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The dining room is a room for entertaining. Often host to daily family dinners, gatherings with friends and elegant holiday meals, your home’s dining room is a great chance to display your interior ...

The secret to a successful dinner party? Good lighting. In fact, mood lighting is paramount to creating an intimate, convivial atmosphere around the dining table no matter the time of day or night.

QUESTION: How high above a dining room table should a chandelier be hung? -- Lisa, Huntington ANSWER: In a room with 8-foot ceilings, a good rule of thumb is that the bottom of the light fixture ...