Lighting style and finding the right size

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There's a few tricks for choosing the right size decorative fixture. We'll use your dining room for example....If your room is 10x12 your fixture should be about 22" wide (add the dimensions together). Some designers will tell you to use your dining room table as a guide and do about half the width of that. Either way is fine and maybe both is the best way to get the best fit (especially for wide open floor plans)? As for height, your ceilings will play apart in this but remember the bottom of the fixture should be about 36" from the tabletop.