Find Your Dining Room Lighting Style

Sophisticated and unfussy, modern dining room lighting focuses less on elaborate ornamentation and more on beautiful materials and functionality. Elegant in its simplicity, modern lighting emphasizes clean lines that often showcase the beauty of bulb style and shape.

Use this type of light fixture to help balance a more traditional or elaborately decorated room with a lot of details. It’ll cast a golden glow but won’t overpower other statement pieces that you want people to see. Thanks to its clean lines, if you don't want a full chandelier look, use a pendant lighting instead for something simple and pared down.

As classic as an old-world painting, traditional dining room lighting fixtures have a certain European flair. No details are spared, from delicate scrolled metals, round glass shades, crystals and more — all in oversized designs. Meant to make a statement, this style feels right at home in a formal dining room or a dramatic foyer. Just don’t expect this lighting style to take a back seat to the rest of the room. It’s meant to be a focal point thanks to all the dazzling details. If you embrace “more is more” design, this is the style for you.

It wouldn’t be bohemian lighting if it didn’t break the rules a bit. If your interior doesn’t subscribe to a specific style, then these bold designs might be for you. Made with organic materials, like wood or rattan, paired with metal accents, this lighting style plays with color, texture and shape and will blend in seamlessly if you enjoy decorating according to multiple aesthetic types. Thanks to the mixed materials, boho chandeliers and pendant lighting always ends up being surprisingly versatile.

Add a little utilitarian charm with an industrial-style dining room chandelier. With no frills, this lighting includes unique features such as metal finishes, exposed bulbs and metal shades. Use this design style to add an edge to an over-the-top dining room that’s full of moulding or embellishment. Since it’s so light on the details, its focus is on adding bright light to your space. And since there’s no shade to diffuse the light, it’s ideal for a dark spot that might need a little more help.

Take the casual and practical elements of farmhouse style and dial down the rustic elements to channel a modern farmhouse design. Instead of a lot of warm wood, weathered paint and round, embellished edges, think high-contrast elements in black or other neutral colors. The clean, geometric lines in these hanging lights make it a versatile option that’ll complement many colors and wood tones. Oversized yet minimal, this lantern style makes a statement without taking over the whole room.

Coastal dining room lighting is exactly what you might expect. Featuring shells, rope and weathered wood, these lights emphasize unique textures and shapes that feel organic instead of overly styled. With this type of lighting, you can double down with the coastal accents and play up the theme or you can use it to add a touch of beachy casual to a more formal dining room. Either way, it’ll remind you of vacation every time you turn the light on.