(Editor: Leona) 

Now that we’re in the weeks between Thanksgiving and the end of the year holidays, we have eating on the brain. Many meals are shared around our dining room tables, making the space super important to the home. Whether simple or intricate, we take a look at 12 dining rooms with chandeliers that make a statement.

Photo by Petra Bindel

Designed and styled by Folkhem, this minimalist dining room in Sweden is covered in white and light wood tones, complete with an oversized, ribbed grey felt Under The Bell Pendant from Muuto.

Photo courtesy of SchappacherWhite Architecture

With a sleek table and chairs by Desiron, this SchappacherWhite Architecture designed TriBeCa loft’s dining room is topped off with Roll & Hill’s Modo 15 Globe Chandelier.

Photo by Camille Hermand

By Camille Hermand, a massive black pendant hangs above an antique dining table with white, modern chairs. A wall of cabinets is broken up with a colorful, triangular pattern behind the bar.

Photo by Magnus Marding

A regency-era property gets a modern renovation from STUDIOILSE, including the dining room that keeps its original details but gets a massive white dining table, multi-colored Eames chairs, and Droog’s 85 Lamps Chandelier by Rody Graumans.

Photo by Montse Garriga for Elle Decor Espana

A summer house in Alentejo, Portugal was designed for a clothing designer with a cozy dining room that has a Scandinavian feel. Above the upholstered wood chairs and glass table hangs a Taraxacum 88 S fixture by Achille Castiglioni for Flos.

Photo courtesy of WORKSTEAD

In Prospect Park home in Brooklyn, Workstead designed an open kitchen and dining room space with custom cabinets that zigzag their way up the stairs. For the dining area, they used different colored Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs with an industrial chandelier they designed and sell themselves.

Photos by Romain Ricard

Maison Hand designed a small apartment in Lyon Saint Georges full of vintage finds and modern pieces. A massive pendant with material stretched over a frame is suspended above the dining table.

Photo by Eric Laignel

In this beach house on Long Island, designed by West Chin Architects & Interior Designers, the dining table is outfitted with half chairs and the other side has a bench for seating. Hanging about the white table are two Secto Lights.

Photo by Tia Borgsmidt

A PH Snowball pendant from Louis Poulsen hangs above a dark wood table and black Arne Jacobsen Series 7 chairs in this original Jørn Utzon-designed home in Denmark.

Photo by Eric Rorer

Architect David Henig remodeled this mid-century home in San Francisco with a dining room that looks out to a lot full of trees. Mimicking nature, two tree-like Heracleum II lights by Bertjan Pot for Moooi were installed above the wooden table.

Photo by Joy von Tiedemann

The Yorkville Penthouse, designed by Cecconi Simone, has a dining room with contrasting dark and light colors. Sitting adjacent to the massive, built-in fireplace wall that’s covered in cold rolled steel, is a sleek, dark dining table and chairs with a custom chandelier designed by Studio Dunn.

Photo © Sergey Makhno

This Ukrainian penthouse has rustic, wide planked wooden floors and exposed brick walls with tall ceilings. Designed by Sergey Makhno, the dining room features a traditional black table with army green, dowel-leg Eames chairs and three massive black drum pendants for lighting.