Need help - Lighting for my dining table
viviantan
vor 11 Jahren
Hi experts! i need some help with the lighting for my dining area. The power outlet on the ceiling is about 8 feet away from the dining table. It's almost impossible to install a chandelier there. I'm considering two options. One is an arc floor lamp, but the area is small and so is my dining table. The arc lamp may be too chunky. 2nd option is to use just candles with some nice and tall candle holders. What do you suggest? Is it weird To just use candles as the source of light? or anyone know where I can get a smaller size arc floor lamp? Thank you!!!
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vor 11 JahrenObviously, the architect had another area in mind for the dining area. Have you thought of going with the flow, positioning your seating area to take advantage of the view, and making use of the electrical installation to have a great light fixture, like a contemporary drum chandy above your table? Don't limit the table to one function. Pull the sofa out in the middle and use the table behind it, with the two chairs. Use the third chair as an accent chair and pull it to the table when needed. Something to think about.
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vor 11 JahrenThanks very much for your advise. I attached a picture from another angel which gives you a view of the living room. The electrical outlet is kinda in the middle of the living room. Putting a dining table kinda blocks the traffic, or not? also the position of TV restricts where I can put my soft. Your thoughts? Thanks!!!!!
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Kommentare (11)Hi Ella, wow, that looks like a real challenge... The really low "Kniestock" together with your size doesn´t work well. I think you need to move the kitchen pretty far into the room to be able to properly move around and operate the kitchen. For instance if you imagine standing in front of the sink - if i read the floorplan correctly, if you move just a little bit to the right, you´ll bump your head into the angled wall. In addition, the whole area below the angled wall is actually not usable for a worktop area, because it´s just too low. Even if you place storage room there, it´s not really comfortable to reach. Can you add some more picture of the rest of the room? I think you need a complete layout including dining area and living room area and not only focus on the kitchen. Cheers, TH...mehrWhat colour/fabric for soft furnishings
Kommentare (19)Hi Ella, first of all, let me say that you have some really nice vintage pieces in your home! If you are planning to keep the light grey rug I would go with a darker shade of grey for the daybed and a lighter shade or a completely different color for the fabric of the sidechair (e.g. like the dark blue in your third photo) in order to create more contrast and give the room a more dynamic feel. You also mentioned a portrait to be hung above the sideboard - maybe the colors of this picture can aslo inspire the fabrics, it's always nice if the same color pops up in different details of a room. I hope this helps in your decision making process and I would love to see the results. Many greetings Anita Goda from Studio Wunderkammer...mehrRoom design ideas
Kommentare (6)Since you are not allowed to paint the ceiling, it should be the only wooden surface in the room. The floor can be covered by either wall-to-wall carpet or a large rug, but please check if a door that opens into the room will still be operable. Multi-use and visually light furniture is important in such a tight space. I would replace the bunk bed (you're too grown-up anyway) with a nice sleeper sofa like, for instance, Flottebo. And I'd buy a comfy chair that can be used for reading and as a desk chair. It should be unobtrusive and easy to move like this feminine rattan chair. If you don't need a desk on a daily basis, I'd recommend a height-adjustable notebook table (on casters) that can double as a side table next to the sofa/ bed. Again, multi-use is the key. Once you've chosen new furniture, you can decide on curtains, rug/ carpet and other decorative elements. Wall colors are usually the last decision because you can have millions of hues individually mixed. Also consider how much natural light your room gets....mehrviviantan
vor 11 JahrenAnother picture that you can see where the TV is in relation to the rest of the room. Thanks!
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vor 11 JahrenZuletzt geändert: vor 11 JahrenCheck lbl (LBL) under "products" or go to the lbllighting.com website to look at their gallery-residential pendants, heads and accessories, and systems . A monorail can snake across the ceiling with directional, discreet heads still using the existing octagon box for the power. Then, the monorail winds its way over to the dining table where you can place a group of "fusion jack" pendants over the table. You should talk to an electrical expert to see if the voltage is right, I think these have built in transformers. There are so many fixture styles....some are shown on a canopy but can be used on the monorail. There are several post placed along the monorail for support so you may also need a carpenter to mount them (depending on your ceiling structure, you might be drilling into concrete).
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vor 11 JahrenI think this would look so pretty over your table against that gorgeous view! Something light and airy...
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vor 11 JahrenZuletzt geändert: vor 11 JahrenHere is an option that could add a little architectural interest but would cost a bit. I can see very shallow coffering....no deeper than your existing crowns...making a grid pattern on the ceiling. The lengthwise grid should line up with the window dividers and the grid across the room should run under the existing ceiling box (*)...as well as the left side of the closed blind to help subliminally create a dining threshold, and another near the kitchen end of the living room (assuming by the reflection in the window that your kitchen is here). Another lateral one should be across the table in order to hang the fixture. The ideal pattern has symmetry...hard to tell you exact placement without knowing room dimensions and placement of the existing box. The beam that runs over the table would have the junction box for the light. *The exisiting junction box would have to remain accessible, unless the electrician can run a new feed from the switch and terminate this one. (a live one cannot ber buried). The false beams would be hollow for the wire chase, fitted with a bottom and crowned within each rectangle.
It may be that the window and door area requires one slightly out from the blinds to act as shallow valance.
Looking at the closed blind, imagine a crown that sits out from it about 4"....follow that same line over the sofa and there would be a deeper "soffit" in that area, ideal for recessed mini puck lighting to wash the walls or some indirect linear trough light (if the created soffit does not meet wall over the sofa).
The attched photo shows beams much deeper than I'd suggest for you. Yours would be only as deep as your crown...but deep enough to contain an octagon box or shallow pan box. Make sure your selected light does not require a hidden transformer etc.
Regarding the pattern....not all rectangles need to be the same. Perimeter ones may be small (kitchen end too) but the one in the center can be larger, as long as grid allows. I am guessing about 4 rectangles across in front of windows 30 wide x 60 long...another 30 x 60 against wall over sofa and tv...but the one over the coffee could be 60x60...4 again across at kitchen end of sofa, terminating before kitchen. As long as 1 beam hits the existing junction box or is close enough for the box to be manipulated there. The width of beam...4-5" or so to house light box. This beam width would be wider over patio door and over sofa...over end window if you want recessed puck lights there too. The beams in front of windows would not attach to the wall but would act as a valance for the blind tracks.
I like the idea of a starry delicate fixture...a cluster of mini glass or crystal pendants etc. on delicate discreet wire feeds so the view stays spectacular.
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