Ceiling fan over dining table - how to make it look not rubbish?
We live in coastal NSW (subtropical) - we don't have A/C, and we love our fans for when there is no breeze blowing. We really need something for the dining table area.
Thing is, we wanted to have a nice feature pendant light over the dining table. The fans with lights built-in look a bit cr*p by comparison - and the dining area is really one of the main focal points in a (fairly small) home. The nicest ones I've found are this one and this one, but neither I think will cast the kind of mood lighting I had envisaged for the dining table.
What do think?
Any other suggestions?
....Would a pendant over the centre of the table and then a ceiling fan off to one side look any good? We have a white ceiling, so maybe a plain white fan will sort of disappear into the ceiling...?
Or maybe 2 ceiling fans either side of the pendant for symmetry?..or will 2 fans straddling a pendant over a dining table look a bit much?
Another option is a wall mounted oscillating fan, like this one, mounted on the wall off to one side. Could this look ok do you think?...or do wall fans never truly look ok??
EDIT: here is a picture of the room in question. We plan to replace that pendant with a bigger, fancier one. The rear wall will eventually see the corner unit removed a built-in buffet installed. So the whole thing will look symmetrical. Can you picture a ceiling fan or two im addition to a pendant here? or will it look silly?
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dreamer
2 months agoMaybe not your aesthetic of your sub tropical home. But there are FANDELIER’S for sale…….😳
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2 months agoKay Bodman
2 months agoJan Dobson
2 months agoA bladeless tower fan might be an option. Allows you to have your pendant of choice, and this type of fan worked well during my (limited) stay in FNQ.
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Matt Head
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