San Francisco Bay Area - Lighting help to go with bubble chandelier

by oakleyspanky

Lighting help to go with bubble chandelier

I have ordered a bubble chandelier to go over my rectangular black glass dining room table. It will be in an addition overlooking the lake and we will have 6' by 6' glass windows on two sides. I think it will look fun and reflect nicely on the glass table and go well with a waterfront view. My issue is lighting for the large kitchen island we will have adjoining the open concept dining room. The island will be 7 by 4 ft and have white/cream granite with some black/ brown and metallic flecks, but mostly light. Base will be espresso, cabinets antique white, countertops same granite and floor very dark engineered hardwood. I cant decide if i need colour in the pendants, continue the same clear glass theme, sparkle and bling, or what? Sooo tired of looking at lights. Have no house pics as we are at the 'all torn apart' stage. Hope the link for the bubble chandelier works....

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oakleyspanky Here is the future dining room.....scary....we are tearing out walls and the doors and making this deck a dining room, will flow thru to kitchen. Have picked out most things, can't wait to have reno completed..and move in....about 2 and half months from now. At least snow will be gone and ice on the lake melted! There are just too many lighting options! Last pic is just view from living room, which will also flow into dining room,, but we will have darker floors and lighter walls and lose the heavy drapes....oh, haven't chosen window coverings yet....north east exposure, off white to cream paint...ideas for that too? All help appreciated!

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ASVInteriors Whatever you do, don't compete with this. Your wow factor is clearly your dining room.. And wow view. Everything else needs to be discreet. Go for a black industrial pendant with a diffuser so the light is soft + a dimmer.

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judyg I have a great view, also, and a a unique chandy. I received great advice from my electrician. Just use recessed lights over the counters. As ASV suggests, don't compete. You already have it all.

As for Northeast facing rooms…either BM OC-112, goldtone, and if your walls are brand new and smooth, try a satin finish. Or, BM-2051-70 Crystal Blue, which is light and I think would look great with the water. My last suggestion is what I would do, and I feel you may not like it, but I love it with dark wood, would love to see it with your chandy and I know ('cause I used it) looks absolutely fab in a North room…. BM AF-605 Slip.

Slip AF-605 Paint

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oakleyspanky Thanks ASVInteriors! I think I agree, maybe won't try to compete with the bling of the bubble chandelier.....something more subdued....

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oakleyspanky Hey JudyG
Thanks for your great advice, i love Benjamin Moore paint, its all I ever use... I looked up the slip colour, that is gorgeous. Also like the goldtone, ..I had been considering OR 251 duck cloth, or CSP 245 stoneware, or CSP 305, crisp linen, but they are much paler than the gold tone... Need to think about that! In the upstairs master, it also has same north east exposure, and we are doing same dark hardwood in there. I am considering Benjamin Moore CSP 590, Early frost, a nice blue grey.... Thoughts?

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oakleyspanky Here is another view of the living room with all the old hardwood ripped out...once I have the new dark hardwood and goldtone or cream paint, I am wondering about drapery..what the previous owners had is heavy dark brown corduroy...You can see it looks over a hot tub, deck, and lake...I want something, casual but warm and elegant ( is that a possible combination? ) hmmmmm. The dark brown wall on the right
side is going to be taken down to open to new dining room. The garden doors in the next picture will also be removed with the wall they are on to open up to the new dining room addition.

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oakleyspanky Here is a pic of the dining room table that will go in the addition we are having built at the lake house. I'm hoping the bubble chandelier will reflect nicely.....I was looking at Moldavian sp? stars last night online, as possibles for over the granite island...is that too much with the chandy in the dining room or do i need to go simpler yet? ( the table is shown in our current house, as we haven't sold it or moved out yet)

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sam0705 I love both of those fixtures independently but not together. They are different styles to me but I can see how the star would work with how you described the kitchen and the bubble would work with the dining room table. If you are committed to the bubble I would do either the recessed lights or a pendant that's more of a take on the bubble chandelier.

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oakleyspanky Yes i see what you mean, the bubble is definitely modern and the stars are more Arts and Crafts?? ( I'm no expert). The exterior of the house is sort of a western Canadian take on a Cape Cod so the bubble is kind of out of character, but I wanted to add some fun... I don't want to short change the look of the kitchen, but don't want to have it look disjointed either asthey will be part of one large area..(with one post and a beam between)

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sam0705 What about something like this

Jamie Young St Charles Mercury Glass...

It picks up the chrome from the chandelier but its not as contemporary to jive with the style of the kitchen

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oakleyspanky Thank Sam0705

I really like that, but my husband thought all those kind looked too industrial, but this one is not as much as some. I am trying to let him have an opinion too as hard as I find that to do! I will send him this pic....thanks!

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sam0705 I know exactly what you mean - I have the more industrial ones in my kitchen.

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oakleyspanky I thought picking lights would be fun, like a kid in a candy shop.....I've probably spent 10 hours I don't have to spare looking at lights...What would you think of glass to go with bubbles?