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If hiring an electrician, drywaller, and painter is our of your budget (or your landlord won't allow it), it's okay to choose a light fixture with a cord or chain and swag it to meet your needs! ... The trick to swagging your chandelier is choosing a light fixture that hangs from a cord or chain, *not* from a fixed stem.

The chandelier should be centered in the room or aligned architecturally, and you should not worry about the furnishings below it. ... If the chandelier is to be hung above a dining table, the lowest point of the chandelier should be 36″ above it, this allows a pair of diners to see across the table when seated.Aug 25, 2019

For spacing your pendant lights over an island, you first want to find the center point of the island. For a smaller island that only requires two pendants, you want to find the center point and then space the lights 30-36 inches apart with the widest part of the pendant being 30 inches from the other pendant.Mar 29, 2016

When remodeling a room, the new design may call for the ceiling light fixtures to be placed in a new location. Often, when a room goes through a total remodel, the light fixtures are replaced, but if there's a fixture you wish to keep, you can just move it to its new location.

Round pan, or "pancake," boxes typically are only 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch deep. They are used most commonly for ceiling- or wall-mounted light fixtures that weigh no more than 50 pounds. ... These are shallow electrical boxes with only enough space for fitting two or three electrical connections.Jun 15, 2021

Ideally, you want the space between each pendant to be at least the same as the width or diameter of each fixture. ... If you choose one long pendant, it should be hung centered with the center point of the island and take up no more than ⅔ or the island (see diagram in next section)Feb 13, 2019

• Lower the fixture base and remove the electrical tape or wire nuts from the black (hot) wire, white (neutral) wire, and, if present, green (ground) wire. Attach the wires from the new fixture with wire nuts to the corresponding wires in the electrical box.

• Use a screwdriver to loosen the two screws holding the plate to the mounting bracket in the ceiling. Gently twist the base of the light to free it from the screws and the mounting bracket. You may need to also unscrew the threaded post that runs through the base of the light into the mounting bracket.

• A pendant light is any light fixture that is mounted to the ceiling and hangs down from the ceiling on a rod or chain or, sometimes, on three chains.