with mini-shades. If the fixture doesn't have one, try adding tiny shades to bare candle-type lighting. Since a chandelier is a decorative room fixture and not functional lighting equipment, do allow other lighting in the room to supplement its dimmed glow.

Choose a crystal chandelier that will complement and perfectly blend well with a room's ambience, style and color patterns. It also has to enhance the existing furnishing that's present in the room. However, if an elaborate and ornate chandelier would stick out in the room, consider something that looks more reserved so that the lighting fixture can be appreciated more for its beauty and radiating glow.

At present, there are lots of chandelier styles available out there that may go well with your own unique style, however if you're unsure about what direction to go in, it may be good to stick with more traditional looks that have been time-tested.

There is nothing worse than spending a lot of money for something that may go out of style in the next few years. These products can come in lots of different colors that could easily look outdated rather quickly. Therefore, another way to keep updating your chandeliers is to buy temporary and replaceable colored shades for the bulbs.

Vanessa Arellano Doctor
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