Australian Home Beautiful – August 2019

PHOTOGRAPHY(OPPOSITE PAGE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT)

AARON

PERKINS, MICHELLE WILLIAMS, BEACON LIGHTING, SIMON WHITBREAD

WOW FACTOR There are no rules

against mixing pendant styles, going

large or beyond the standard cluster

of three to five. “Unexpected pairings

are great to express your bold side,” says

Olivia. Above this kitchen bench (below),

the same material unites varying shapes.

CLEAR THE WAY

For an even dispersion

of light above a dining

table, go for a single

bulb in a classic glass

pendant (left). “The

future of lighting is

simplicity,” says Lights

Lights Lights’ Danielle

Mastro, who has just

returned from the

Euroluce lighting fair in

Milan. “Go for elegant

and timeless statement

pieces or clustered,

simple pendants.”

SIZE WISE The

right lighting brings

intimacy to a dining

zone. “A large feature

pendant is striking

above a circular table

and defines it as the

focal point,” says Olivia

Lord, creative director

of Lighting Collective.

“Alternatively, a cluster

of pendants over a long

rectangular table

balances the design

of the room.”

HANG TIGHT!

The most popular place

to hang up pendants in

the kitchen is above the

benchtop (right). As

a guide, Holly Sim of

Lucretia Lighting says

the distance between

the top of the bench and

bottom of the pendant

should be about 80cm.

KITCHEN & DINING

‘Alfred 1’

pendant in

Black, $249,

Beacon

‘Circus 21’ pendant light, Lighting.

$149, Special Lights.

Viso ‘Wandering

Star’ pendant light,

$1390, Special Lights.

Pendants

in Copper,

from $575,

David

Derksen

Design.

‘Handle Me’ pendant

light, $849, Bo Concept.

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