Rooms with low ceilings present decorating challenges, but changing your lighting approach could give you ample illumination and the feel of taller ceilings.

For your primary dining room light, you’ll want a fixture that not only lights the room, but also adds to the ambiance of the space around it.

The LED ceiling light is compatible with virtually all rooms due to its simplistic design, making it perfect for the bedroom, dining room, study room, balcony, hallway, office, and foyer.

“To leave the ceiling behind — when you’ve resolved the other surfaces in a room — seems not only unfortunate, but also throws off the balance,” said the New York designer Steven Gambrel.

We found the best flush-mounted ceiling lights for the bedroom, hallway, kitchen, and more, including lights from Schoolhouse, Anthropologie, Hinkley Lighting and more, as well as a few vintage ...

Or maybe your dining area is more of a casual, functional zone or you only have a low ceiling height to work with. Flush or semi-flush mount ceiling lights are a good option in these instances.

From installing dimmers to considering the table-to-fixture proportions, our best dining room lighting ideas will inspire the perfect fix for yours ...

Other tricks: Lighting pelmets just below the ceiling on two parallel walls (or on all four walls) add dimension to low ceilings. Washing walls with coloured light, such as blue, immediately draws ...

Pendant lights or chandeliers make the perfect choice for this room, being both practical and visually appealing,' says Marlena Kaminska, designer at ValueLights. 'For a contemporary look, an ...

Hang it at least 36 inches above your dining room table to create space between your table and the light fixture, making the ceiling feel farther away. 10. Low furniture.

A Virginia family captured the moment their dining room ceiling collapsed in front of them, filling their home with dust and debris.