Dining Room Lighting We are Loving Right Now

Family dinners, meetings, or school project prep all take place in the dining room. Whether your dining room is used often or only for more formal events, setting the tone with lighting is vital when deciding what kind of atmosphere you are trying to create. Different types of lighting that are often included in dining rooms are ceiling lights, wall sconces, and table lamps. Each boasting unique qualities and when paired together, create stunning ambience in your home.

Including various sources of lighting is often neglected in homes, we discussed this mistake and others here if you’d like to learn more. Today, MTI’s sharing some favorite pieces to keep it bright and stylish.

Ceiling Light

Let’s start with the most obvious piece a dining room normally has, a ceiling light. These include chandeliers, flush mounts and pendants, and they’re all a great way to draw your eyes up to the room to create height. Here are some of our favorites below.

Wall Sconces

Wall sconces are great ways to draw your eyes to the surroundings of the room and can be used to highlight pieces of art or bring attention to interesting wallpaper. Sconces, like other types of lighting, can vary greatly in size and can either be used as an accent or more of a statement to the room. We’ve included examples of decorative, task and picture lighting that we love to use in our projects below.

Table Lamps

Table lamps are another great way to bring light into the room. They can be used to highlight a sideboard with either one single lamp or to create symmetry, you can use two on either end. With table lighting, you have the option to go smaller or wider at the base, depending on what kind of impact you’d like to achieve. Whatever you choose, we recommend that bringing height is the most important and to match the height of the lamp with the height of the sideboard for a well scaled look.

We’ve mentioned before that MTI believes lighting is a form of art. The uniqueness of each piece, made of different materials such as brass, silver, glass, ceramic, or marble, can bring an entirely different feel and look into your home. We recommend layering lighting where ever possible to achieve that designer look and feel.

If you love lighting as much as we do and want a professional opinion on your home, contact us today to discuss how we can create the perfect ambiance for you, your family and your guests.