CHANDELIER TIPS

perfect PLACEMENTcourtesy of Hinkley Lighting

Sometimes rules are made to be broken! Not only are designers and homeowners experimenting with placing chandeliers in less traditional spaces in their homes, they are also getting creative about the placement within that room. Making the decision to hang a fixture lower or higher than recommended can add a creative twist to the presentation of your decor.

"I think the world is feeling less static about where chandeliers and pendants can and should be placed. I am using them lowered way down over coffee tables and end tables. When used in the application of end table, it replaces the prerequisite lamp, which feels really fresh now. I think they can also be used to great effect on art walls - dangling in a lowered manner in front of or to the side of a group of framed items, large canvases, leaning canvases - whatever - they are essentially adding another layer of "art" to the mix."

- Jill Sharp Brinson