25 Dining Room Lighting Ideas
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Having the appropriate lighting in your dining room is as essential to your dinner party as the tablecloth. Read on to discover the many dining room lighting ideas to brighten up your evening meal.
Recessed Lighting Ideas
Recessed lights are a type of lighting fixture installed directly into the ceiling or wall. They are designed to sit flush with the surface for a sleek finish keeping the electrical wiring completely hidden. This is an understated way to bring overhead lighting to your dining room and are great for highlighting detail spots like above a china cabinet.
A canless recessed light is a single unit that connects directly to your home’s electrical wiring.
Instead of requiring a light bulb, canless recessed lighting typically consists of thin discs with integrated LED lights. LED lights are also more energy efficient than traditional bulbs. If you already have overhead lighting, the canless bulb is a great option to add a little more illumination without competing with the focal light.
LED retrofit kits are best for the systems where keeping the current fixture is preferred, but you’re looking to upgrade the actual lighting inside the fixture. Recently, a higher number of people have started using these kits instead of constantly replacing burnt out bulbs. A great addition to lighting that has several bulbs such as a chandelier to avoid needing to replace them more often.
Fixed track lighting features lightbulb heads that can't be moved along the track, but they can still be angled to direct light where you want it whether it’s across your dining room table or curved around the exterior of the room. The light track is designed to hang from the ceiling or wall and is available in a straight or curved shape.
Swing arm track lighting mounts only the center of the track, like a standard lighting fixture. Sections of the track are jointed and swivel around a pivot point creating unique angled or zigzag track lighting designs to highlight several corners of your dining room.
The most traditional option is a standard track lighting rail on a straight track. It’s also called linear track lighting because it’s one line of track with lighting attached. You can install these tracks in rows across the ceiling for a continuous ray of light.
Monorail track lighting isn’t mounted directly to the ceiling. Instead, it hangs from bars called standoffs. These bulbs are often low-voltage giving your dining room a warm glow.
A cable lighting system can help if you have areas of your ceiling that make installing lights difficult or you don’t like the appearance of track lighting. Their suspension gives your dining room a whimsical design providing entertainment for your diners.
Single pendant lighting is a light fixture that is suspended from the ceiling with only a single light bulb incorporated into its fixture. This is a simple option if you want concentrated and contemporary lighting in your dining room.
This pendant lighting design offers a touch of personality in your dining room coming in several shapes and materials.
This contemporary fixture features an exposed bulb usually covered by colorful or metallic glass shades in a group of three or four. This light source doubles as a modern decor and lighting design.
A more rustic-looking design, a lantern pendant light in your dining room is a great choice if you want clear panels that provide maximum illumination, but maintain subtlety with the use of black or metal hardware.
Flush mounts are flat lighting fixtures that sit flat against the ceiling. With a simple flush mount design, you get only one bulbed light, typically covered by a clear or frosted glass globe shades.
Similar to a simple design, the shaded flush mount design covers the single bulb with a fabric shade dome that wraps around the light.
Because there's no space between the ceiling and the light itself, flush mount lights are ideal in rooms with shorter ceilings. This is a great option if you still want the simplicity of a lantern light, but don’t have the space.
Another option for a short ceiling dining room, the cluster design offers more drama than the lantern light.
In a practical sense, caged lighting keeps your lights safe from purposeful or accidental damages. In a dining room, the caged design suggests a rustic, modern appearance.
The flush mount chandelier design has all the spectacle of a chandelier without the risk of hitting your head while sitting at the table. This lighting design is perfect for the glam home.
A funky dining room lighting idea, the sputnik design gives air of a retro design piece typically featuring unique incandescent shaped bulbs.
Go all out on the personalization of your dining room with a statement design flush mount. Choose from unique shapes like stars or flowers and play with different materials such as crystals, beads, or rope.
Throw subtly to the wind with a candle chandelier style light. These fixtures give off the medieval appearance of a candelabra light without the actual open flame.
Perfect for a dining room with high ceilings, a statement light helps fill up the space with lighting and unique design elements like crystals or bulbs.
The shaded chandelier offers the drama of a chandelier with the ability to keep it subtle and refined. For an even warmer glow, opt for a dimmable shaded chandelier.
These drop down chandeliers reference the antique aesthetic when lanterns were your only lighting options. Create a vintage feel for your dining room lighting ideas with a lantern style chandelier.
This modern overhead lighting switches up the traditional image of a chandelier lighting in your dining room. Don’t be afraid to get playful with the bulb shapes, shades, and metallic finishes.
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