Hall Chandeliers: Overview, Selection Tips

Everyone appreciates comfort. Indeed, only dreams of a home console us at the moment when it seems: everything is so enraging that there are no forces at all. But when you think about returning to your nest after a hard day at school, university or at work, in order to abstract from problems, troubles, and difficult situations, the things that arise on the way become easier.

That is why we all strive to make our home quiet and reliable. A place where it is always warm, nice, where the atmosphere is joyful and serene. And this is the main reason why we do not save either on the structure itself or on its components. Elegant wallpapers, expensive carpets or parquet, high-quality furniture, a beautiful chandelier - we pay a lot of attention to all these attributes, as if wishing to fill them with a good mood. So that in the case when our familiar world suddenly collapses, we have a place where you can come, exhale with relief, and at least lick your wounds.

For this reason, in this article we will explore such important elements as chandeliers. For the hall, they are not only decoration, but also a necessary source of light. If they are chosen correctly, then our mood is at the highest level, and if not, the surroundings of the whole house are not happy and I want to run away from him somewhere far away. Therefore, the choice of this part should be taken very seriously and carefully.

Matching Ensemble Room

The first thing that is important to determine before going to the store is the style of the hall, respectively, and a suitable chandelier. Indeed, ideally, a comfortable and cozy room implies a common ensemble - a single style. If the room itself is large, there is a massive sofa in it, a wide table near it, a little distance away several high racks that occupy the entire wall, and all this is made of expensive natural wood, it will be inappropriate and incorrect to supplement the surroundings with a small avant-garde chandelier.





That is, the first thing to do is to carefully analyze the hall as to which style direction it is executed in. Or what style dominates in it. If the owner of the house has a tense relationship with art and design, he will easily invite a specialist to help him in such a difficult matter. But if you want to develop and implement everything yourself, you need to study the areas described below. This will help determine the style of your room and chandelier for him.

beautiful chandeliers for the hall




Style directions in the interior

So, the most popular styles, knowing which, it is easy to decide which chandelier will be the most suitable:

  1. As in almost any business or craft, in design it all starts with the classics. This style is characterized by brown-beige tones, the use of objects made of wood, gold, crystal, with elements of iron forging. If the reader's room matches this style, he should choose a classic chandelier decorated with crystal pendants that multiply the light coming from the lamps many times and make the room brighter and more vibrant.
  2. The next very popular style is Provence. It is distinguished by a pastel yellow-lavender gamut of all elements of the room, as well as dullness and muffle. The furniture here is really antique or artificially aged, made of natural wood. The chandelier, which will be the perfect completion of the ensemble, should be metal with plastic shades, certainly matte white.
  3. People who do not like extra details prefer high-tech style. Indeed, it is this combination of “fifty shades of gray” that is distinguished by restrained, clearly distinguished objects and decor elements made of iron and glass. General minimalism is the main feature of this style direction. For this reason, the simplest ceiling model with a clear geometric shape: a square or rectangle, will be the best option for a chandelier for a hall.
  4. If the reader of this article is an extraordinary personality, the atmosphere in his room is creative and somewhat fantastically chaotic, most likely he is an admirer of the Art Nouveau style. That is why in order to maintain the perfect ensemble in the room, he needs an unusual and very creative chandelier. For example, a long one with pendants in the form of soap bubbles hanging from the ceiling.

How to determine the color of the required lighting fixture?

Having dealt with the dominant or basic style of the hall, you can move on to another important point. We already noted that the chandelier should correspond to the ensemble of the room. But in addition to appearance: form, design, etc., it is important to be guided by a suitable color.





chandeliers in the hall of Khrushchev




To choose the color of the chandelier for the hall, you need to pay attention to the shades of the room. Or rather, even on their number. If present:

  • Two main colors - the lighting device should be the shade of which the room is smaller. Then he will fit perfectly into the ensemble.
  • Variety of colors - the chandelier should be acquired in the most calm and neutral color that is in the room. This is so that he does not focus all his attention on himself, but simply complements the general surroundings.

