Lighting, answered with numbers
What size, how high, how many, which Kelvin. The measurements we give customers on the phone, written down so you can measure once and buy once.
- Sizing guide
What size chandelier do you need?
Add the room’s length and width in feet, then read that number in inches: a 12 ft × 14 ft room takes a chandelier about 26 inches across. For height, allow 2.5 to 3 inches of fixture for every foot of ceiling — a 10 ft ceiling suits a chandelier 25 to 30 inches tall. Over a table, ignore the room and size to the table instead.
- Sizing guide
How high to hang a light over a dining table
Hang the bottom of the fixture 30 to 36 inches (76–91 cm) above the tabletop, measured to its lowest point. Size it to between half and two-thirds of the table’s width, leaving at least 6 inches clear at each end. On ceilings above 8 feet, add about 3 inches of height for every extra foot.
- Sizing guide
How many pendants over a kitchen island?
Two pendants suit an island up to about 7 feet long, three up to about 10 feet. Hang them 30 to 36 inches above the countertop, space them 24 to 30 inches apart centre to centre, and keep the outer pendants at least 6 inches inside the island’s ends.
- Planning guide
How to light a living room
Use three layers rather than one fixture: an ambient layer overhead, a task layer beside every seat you read in, and an accent layer washing walls or art. Aim for at least five separate light sources in an average living room, all at 2700K, and put each layer on its own switch or dimmer.
- Planning guide
How to light a bedroom
Hang bedside pendants so the bottom sits 20 to 26 inches above the mattress top, or mount wall lights 30 to 36 inches above it. Keep every source at 2700K or warmer, dim everything, and add a second layer — a bedroom lit only from the ceiling has no evening setting.
- Light quality
Warm or cool light: which Kelvin for which room
Use 2700K in living rooms and bedrooms, 3000K in kitchens and bathrooms, and 4000K only where precise work happens — a study desk, a workshop, a garage. Lower Kelvin is warmer and yellower; higher is cooler and bluer. Keep every fixture in one room within 500K of the others.
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