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Dining table lighting: tips and guidelines for your lighting design project


Posted On 27 May 2022

The dining table is the heart of the living area. This is where we meet to dine with our family or guests or simply for a chat over coffee or an aperitif.

Often dining table lighting is not properly enhanced because the focus is exclusively on the ambient lighting. It is a mistake to sacrifice task lighting because it ensures a good degree of visibility and a friendly atmosphere.

In this article, we will talk about:

Let’s proceed step by step.

 

Lamp Mod. Alì e Babà

Alì e Babà

5 tips on how to give the right amount of light at the dining table

Among the many aspects that are considered in the choice of illuminating a dining room table, design and functionality cannot be missing. Here are 5 ad hoc suggestions for lighting up a dining room table:

1. Evaluate the size and shape of the table

Before selecting the models we want to install, we must assess the shape and size of the table that will be illuminated. This is one step that will help you determine how many decorative lamps are necessary.

You can’t use the same lighting fixtures for a small table and a long table and expect the same performance.

In addition, when it comes to illuminating long tables, it is advisable to opt for a composition of lamps such as:

  • 24 Karati

24 Karati is a suspension lamp with an unmistakable style that is adapted to illuminate even the most intimate and reserved corners of a private home.

When positioned above a table, it guarantees excellent levels of task lighting as well as excellent visibility of the dishes and diners.

  • Déjà-Vu

Déjà-Vu, installed alone or in a fascinating composition, is able to enrich its furnishing scenarios and ensures diffused lighting throughout the entire room.

It is available with a white linen shade, for increased output, and is able to outline atmospheres with sophisticated and classy decor.

 

Lamp Mod. Déjà-Vu

Déjà-Vu

With regard to round or rectangular tables, it is more appropriate to select a different number of lamps as:

  • Sahara

Sahara has a highly evocative silhouette. In white and green, this suspension lamp recalls the unmistakable appearance of cacti.

Available in an elongated or shorter form, Sahara ensures uniform and directional lighting on the table. It is a unique designer lamp that combines sober charm and graceful and intense light.

  • Sherwood and Robin

Sherwood and Robin is a white ceramic suspension lamp with a strong evocative impact: along the wire approaches a curious squirrel with an acorn, the diffuser of the lamp itself.

This ironic, original design solution is suitable in a particular way for living rooms and dining rooms with a bold concept.

  • Alì e Babà

Clean and decisive lines and soft light: this is Alì e Babà. This suspension lamp has a simple and elegant charm and is provided with a ceramic or linen lampshade. It is able to confer direct light at the table without neglecting the subtle nuances of the filtered luminosity.

  • Domenica

Domenica is a suspension lamp of great aesthetic value with its characteristic bell shape capable of creating special light effects.

From the lampshade in white chalk protrudes a warm and intense light that seems to radiate along the golden wire mesh, spreading directly onto the table.

 

Optimize the design of a lighting system in 8 simple steps

 

2. Focus light on the table

At the table, diners expect to eat their meal immersed in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere and to have good visibility.

This explains why it is essential to focus on the table through the lighting fixtures: being both a supporting surface and a tabletop for the consumption of meals, it should be illuminated in such a way as to ensure excellent visibility.

If the client prefers a chandelier instead of a suspension lamp, we recommend:

  • Moby Dick

Moby Dick’s shade is made of imposing white fiberglass but is still light and graceful. It is a style statement and provides ideal performance for the living area, to give direct light to the table. With its sophisticated and minimal taste, it always guarantees widespread and intense illumination.

  • Snoob

Snoob evokes the typical design of a baroque chandelier but has been renewed in concept and silhouette.

Its size is imposing but is graceful thanks to its clean shape and long limbs. Snoob is a versatile and ideal solution for different furnishing scenarios, especially the bedroom, where it decorates the environment without making the atmosphere feel too heavy.

 

Lamp Mod. Sahara

Sahara

3. Select the most suitable lamp model for the concept

Considering the interior design concept will help you find the most appropriate model to light up a dining room table.

If you're working on a project with industrial-style lighting, we suggest Sisma, while for a project with classic charm, Ceraunavolta.

On the one hand, Sisma is a suspension lamp with a minimal and essential structure in black metal rod, inside which are placed three light bulbs at will. It is thin and strong and has an optimal lighting profile.

On the other hand, Ceraunavolta is a real touch of class and style. The lovely transparent blown glass clouds, used individually or in a composition, sparkle like genuine crystals above the table, infusing a light, warm climate.

4. Decide which type of light temperature to use

Each lighting designer knows how much an environment’s atmosphere depends in all respects on the lamps’ light temperature. Precisely, for this reason, we recommend carefully evaluating the intensity of the light source you intend to use at each table.

The warm lights infuse greater intimacy and warmth; on the other hand, the cold light sources will give a stimulating sensation, creating an energetic atmosphere.

 

Lmp Mod. Cupido

Cupido

5. Use two or more lighting design solutions

To instill a sense of creative variety in the project, we recommend using several lighting design solutions.

Encouraging the variety and diversity of designs and trying to use different types of lamps will help you create contrasts of shapes and materials. However, stay true to the concept you have decided on for the environment. 

 

Lamp Mod. Snoob

Snoob

Light up a dining room table with the most creative designer lamps

The dining room table needs the right amount of light, so it is important to choose designer lamps of great technical merit, to give an original touch, in addition to functionality, to the center of the room.

Choose the best solutions in line with the client’s tastes and create a unique project for this convivial environment.

 

Optimize the design of a lighting system in 8 simple steps

 

For further information, support, and assistance selecting the right lamp models to light up the dining room table area that you're dealing with, do not hesitate to contact us at this link. We are at your complete disposal.

Camilla Rossi

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Camilla Rossi

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