It is also worth noting that bright and colorful lighting fixtures can ruin the design of a room. Moreover, they will press, and it will become uncomfortable to be in it. Therefore, if the reader of this article is not able to choose between what he likes and what suits his design better, it is more reasonable not to complicate the situation, but to buy a chandelier of universal color. Namely - white.

Then it will be possible to achieve balance: the chandelier for the hall is beautiful in itself and, in combination with the ensemble of the whole room, looks wonderful.

How to solve the question of the size of the chandelier?

When you come to the lighting store, you just get lost from the abundance of amazing designs, different in color, size and, of course, price. From this stunning variety, my head is spinning. And it’s hardly possible to choose something specific.

However, we have already mentioned more than once that before going to the store you need to clearly think over the fundamental criteria of the coveted chandelier. And then the issue will be solved much easier and faster. We investigated the style and color, so now we should decide on the size.

Some people are afraid of the dark or simply do not like it. Therefore, even in the hall of the "Khrushchev" chandelier they are trying to choose a massive one, with several weighty shades, and even on the pole. A couple of weeks after the purchase, they realize the unreasonableness of their decision, only the device cannot be returned back. It remains only to suffer regrets and to enter the hall as rarely as possible.

To prevent this from happening, it is important to think over this parameter of the future purchase in advance. If the room:

  • spacious with high ceilings - the chandelier should be chosen the same solid, voluminous, with hanging pendants;
  • spacious with low ceilings - a ceiling plate-shaped lighting fixture will be an excellent option: for example, large in the center, small ones at the edges;
  • narrow with high ceilings - chandeliers for rooms are preferably suspended, two or three pieces of the same or different lengths;
  • narrow with low ceilings - several ceiling lighting fixtures;
  • small with high ceilings - one pendant chandelier in the center of the room;
  • small with low ceilings - four ceiling chandeliers in the corners of the room.

Following these recommendations, the reader will not have to regret the chosen chandelier. After all, the ensemble will be harmonious, and the atmosphere in the room will be comfortable and pleasant.

round chandelier in the hall




Which model is better to stay on?

In addition to all of the above characteristics, due attention should be paid to the model of the necessary chandelier for the hall. Of course, you can take fashionable. Only in this case there is a risk that such a lighting device either does not fit into the interior or does not fit the composition. So, what are the chandeliers:

  1. A hanging model is considered the best choice for rooms with high ceilings. It is distinguished by the method of fastening - a decorative cord or chain with a hook, for which the product is attached to the ceiling. The styles and configurations are so varied that they are suitable for any kind of room, especially a spacious hall.
  2. The ceiling is a structure that is attached to the ceiling almost flush. Therefore, it is flat or curly. Sometimes it is called a “plate”, due to its resemblance to this dish. These chandelier options are more suitable for rooms with low ceilings. But there are models complemented by various pendants, inserts and other pendants.
  3. A bar chandelier is rarely placed in a hall, bedroom or nursery. This option is ideal for a kitchen or a combined dining room. Due to the ability to adjust the height of the structure, you can lower the chandelier and highlight an object (sofa, table, etc.) or raise it to scatter the light again, to make it more muffled.
Chandeliers in the classic room




How to determine the number of lamps?

Having decided on the appearance of the most suitable lighting device, one more moment should be considered. After all, a chandelier is not only a decoration of the hall, completing the overall composition. This is primarily a light source. If there is too much of it, brightness and saturation will hurt the eyes, and if not enough, the room will become dim and even gloomy. It turns out that in both cases, being in the hall is uncomfortable, difficult.

To prevent this, calculate the number of lamps. In fact, such a task is quite simple and doable. Even for a person far from design.

