Tips on Choosing Pendant Lighting for Your Dining Room

Pendant lights are perfect for use in a dining room, or over the kitchen table.   Not only do they look amazing but they also create a good atmosphere around the main focal point of the room.

There is an enormous selection of pendant lights available and recently I got involved with contributing to an article on the subject.  Here is a more technical feature which explores the different styles and designs currently on the market, the colours and ideas on where to hang them. 

https://www.lampshoponline.com/advice/dining-room-pendant-lighting

I often end up using pendant lights and, in addition to the ones shown in the article, here are a few of our favourites.

How to Light A Dining Room

Good lighting for a dining room is crucial especially as it often ends up being used for other purposes than just eating.   A dining room works well as a place to study or work, and surveys have found that they also regularly end up being used as a playroom.

Therefore how you light the room needs careful consideration.   When you are using it for eating the lighting should be warm and inviting with the table being the focal point of the room.  However, if you are using the during the day whether for work, study or play, then you will want it to be nice and bright.

 "Layering" the lighting, using different fittings and a good mix of lamps - floor and table - as well as installing dimmer switches will enable you turn the dining room into a multi-functional space.  To find out how best to achieve this and more, here is a really helpful article that I recently contributed to https://www.lampshoponline.com/advice-centre/dining-room-lighting