Hello Gill, It's a fantastic space and I want to suggest something with cluster lighting to highlight that amazing roof and window.... Now it's important to say at this point that you can create multiple chords from one rose- ie the one chord you have hanging... See attached image of rose with 3 pink chords... You can choose any colour chord you like and have multiple height clusters up to 5 chords which add a fabulous look with different lengths of chord.. All you do is get some ceiling hooks fixed where you want the suspensions to hang. Fix the ceiling rose first with the required number or chords and then create a hoop and wrap the chord around with a loop length of your choice on the desired hook, with the remainder hanging with a suspension light on the end.. You can effectively design your bespoke lighting instillation... I have chosen the Fiorella by Nigel Coates.. This is a polycarbonate design that you put together and very light. Of course you can choose the suspension light of your choice, but I thought this one is a particularly fantastic choice for your room... It is available in white, smoke and gold and 2 suspension sizes.. Also table and wall lighting versions to accent. Will try to attach images to show in another post as they don't seem to want to include here! You could actually use the rafters to loop the cabling and for that I'd then suggest white cable or translucent.. The resulting look would be a linear effect and equally lovely... :))

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Having looked at other high valued ceilings many are using fitted lights into the beams (you'd want these on separate lighting switches) - see examples in image 1. This helps create light above, particularly good for evenings and grey days. I see almost 3 levels of lighting here - high to ensure light at the full height (for when dark/grey/create mood), middle level normal height lighting for day to day use and then low level mood lighting (to create atmosphere etc). The lower lever could be achieved with lamps and low hanging pendants e.g. breakfast bar (as suggested above). The mid could come in with the wall spotlights and hanging pendants. I would consider how it will look to have hanging pendants from the ceiling - if you are hoping for lighting above the table area, often this type of look is low over the table, to create the focus, but it might mean having very long cords (I don't know the height of the ceiling so just assuming here) and whether you don't mind that. I found this image below that might give you an idea of how having long cords might look. Therefore you might want to keep the cords thin and unobtrusive as possible. As someone already said, you might want to consider having pendant lights across the whole room rather just dining area - this could mean they would not need to sit as low. You could then use low lamp lighting for the dining area (situated in corners) if you didn't want something on the wall. I found the below images that demonstrated high vaulted ceiling hanging lights. What stands out is that they make a statement - they are big and purposefully used as a statement piece. I actually then looked at restaurant lighting to see what they do - as often they have similar issue of having high lighting whilst wanting to create atmosphere focused light at each seating area. This example is a bit bold - but thought was an interesting example. What often is the case is that the lighting is purposeful around each seating area and you could choose very specific wall sconces to create a defined dining area.

Good afternoon, Thank you for reaching out!. Little overview of lighting theory : There are four types of lighting; ambient, feature, decorative and task and a good design covers all of these in the room. Here is some advice relevant to your question: - dimmers are a great choice for flexibility of mood - your lamps are classed as decorative and possibly task if placed around shoulder height for reading. I agree these will be inviting at a low level - consider glare - wherever possible ensuring that the source of the light is not visible as this can lead to headaches, with downlight this can be fixed utilising baffled fixtures - In order to suggest types of fixtures and placement we need to think about what you are trying to achieve with these downlight. Is it task lighting and if so what is the task that this is for? Is it ambient lighting to brighten the room overall and show faces or areas to clean? Is it feature lighting to highlight art, it probably isn't decorative and therefore I agree that blending in with the ceiling is the aim. -ambient lighting is important and this can be achieved in many ways not just these downlights. -kelvin ( colour ) choice depends on the use of the room and the colours within the room. Would you like to feel awake or settle down for the night in there. Would you like a certain colour to show up clearly in the room? -with the beam angle, a wider beam is useful for ambient light whilst a smaller beam will focus on a feature better but downlight are not your only option for what you wish to achieve Where are you based and when are you starting your project? Please feel free to PM us. We would love to create the perfect ambience for you! Ellen Utley www.ellenutleyinteriors.co.uk