How to calculate the required number of chandelier lamps in a room is a classic of the genre:

  1. The most important criterion is the area of ​​the room into which you need to choose the main lighting device. For example, it is equal to twenty five square meters.
  2. The best quality of lighting can be achieved by observing the proportion: 20 watts per 1 square. m
  3. That is, for a hall of 25 square meters. m. suitable chandelier with a total power of 500 watts.
  4. Knowing this parameter, you can calculate the number of lamps, focusing on their power. For example, five by one hundred watts or ten by fifty, etc.
chandeliers for a large hall




Which lamps are better suited to the room?

Manufacturers offer us a large number of various lamps. Such as:

  • incandescent lamps;
  • LED;
  • luminescent;
  • halogen.

They are distinguished by their price and lighting option. Can be represented by warm light, cold, daylight, etc. Also, lamps differ in their shape and appearance. To determine which one will be more to the liking of the reader of this article and best suited precisely to his room, one should be guided by one's own preferences.

In addition, it is important to mention that many of the modern lamps can save energy. Therefore, this factor is also recommended to pay attention to.

However, many designers note that for a crystal chandelier in a room with a large area and high ceilings, it is better to choose incandescent lamps, and certainly a candle-shaped one.

low ceiling chandeliers




Which chandeliers are suitable for stretch ceilings?

Stretch ceilings are special designs made of a special material, which is a film. Exposing it to heating above sixty degrees is fraught with deformation and melting of the ceiling at best, and at worst with a fire in the room or in the whole house.

That is why the owner of a house or apartment with such an unusual ceiling in the hall needs to know some secrets of the correct selection of a chandelier for suspended ceilings. They will help to support the ensemble of the whole room, and avoid possible fires.

The main features of the lighting device for "difficult" ceilings:

  1. Chandelier lights should not be directed up, but down. Thus, it will be possible to prevent heating, melting and subsequent fire.
  2. It is best to choose models on the bar - a special leg that significantly removes the dangerous heat of the lamps from the ceiling structure.
  3. Experts strongly advise against stretching ceilings in low rooms, because they deprive the already low room of extra centimeters. If the reader of this article is still thinking about decorating his house with such a structure, he should be aware of this. If he has stretch ceilings, a chandelier for them needs a suspended, but in no case ceiling.
chandeliers for suspended ceilings




If the room has a colored ceiling

Not all owners now favor old-fashioned white ceilings. That is why they are often painted, draped, pasted over with wallpaper, decorated with stretch or false ceilings in pastel, bright or dark colors. Since they also need to choose the perfect chandelier, you should be guided by the main rules, which designers will talk about:

  1. The ceiling of any of the many light shades is easy to beat with a chandelier of contrasting color.
  2. Dark ceilings will become deeper and more magnificent with a white chandelier or metal.
  3. For glossy ones, an illumination device of an unusual, fantastic or bizarre shape is suitable, which will create a bewitching effect due to reflection. The best solution for the hall is a large chandelier with several low-power lamps.

What else do you need to know about chandeliers?

In some cases, a room is required or you want to decorate not with one chandelier, but, for example, with two or more. Or buy one, but including several colors. However, with the wrong color scheme, the appearance of the room can completely deteriorate. As a result, a majestic classic with an atmosphere of solemnity and grandeur will become lurid and somewhat cheap.

To avoid this, you need to choose a two-color chandelier in saturated and neutral shades, allowing them to complement and beat each other. The combination of bronze - white is traditional. But also popular: matte - lilac and pale yellow - green.

fashionable chandeliers for the hall




How to choose a chandelier in the room if you want to use not one but two devices? It’s really very simple:

  • a hall with high ceilings - identical chandeliers of different sizes;
  • a small narrow room - two identical patterns of opposite colors.

If the reader of this article seeks, as they say, to keep up to date, he should diversify the design of the hall with lighting devices with the same base, but with different shades. Such a design solution will give the room freshness and some dynamics.

If he is a conservative, it is better to opt for a round chandelier. In the hall, it will become both decoration and tribute to the eternal traditions.




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