- If you are using a single pendant match it to the shape of the table. If you use a round or square pendant over a very long or extendable oval or rectangular table, you’ll just light the middle of it- the diners at both ends are likely to be in semi-darkness. If you use a long or bar shaped pendant over a round or square table, it will over-shoot both ends which looks odd and can get in the way of some diners when taking their seats.
Combined project photo courtesy of Sherry Wales Interiors, Bournville
2. The alternative with long tables is to use more than one pendant of a smaller scale or a round shape if that’s the shape that you prefer.
Combined project photo courtesy of Sherry Wales Interiors, Bournville
3. Hang it at a length that’s in proportion for the fitting but so that diners don’t have to duck to talk to each other. Proportionally it’s better to have a pendant that has a shallow body with plenty of chain or suspension cable than long fitting with a single link of chain or stubby suspension cables that look splayed out to their limits.
4. If the main view of a dining table pendant is from the end, such as from the hall way outside a narrow dining room, make sure that the end view is attractive and that it makes enough of an impact or it will be lost in the overall view of the room.
Combined project photo courtesy of Sherry Wales Interiors, Bournville
5. If you don’t want to interrupt the view outside with a dining table pendant then choose clear glass or crystal so that you can see through it. If those don’t suit you or your decorative scheme at the very least use a material like polished chrome that will help it blend in by reflecting the view.
Combined project photo courtesy of M & Y Interiors, Bricket Wood
