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Bedroom Chandelier Guide: Size, Placement, and Comfortable Light
The Blushlighting Journal A bedroom chandelier can look perfectly balanced from the doorway, then feel quite different when you're lying beneath it. Suddenly, the bulbs are in your line of...
Low-ceiling lighting: Flush mount, semi-flush or short-drop chandelier?
The Blushlighting Journal An eight-foot ceiling leaves room for good lighting, though it changes what you should look for. A chandelier that feels balanced above a dining table can sit...
How to choose a chandelier finish: Brass, black, bronze or nickel?
The Blushlighting Journal The cabinet pulls are brass. The faucet is nickel. The dining chairs have black legs. Now the chandelier you love comes in several finishes, and each seems...
Clear, Smoked or Opal? How to Choose a Glass Chandelier
The Blushlighting Journal A glass chandelier can look almost weightless in daylight, then become the most visible object in the room after sunset. The frame hasn't changed. The glass is...
What Light Bulbs for a Chandelier? Base, Kelvin, Dimming
The Blushlighting Journal A chandelier arrives, gets hung, gets switched on — and something is off. The room feels colder than the showroom. The crystal looks dull. The dimmer buzzes...
The Second Fixture: How to Place Sconces and Pendants Around a Chandelier
The Blushlighting Journal Here is a complaint we hear more than any other, and it almost never arrives in these words: the chandelier is beautiful, it was the right size,...
What Should a Chandelier Cost? A Price-by-Price Guide
The Blushlighting Journal There is no honest answer to “what does a chandelier cost.” The range runs from a hundred dollars to the price of a car, and the photographs...
Crystal Chandeliers: K9, Lead Crystal, and Where Your Money Actually Goes
The Blushlighting Journal Two crystal chandeliers can look nearly identical in a photograph and differ by four thousand dollars. Neither listing is lying to you. They are simply not selling...
The Dining Room Chandelier Guide: Sizing, Height, and Light by Table Shape
The dining room is the one place in a house where people sit still, facing each other, directly beneath a light fixture for two or three hours at a stretch....
Modern Chandelier Ideas for a Stylish Home
A modern chandelier can do more than brighten a room. It can add personality, create a focal point, and bring the entire interior together. Whether your home has a modern,...
How to Create a Warm and Cozy Home With Lighting
A beautiful home is not only about furniture and decoration. Lighting also plays an important role in creating a comfortable atmosphere. The right lighting can make a room feel warmer,...
Kitchen Island Lighting: Pendants, Chandeliers & Sizing Guide
The Blushlighting Journal The island is the one spot in a kitchen asked to do everything at once — chop, homework, cocktails, the slow Sunday coffee — and its lighting...
