BOCA RATON, FL - OCTOBER 24, 2012 - Capitol Lighting, a leading retailer of pendant lighting with eight lighting stores in New Jersey and Florida and worldwide at www.1-800Lighting.com, offers kitchen lighting tips to get your home ready for the holidays.

Pendant lighting offers unique decorative effects, as well as excellent, glare-free task illumination in the kitchen. Here are some tips from Capitol Lighting for choosing and installing the pendant lighting that's right for your space.

Evaluate your space to see where pendants lights work best:

The kitchen island, over the dining room table or in a central workstation are the areas  where additional kitchen lighting make the most difference.

Determine how much pendant lighting is needed:

Place one pendant light for every two feet of counter space. For example, a six-foot counter or island requires three pendants - one in the center with another 20 inches on each side.

Usually, an odd number of pendants over a counter or island create better balance. Size also matters when determining spacing and amount of pendants. Thin, narrow pendants may look better with the addition of one or two extra fixtures.

Install with precision:

In general, kitchen pendant lighting should hang about 66 inches above the floor.  If the shades are not very deep and there is seating at the island or peninsula, pendants may hang a few inches lower at about 60 inches above the floor.

Kitchen pendant lighting over an island should be installed so that the bottom of the shade hangs about 28-36 inches above the surface to allow for a clear view across the room from persons both seated and standing.

Visit Capitol Lighting's website, 1-800Lighting.com, to view the company's more than 500,000 kitchen pendant lighting and other home lighting products.

About Capitol Lighting

For more than 85 years, the lighting experts at Capitol Lighting stores have helped customers find the best lighting products from the largest selection of lighting – from modern chandeliers and contemporary designer lights to outdoor lighting and energy-efficient lighting for commercial applications--at the most affordable prices available. The company's eight lighting showrooms are the offspring of a family retailing tradition that dates back to 1924, when Max Lebersfeld, an electrical contractor and immigrant from Austria-Hungary, opened a light fixture store in Newark, N.J.

Four generations later, Capitol Lighting has expanded the concept to four locations in New Jersey, four in southeast Florida and worldwide online at 1-800Lighting.com. Among their many awards, the readers of New Jersey Monthly magazine recently voted Capitol Lighting as the "Best of New Jersey 2010" for "Where to Shop for Lighting." Additionally, peers and fellow industry professionals have nominated Capitol Lighting for the seventh time for the prestigious ARTS Award for "Best Lighting Showroom" in the East Atlantic.

To find the best prices on contemporary chandeliers for your home décor, or to request a quote or browse the latest lighting sale for your next commercial lighting project, please visit Capitol Lighting's website at www.1800lighting.com or call 1-800-544-4846.

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