Creating a Modern Dining Room

It's no secret that dining room decor often sets the tone for the rest of the home. As one of the home's designated social and entertaining areas, your dining room's style says a lot about you! If you're looking to create a modern or contemporary vibe throughout your home, consider modern dining room lighting.

There are so many modern lighting options on the market today that it can be difficult to discover the perfect one. To help you find your best lighting, here are a few ideas to creating a modern lighting scheme in your dining room!

Drum pendants. These versatile lights are making their way into modern dining rooms everywhere as a replacement for the traditional chandelier. These sleek fixtures are slightly more informal than chandeliers and available in countless patterns, materials, colors and finishes to match your space. If you can't decide between a chandelier or drum pendant, there are several hybrid designs available that look wonderfully unique in the dining room. The candles that are the chandelier's signature part are there, but covered by fabric or metal.

Linear pendants. If you have a long rectangular dining room table, why not try a single standout linear pendant? These fixtures are sometimes also called kitchen island lights because they also lend themselves well to illuminating islands. Modern linear pendants are a perfect way to accentuate and illuminate your space!

Unique shapes. If you would like an eye-catching, one-of-a-kind look for your modern dining room's ambient lighting source, you're in luck. Modern design thinks outside the box and often turns the idea of lighting in itself into fine art.

Fixtures with metallic finishes. Metallic finishes lend a sleek modern touch to timeless chandelier and sconce designs. If you love the commanding look of a chandelier but crave a more modern design for your dining room, metallic finishes are right for you. Slick, streamlined designs with metallic finishes are a cornerstone of modern lighting design. When you are browsing this site, look for finishes like chrome, steel, silver and nickel. For open-plan dining rooms that are adjoined to kitchens, keep in mind that brushed silver and brushed nickel finishes work particularly well and match with stainless steel appliances to give you a pulled-together look.

Lamps or sconces. Table lamps or sconces on your buffet offer helpful task lighting, plus contemporary designs can dramatically enhance your modern dining room! Use them to illuminate a sleek mirror or a prized piece of modern art.

If you need help outfitting your modern dining room perfectly, feel free to call our trained lighting specialists at 1-866-688-3562. 

Emma Harger-Young - Lights Online