Will this chandelier work in a kitchen dining area?
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Anonymous
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The kitchen table is antique reproduction pine and seats six with black windsor chairs. Walls are a creamy white. Kitchen cabinets are beige with brushed gold hardware. I think I'm going for a modern take on traditional French country. |
Anonymous
| Sure, it's a pretty light. It looks more country than modern and it's on the casual side, but it works in a kitchen space. On a practical note, I think the light from it is going to be very diffused by the opaque shades. It will light the table but not the rest of the space. |
Anonymous
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Here, I saved you a $100.
https://www.lumens.com/xavier-chandelier-by-crystorama-CRY2627791.html |
Anonymous
| I'm not a fan of the blue. Can you do white or black? I think the shades look kinda dated. |
Anonymous
| Would the 28 inch size be best for the average 6 seat table? |
Anonymous
| The blue reminds me of the stenciled country 80's kitchen I grew up with. |
Anonymous
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I like the blue and the style, but not with everything you have going on in your kitchen.
It just doesn’t work. You’ve got an antique reproduction table with black chairs that don’t appear to be good match. Then you’ve got beige cabinets. Noe of that feels cohesive —AND gold hardware. You are all over the place. Adding blue to this is a no. You might be able to get away with black shades or just a gold fixture. |
Anonymous
I can't do white or black since the room is very white and the chairs are black--I'm looking for a punch of color and the blue will coordinate with my window treatments. I know the more modern look is to use glass shades or globes (or no shades at all), but that's not an option for me. We have a number of people in our house who suffer from migraines sometimes triggered by lights, so we can't have bare bulbs. Plus, our home decor skews traditional. |
Anonymous
Well either way the shades are dated. This is a terrible choice. |
Anonymous
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I mean it would work sure if you like it.
Personally I'd go with cut glass or leaded crystal for brilliance. |
Anonymous
| That's ugly. |
Anonymous
| It’s too country. |
Anonymous
| It’s a pretty basic fixture and the arms are angled weirdly. I think you could do better for the price and for the other style elements in your kitchen. Don’t get too hung up on the shades / can always buy those separately, from someplace like Ballard Designs. |
Anonymous
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I disagree with PP that the elements don’t work together — pine table with black windsors is pretty classic, and as a whole it sounds cohesive but layered.
But I agree that the shades might make it feel less modern and more traditional than you intend. I don’t dislike it, but I worry it will tip the balance old school . OP do you have kitchen pendants? The pendants and table light shouldn’t be matchy matchy but they should feel like they talk to one another. Also, consider that too many individual lights (each pendant + the multiple lights of a chandelier) don’t feel noisy. If you have multiple pendants in visual view, you may want a very single, simple light over the table. Hard to say not seeing the space but it’s worth asking the question. |
Anonymous
| I think it will work great. It does not read country to me at all. I have a chrystorama fixture in my kitchen and they are very well made. |