If you're thinking of hanging a pendant lamp, we recommend trying one over the dining table. It's a great way to anchor your space and, if you add a dimmer, it will provide the romantic light you need for a dinner party. We searched the Apartment Therapy archives for good examples of dining tables paired with beautiful hanging lamps...
- Arthur's lamp is the Random Light by Bertjan Pot, hanging over the Lance Console Extension Table.
- Richard's isn't exactly an overhead lamp; that's a Normann Copenhagen arc lamp over his pedestal dining table.
- Tara and Ari's home combines a lamp by Louis Poulsen for Moser and a Monteverde Young dining table.
- Genevieve and Maxwell hung a Kartelly FLY lamp over their pedestal table.
- A globe light is the perfect fixture over Paula and Brian's wooden dining table.
- In Vicki and Richard's home, a saucer shade compliments the angular lines of the dining chairs and table base.
- Jon and Ro's pendant is the Kina lamp by New Zealand designer David Trubridge. It hangs over a white turned-leg table.
- Silver pendant lamps look beautiful over a Parsons-style white dining table in Nataniël's home.
- Jacob and Laurie's beautiful table was custom-made by Joshua Cooper, and the large drum shade is from lightinguniverse.com.
- In Amy's home, a Danish modern dining table goes well with an IKEA pendant lamp.
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I love pendant lamps! As a matter of fact I think I have an addiction...in the last two years I bought 8! and I only have one dining table :)
I have a picture of my favourite lamp on my fledgling blog:
http://newangles.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/raak/
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pendant lamps over a dining table, is a no brainer...hard to not look good. But what about a feature on pendants in a living room or not over a dining table. That is a challenge due to the size having to be quite large. I'd like to see a post on this topic!
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i guess now's a good time as any to ask...anyone know where to find this pendant, but in a larger size? http://www.lampsplus.com/Products/Possini-Euro-Design-Aluminum-Lotus-Pendant-Light__89523.html (like 22"diameter instead of 16") i love it, but its too small for over my dining table & lamps plus doesn't carry it in a larger size. btw, Menno, those raak products are pretty cool!
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