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| Hello,
Currently we have a ceiling fan in our great room. Our great room is about 20 x 20 and also 20' high. It also opens into the kitchen, foyer and stairway and the 2nd floor landing is also open to the room. I have always imagined a HUGE, airy chandelier in the place of the little ceiling fan. I think I have really scared my DH about this, so we are turning to you, internet community, for some guidance. What do you think are the proper lighting dimensions for a chandelier in a room like this? Thanks in advance. |
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- Posted by twochicklets (My Page) on Sat, Mar 19, 11 at 11:23
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| If you get a large one make wure it is on a hoist (electrical or hand crank). I know someone with a two story foyer in a million plus $ house who has to pay over $100 every time he wants the bulbs replaced. He usually waits until there are a decent number out (it has over a dozen bulbs) since the cost to have the lift brought in to reach the fixture swamps everything else. He replaces ALL the bulbs at each go round about once a year. The lifts run around $1,000+ depending on how hard they are to install and type. |
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| I know someone with a two story foyer in a million plus $ house who has to pay over $100 every time he wants the bulbs replaced. If that chandelier were mine (which it wouldn't be :) I'd put in the best quality LED retrofits I could find, and hope for a true 50,000 hour service life. |
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| ":If that chandelier were mine (which it wouldn't be :) I'd put in the best quality LED retrofits I could find, and hope for a true 50,000 hour service life. " It would look ugly as can be and have very dim lighting, LEDs are NOT an adequate substitute for area lighting. They are way to directional. |
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| Here you go. Big enough to fit that room and plenty of bulbs to give off enough light without being run at full power. Be sure to get a good sized stepladder for bulb changing. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chandelier
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| The rule of thumb (supposedly) is to add together the room width and length in feet to get the size of the chandelier in inches. So for your 20' x 20' room you would need at least a 40" wide chandelier. Because of the height, you could get away with something even larger. I've also read that airy feeling chandeliers look larger than heavy ones. How about putting 2 chandeliers spaced evenly apart? I've seen some pictures of this online (try houzz.com) and it looks pretty nice. Aladdin makes a lift for changing the bulbs. Good luck! |
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