Need Lights for Dining Area

[Keebler Elf]

I need to add some lighting to my dining area. Right now the lights in the kitchen illuminate the dining area as well but at night it needs to be brightened up a little. I rarely eat at the dining room table but sometimes I want to work there but can't at night due to the poor lighting. There is a place for a light fixture in the ceiling of the dining room, probably where the previous owner had a chandelier or something.

I don't really want something that hangs too low because I'm tall and I don't want to be banging my head as I sit down.

I've quickly pulled a couple links to Canadian Tire chandeliers. I'm looking to spend somewhere between $100-200. I don't need anything fancy but I also don't want a piece of shit.

This one looks like it hangs kinda low: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...2BRubbed%2B5-Light%2BChandelier.jsp?locale=en

This one's more modern and probably fits the dining room area/kitchen better: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...2BSeries%2B6-Light%2BChandelier.jsp?locale=en

This one's even more modern (at least to me) but again probably hangs a little low: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...P/Milano%2B5%252B2%2BChandelier.jsp?locale=en

Thoughts? Know any other good places to check? Preferably online because I don't want to run all over the place shopping for a frikken light (hey, I'm a dude not a chick. I wanna be in and out in 5 minutes!).

 

[afterhours]

your links remind me of a scene in a movie where a guy inherited a house from his grandma and was talking about throwing away all the contents because it looked too much like old lady lived there

 

[EntertainmentMan2000]

buys some candles, candle holders and matches

 

[RAWD]

Check this out: http://www.homedepot.ca/content/event_clearance

75% off selected lighting fixtures.

 

[OddSox]

Most of the hanging ones can be adjusted for height - you just lengthen or shorten the chain as needed...

 

[Brill]

IThoughts? Know any other good places to check? Preferably online because I don't want to run all over the place shopping for a frikken light (hey, I'm a dude not a chick. I wanna be in and out in 5 minutes!).

Too late, you're already a sexual suspect for starting a few decorating threads. ;-)
Anyone who responds will also be on the list.

Check out IKEA for some ideas. I like the lights you can raise and lower over your dining table to change the ambience.

 

[gar]

If the chandelier is located over the center of the dining room table, there's little chance of hitting your head. How old is your home?

 

[69Shooter]

Don't rule out floor lamps. Not sure how much space you have but they obviously won't require installation.

 

[Bale]

Forget those golden girls selections from Canadian Tire.

You need a chandelier that will make the ladies cream their panties and say OMG! from the moment they step into your home.
This lighting will do more than just stimulate conversation!

http://rosedesrochers.todays-woman.net/2007/11/09/penis-chandelier/

 

[james t kirk]

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I've quickly pulled a couple links to Canadian Tire chandeliers. I'm looking to spend somewhere between $100-200. I don't need anything fancy but I also don't want a piece of shit.

At that price - it's going to be a piece of shit.

Sorry.

One of my hobbies is home reno. (Actually, it's a passion and I consider myself pretty good at it.) And lighting fixtures in particular fascinate me. They can turn a truly banal room into something interesting.

I will say this......

If you have some get up and go - try "Sam the Chandelier Man" on Queen, juuuusssst east of Roncessvalles on the south side.

Sam sells all kinds of fixtures. All of them old, some are just junk, but others are the perverbial diamond in the rough. 90% of them need cleaning and polishing. Maybe they have been rewired, maybe not. Make sure you wear steel toed boots when you go to Sam's because there is so much shit on the floor you run the risk of puncturing your foot. You have to climb and push your way through the place, then get your eyes used to cramped conditions, but then you start seeing some pretty cool stuff indeed.

I bought my dining room fixture from Sam. It was $400.00. It's an original 1920's 4 lamp job with the original glass. I took it all apart, polished the brass, clear coated it and put it back together. It looks brilliant and I get a lot of compliments. Similar fixtures are $1,000 and up.

http://www.torontolife.com/guide/home_and_garden/lighting/sam-the-chandelier-man/



If you don't have the gas to do a bit of restoration (you're a sad sack then) and want to buy something unique

Try:

1. Victorian Revival on Castlefield

http://www.victorian-revival.com/


2. Turn of the Century Lighting on Sherborne.

http://www.tocl.ca/

Neither of the above are in your budget range, but neither is sescolite frankly and they sell the cheap (looking and quality) made in China SHIT. At $200.00 - you're at the Home Depot price point and one can tell Home Depot fixtures in about 2 seconds after entering a room.

There is another online dealer also, but he's not cheap either. But he has some very cool stuff, most of which he makes himself down in Portlan Oregon.

3. Rejuvenation:

http://www.rejuvenation.com/

 

[Ceiling Cat]

You are in luck. Summer is the low period for home redecoration. That is when you will find clear outs at the big box hardware stores like Home Depot. They are clearing out excess and older model inventory in things such as lighting. They will also move out the open box or the blemished box lights for up to 75% off. Head down to the big box store and see if they are unloading.

 

[Keebler Elf]

Thanks all. I picked one up from Home Depot today.