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This is a joke right?

I have two large skylights and I find the light fades almost everything. I don't want to cover them because I love the light. Have you had that problem?

It's a lovely room, nicely proportioned, with the tile floor and the skylight. As for lighting, I think some of the more modern lacy laser-cut lighting fictures would be more attractive and in better keeping with the proportions of the room.

I like the idea, but the light is WAY too big (imho) . . .it blocks the view from the window and I can imagine that it could feel quite claustrophobic when eating dinner.

Oversized lighting - good. RIDICULOUSLY out of proportion lighting? not so much.

Yeah, I just think this is way too big. I saw something nice at Room and Board the other day--it was 3 paper lanterns of slightly different sizes hung at varying heights. I think that would look a lot more flattering.

"I have two large skylights and I find the light fades almost everything. I don't want to cover them because I love the light."

Window tinting film, like that used on automotive glass, will solve that problem.

The tile and table are beautiful, but that doesn't seem to go. It's out of proportion and not the same style.

Not a fan of how it blocks the window.........blech

The room is quite nice. The lamp is, well, kind of creepy.

I am not a fan of pendants that are too big. It's not a particularly interesting focal point. I agree with how it blocks the window. Yuck.

And strike three: in my culture, we use white paper lanterns when someone in the family dies.

Ever since Ikea started putting them out in a massive way and wannabe decorators started using them, I have been consistently perturbed since it has always been a symbol of death.

I get it: it's light and an interesting shape. But it would be like me hanging a casket or giant Remembrance Day wreath "to brighten up the space."

I do suggest a round interesting rug under that table maybe.
Or to leave the skylight the way it is because natural light is so great for a dining room. Dining rooms are only used for the evening anyway so in the day, it would just be a nice thing to see walking by. But at night, that giant balloon would block people's faces.

I mean, if your guest comes for dinner sporting a giant beehive, you're not gonna be able to appreciate it.

Wow, it's like a UFO coming to land on the table.

I like the table- does anyone know anything about it?

@Mercy--

Looks like vintage danish teak to me...

@Sunnydark--

White Rice Paper lanterns were really big back in the 70's and 80's at Pier One...

...and it appears to be plenty high for people to see one another across the table while seated - It's @ 30" of the tabletop which is quite sufficient unless one invites the neighborhood giraffes for dinner.

it reminds me of Close Encounters of the Third Kind---I think I love it. By the way, the floor is wonderful. It really defines the space.

I like it :-)

The lamp may look better if it was roughly 25% smaller, but I personally don't find it to be atrocious as others seem to feel. It definitely is high enough to see the other diners. I like how the danish modern was paired with traditional mexican tiles. A nice juxtaposition of two different styles and cultures.

I like it - but a little smaller for that space to let the natural light from the skylight in would be better...

Nice idea - but I agree with the previous poster that a smaller size - though still a large one - would look much better. The one shown is overwhelming the space.

really like this room, would love to see at night full of people and food.

The more I look at it, I like that lantern, I have 2 smaller ones (the more mid sized ones) from IKEA w/ the cord sets that I have hanging in the bedroom for each side of my bed and when both on, it gives a nice glow to the room.

What I like is how it helps fill the space above the table and if anything, perhaps a touch smaller might work as well and I think the shot may not be doingthe proportions justice and in looking at the window, I bet the view out isn't terribly interesting for it kind of looks like one is looking at white lattice work and that's about it so perhaps this is not such a bad idea for the window is strictly to let in light.

I bet the room glows nicely at night.

It's like an albino Death Star. I love it!

Mommmm!, the Mother Ship just landed in my cereal!!!!!

I'm struggling to find the right size pendant, for over my dining table, I've tried half a dozen and haven't been happy with one yet so this was a great lesson for me on scale. It's interesting to look at but I imagined myself sitting beneath it, and the thought made me uncomfortable, so I realized I probably prefer something very streamlined and unobtrusive rather than a statement piece.

That light fixture is a monstrosity and does not suit the space. Something smaller and more streamlined would look better.

You know those days when it's so heavily cloudy that it feels like the clouds are actually pressing down on you? I hate those days.