When to buy a chandelier: before or after renovation?

Interior design is a whole science with many components. What is written in theory may turn out to be inconvenient or unrealistic to implement in practice. The formula for success in decorating any room is to choose an interior style, buy a chandelier and choose the optimal location for its installation.

Acquisition in the planning stage

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Each room is an individual space. Different layouts, furnishings, amount of natural light and decoration with lighting devices. Therefore, interior design can be considered a symbiosis of creativity and the exact sciences, and the selection of a ceiling lamp can be based not only on personal preferences, but also on prescribed standards for power and light intensity.

Chandeliers for the home are a separate category for experimenting and realizing your fantasies. Of course, it is more convenient to choose them at the stage of repair work, when you can vary the installation location without the need to destroy the ceiling finish. According to this criterion, chandeliers are:

• mortise (like CROMER 16 Eglo, QUEEN LED 4l CO Maxlight, Italux Dribble). The base is mounted in the ceiling, the technical connection components are located behind the level of the tension film;
• overhead (PROFILO 5 Amplex, Mantra Tiffany). Fixed on top of ceiling finishing materials. Can be hung on a hook;
• combined. These are exceptions, where several installation methods are combined - the main holder is an overhead type, and the auxiliary ones are mortise. The LED chandelier GEOMETRIC BK Maxlight, ACCENT 3 WH Imperium Light is built on this principle.

The method of designing the ceiling area determines which lamp to buy. In suspended, multi-level structures, it is necessary to provide holes for mounting the chandelier. Stretch ceilings give more flexibility in choosing the layout of lighting equipment (the master cuts the film and fixes it directly on the object).

How to determine the number of lamps

The classic design of living spaces is the installation of one source of ceiling lighting. Today, designers advise buying a chandelier in tandem with point light generation devices or duplicating pendants to create an unusual lighting picture. In a large space, several chandeliers that complement each other’s style or, conversely, play on contrasts, look much more interesting.

When changing lighting equipment is carried out according to a completed repair, you won’t be able to show much imagination: there is a clear location for the wiring. You won’t be able to choose the dimensions, location, type of fastening, just find the optimal model that adapts to the proposed conditions.

If, before starting the renovation, you determine the main functional areas of the space, decide which lamps will suit you and where, you will be able to buy a chandelier inexpensively, and get a full-fledged interior design project with perfect adherence to the unity of all elements.

Modern lighting manufacturers offer several ceiling design techniques (including unusual ones):

• installation of one hanging central chandelier with a large number of lamps. Multi-level, cascading models will fill the space with intense light;
• installation of thin candle pendants over specific functional areas - at the dining table, over a seating area, to illuminate significant architectural objects or accent areas;
• small ceiling chandeliers installed symmetrically to change the visual perception of long rooms;
• spider chandeliers for a chaotic arrangement of lamps on long hanging cords.

Choosing a lamp before arranging furniture

For most users, it is more common to buy a chandelier in Ukraine, focusing on the height of the ceilings of the room. It's simple: hanging devices for high ceilings, ceiling-mounted devices for low ones. A less obvious, but no less important point is the arrangement of furniture.

It may turn out that an exclusive designer pendant simply cannot be installed in the only designated place, because a shelving unit is installed underneath it or a wardrobe is planned. Or you will completely hit the lamp with your head every time you pass by.

At the renovation stage, always compare the vertical dimensions of interior elements. It is easy to vary the height of the lamps with adjustable chandeliers. Tighten the chain, install additional sections of the holder or redirect the flexible tape to the side.

Where to buy a chandelier in Ukraine

There are many shops and light salons in Kyiv. But it’s always convenient to study the catalog in detail, read the product specifications, and look at photos from home. The online chandelier store Svetilnikof offers a selection of lighting equipment of any style and size. Collections of world brands Eglo (Austria), Ideal Lux (Italy), Kanlux (Poland), Nowodvorski (Poland), Shilo (Poland).

At Svetilnikof you can buy a chandelier in Ukraine for premises for various purposes. Delivery of orders throughout the country.