Dining Room Lighting Ideas To Set The Mood

by Henna Achhpal | January 30, 2024 | 6 mins read

Dining room lighting ideas with hanging lights for dining room.

Dining room lighting helps you add a sculptural element to your dining area

To make sure you and your guests always get an Instagram-worthy picture, you have to ensure the dining room lighting is just right. And that is exactly why we are here with the best dining room lighting ideas. Mirror round dining tables with round dining room light fittings and for long tables, go for linear dining room light fittings that provide uniform light across the table. Get a glimpse of the latest dining room lighting trends from this list and give your dining area an instant uplift. Make sure you maintain the standard distance of 36 inches between the dining table’s surface and the fixture.

Mason Jar Dining Room Lighting

Pendulum lights for dining rooms are often a popular choice in dining room light fittings as it’s the one place you can liberally suspend a light fixture. Pick this cluster of mason jar-shaped lights from the pendulum lights for dining room collection to give your dining area a modern look.

Mason jar pendulum lights for dining room gives the dining area a modern look with this dining room lighting

Black And White

This set of oversized, industrial-inspired dining room pendant lights in black and white will complete the black and white theme of your dining area. Since it’s always going to be above the dining table, it’ll never come in the way of movement.

Industrial-inspired dining room pendant lights in black and white will complete the black and white theme of the dining area.
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Simple Glass Dining Room Lighting

Those who like to keep it simple, but not boring, will appreciate this set of glass pendulum lights for the dining room. The loop-in-loop chain suspension look makes for rustic dining room lighting.

Simple glass pendulum lights, loop-in-loop chain suspension look makes for rustic dining room lighting.

Simple Cone

In some more simple hanging lights for the dining room, there is a set of inverted cone-shaped pendulum lights for your dining room. White lights pair well with the while partition with lattice work on one side that complement each other.

Simple cone hanging lights for dining room with the white partition with lattice work on one side.

Red Black And White

Give your dining room a pop of colour without going overboard with this three-piece set of hanging lights for your dining room in solid red, black and white. This set matches perfectly with rectangle dining tables.

Hanging lights for the dining room in solid red, black and white are the perfect match for rectangle dining tables.

Lights With A Weave Pattern

When you have ornate dining room furniture, it’s best to go for a modest dining room light fitting. From the drum lights for dining room collection, this one with a simple weave pattern will be a good choice. Cylindrical in space and with a shade made from fabric it is subtle and classy.

Drum lights for the dining room with a simple weave pattern will be a good choice.

Drum In Drum Lights For Dining Room

On the other hand, simple furniture gives you the opportunity to be creative with the dining room light fittings. Go for this drum-in-drum fixture if you’re looking for drum lights for the dining room.

Modern dining room lighting ideas go with drum-in-drum lights for dining room looks creative.
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Oversized Drum

The latest in drum lights for the dining room is this oversized drum light fixture which helps you make a statement in a simple dining room.

Latest dining room lighting ideas with  drum lights for the dining room is this oversized drum light fixture.

Laser Cut

Contrast a white dining table set with a black light fixture. The laser-cut pattern adds character to the otherwise solid colour dining room light fitting.

White dining table set with a black light fixture adds character to the otherwise robust colour dining room lighting.

Crystal Beads

In sophisticated drum lights for the dining room, this white drum light with crystal beads will add a touch of understated elegance to your dining room.

White drum light with crystal beads will add a touch of understated elegance to your dining room lighting.

Statement Drum

For living dining room lighting, install a statement piece to help your dining area stand out when you have a combined living and dining room.

Living-dining room cum dining area lighting ideas install a statement drum piece to help your dining area stand out.
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Chandelier Lighting For Dining Room

Chandeliers never get old! Chandelier lighting for the dining room is the easiest way to up the glam of your dining area. Luxury at its best!

Classic Chandelier

Dining room crystal chandelier lighting adds effortless sophistication, especially when suspended over a simple round dining table.

Chandelier lighting for dining room with classic chandelier makes beautiful at dining area

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Rustic Chandelier

When you’re looking for both chandelier lighting for your dining room and rustic style lighting this is the piece you want.

Chandelier lighting for dining room and rustic style lighting comes together

Crystals And More Crystals

There’s nothing like dining room crystal chandelier lighting to give the room a royal feel. This all-crystal piece is as luxe as it gets. Want the feels of a royal palace at home? This is your chandelier.

Crystal chandelier lighting for dining room gives your dining room room a royal feel.

Candles For A Touch Of History

For some more rustic dining room lighting ideas, check out this chandelier lighting that adds a touch of history with its candle-like bulbs. Soft glow of its bulbs brings warmth to spaces and are ideal for homes with young couples.

Rustic dining room lighting ideas by using chandelier lighting adds a touch of history with its candle-like bulbs.

Open Bulbs

For those who like the latest in everything, be it gadgets or restaurants, this contemporary dining room light fixture will help you be ahead of the times. You know it’s contemporary dining room lighting when it has an eccentric shape. The irregular sphere of this dining room light fitting surrounding open bulbs will lend a truly modern look to your dining area.

Open bulbs pendant hanging lights for dining room give a modern look to your dining area.
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Bulb Cluster

This piece stands out in modern dining room light fixtures for combining a cluster of classic bulbs with a contemporary design. It’s the perfect choice for an otherwise simple dining area.

Blub cluster stands out in modern dining room lighting ideas with a contemporary design.

Glass Bubbles

Glass bubbles are the most popular design in contemporary dining room light fixtures. The branching metal framework ensures even distribution of light across a large dining table.

Glass bubbles are the most popular design in contemporary dining room light fixtures.

Twisted For Fun

Set your dining area apart with this contemporary pendant light for the dining room in a twisted design. See how the slender twirls of this light hangs so gently from above?

Glass bubbles are the most popular design in contemporary dining room light fixtures.

Wooden Lights

Wood is usually not a material that comes to mind when talking about light fixtures which is exactly why this piece in a skewed frame is the perfect choice in contemporary pendant light for your dining room.

Wooden light in a skewed frame is the perfect choice in contemporary pendant lighting for the dining room.

A Geometric Lantern

These geometric lantern light fixtures for the dining room is one of the best modern dining room lighting ideas.

Geometric lantern pendant light is one of the best modern dining room lighting ideas.
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TRADITIONAL DINING ROOM LIGHTING IDEAS

Check out these traditional dining room lighting ideas if you’re old school at heart and want your dining room to reflect your personality.

Traditional Style Lighting

This is the ideal dining room light fitting design for those of you looking for fuss-free traditional dining room lighting ideas. Its classic design offers ample illumination and matches well with a round table.

Traditional style lighting is fuss-free dining room lighting ideas and matches well with a round table.

Lampshades

In traditional dining room lighting ideas, this cluster of classic lampshades is a popular choice. It is classic, refined and for those who don’t want to go overboard but require a brightly lit space as well.

Want traditional style dining room lighting then classic lampshades are a popular choice.

Keep coming back to this list of fancy dining room lights every time you are tempted to do something new with your dining area. After all, changing the dining room light fittings is a convenient way to give your dining room a makeover rather than an all-out renovation.

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Henna Achhpal is a writer and editor whose life is consumed by words. Henna finds home design exciting as she believes that the spaces we occupy define us just as much as the clothes we choose to wear.

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