The norm is to always go with two matching chandeliers if the need ever arises. However, you may have seen alluring home setups on Instagram with two different chandeliers instead of one. Does this justify having more than one type of chandelier in a single room?
Having two different chandeliers in one room will disfigure the room’s design due to the mismatch. While two matching chandeliers might work out, it’s recommended to avoid mixing them in the same room anyway.
In this article, you’ll learn some of the rules regarding beautifying your home with chandeliers. Firstly, I’ll show you the different types of lights and how they work together. Then, you’ll understand why having multiple chandeliers in a room isn’t always a good idea.
Can You Use Two Chandeliers in One Room?
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There’s nothing wrong with hanging more than one chandelier in a large room, as long as they match. However, trying to put two non-matching chandeliers together in the same room will always look out of place.
Having more than one chandelier is recommended for spreading the light evenly in your living room. However, some unwritten rules govern hanging two chandeliers. While it will be impossible to list them comprehensively, one that quickly comes to mind is that they must match.
The whole point of using two different chandeliers in a room is to create a mismatch, breaking an important rule. However, most home decoration rules give room for exceptions, and this is not an exception.
Since you already know the rules, you can break them without getting caught. Later in this article, I’ll outline the tricks you can use to hang different chandeliers without making them look weird.
Can You Use Two Different Chandeliers In One Room?
While you can technically hang two or more chandeliers in a room, the rule doesn’t apply to different chandeliers. If the design of both chandeliers is fundamentally different, they’ll make a bad match in most living rooms.
However, that shouldn’t prevent you from trying. If you dig deep enough, you should see gorgeous pictures of houses that mix and match chandelier lighting.
To mix and match different chandelier lightings like a pro, it’s essential to know the rules. Once you know the various dos and don’ts, you can create custom rules for your living room. The best part is that you can include the option to mix and match lights if it doesn’t look weird.
To help out, I’ll show you some of the rules of using multiple lights in a room. Armed with this knowledge and imagination, you can modify your room to your heart’s content.
Should a Chandelier Match with other Lighting Styles?
There are many light sources in the typical home, and getting all of them to match can be a hassle. Going out of the way to ensure that lighting styles match is worth it for home improvement fans. However, should anyone else worry about matching their lights?
The short answer is that you should try making the lights match as much as possible. It’s admittedly impossible for every light in your home to be of the same type. However, having too many varieties will only make things look weird and out of place.
The consensus is to match lighting for specific rooms. While individual rooms may have varying lighting styles, the lights should be uniform. Having different light sources emitting different kinds of light may be distracting, defeating your initial intentions.
It’s important to note that this rule leaves room for some mix and match within rooms. You can mix light sources with different goals as long as you’re not using two competing chandeliers within rooms.
The following section will explain some of the rules of selecting light fixtures. There, you’ll learn some of the best lighting fixtures to pair with your chandelier for the best effect.
How to Mix Chandeliers with Other Lighting Structures
You should already know that hanging two different chandeliers is discouraged if you’ve read up to this point. This recommendation doesn’t disallow you from pairing your chandelier with other lighting structures.
If you’ve tried mixing different lighting structures, you may think it’s impossible to retain your cohesive design in the process. To prove you wrong, here are some tricks to help you mix chandeliers with other lights without creating a weird scene.
Don’t Hang Different Chandeliers
While I might have said this already, you should note that getting a good design with two different chandeliers is rare. Unless you want an incoherent lighting style, you may want to consider something else.
When choosing a secondary lighting structure to match with a chandelier, consider choosing something subtler. The chandelier will keep being the dominant lighting structure, defining the bulk of your home’s lighting pattern.
There are many subtler alternatives to a different chandelier to add to your home’s lighting system. Some creative recommendations include pendants, lamps, and sconces.
Choose Matching Structures
While combining two chandeliers in a room mightn’t be very clever, you shouldn’t pair opposite lighting structures either. Your lighting structure is one of the essential parts of your room, and it must match the general room aesthetic.
When choosing your lighting structures, you should remember that the lights won’t always be on. When they’re off, they make an essential part of your home’s design, which will break without proper planning.
Choosing colors that harmonize, like a golden chandelier and a soft black lamp, will match pretty well with the lights off.
While it’s crucial to try matching the lighting structures, overdoing it can also be a problem. When the structures look too similar, it creates a dull look, presenting the same problems as having multiple chandeliers.
How to Hang Chandeliers in a Room
It helps to hang your chandeliers perfectly if you plan on mixing more than one in the same room. There are some rules for hanging a chandelier in a room for the best looks.
Here are some of the best factors to consider when hanging a chandelier in a room for the best results:
Size
If you plan on having two chandeliers in a room, you may want to use smaller-sized chandeliers. The reason for this is obvious; two large chandeliers will take over the room’s overall design.
A professional decorator can help determine the correct chandelier size you should be using. If that doesn’t align with your budget, you can search Google and follow complicated measurement procedures.
Quantity
The number of chandeliers to have in a room and across the entire house is an issue of dispute. While many decorators opine that anything above one is overkill, others style their rooms with multiple chandeliers.
For the best results, it’s always recommended to have a single chandelier per room, at most. If your living room is plenty large, you can consider hanging two. Just ensure to keep them inches apart to avoid them from overpowering the room.
Also, hanging a chandelier in every room is unnecessary overkill. While it may not break your home’s design per se, some rooms simply don’t work with a chandelier. Going for subtler lighting options for other rooms might be an excellent idea after all.
