If you want to place two smaller chandeliers over a long table choose a diameter that s about one third of the width of the table.
Double chandelier over dining table.
The generally accepted rule for hanging dining room chandeliers is that the bottom of the fixture should hang between 30 and 36 inches above the top of the dining table.
Double chandelier over dining room table.
Hanging two or more chandeliers to hang more than one chandelier over a table divide the table width by the number of chandeliers plus one and use the result as the width or diameter for each chandelier.
Comments 4 have you ever been in a restaurant as a couple where you re seated at on end of a big rectangular table and there are other diners seated at the other end.
This range assumes you have an 8 foot ceiling.
The table is 8 and the width of the chandeliers totals 5 4 so the is only 2 8 to distribute across three gaps from the end of the table to the start of a chandelier on each end and the gap between the chandeliers.
Hang a pair to spread the light and the style.
I think it could work but it will be a close call.
The diameter for a chandelier hung over a table should be one foot less than the width of the tabletop to avoid hitting heads.
Usually there s a plant or something visually breaking the table into two.
Extendable dining tables are great for gala dinner parties and big family feasts but a single chandelier tends to get lost above them.
If the ceiling is higher the recommended standard is to raise the chandelier 3 inches for each additional foot of ceiling height.
Install the chandeliers spaced the same distance apart as the width of the chandeliers.