The chandelier should hang over the center of the table.
Dining room table chandelier height.
Single chandeliers should be centered over the table or island while multiple chandeliers or pendants should hang 30 inches apart from each other.
Subtract that number from your ceiling height to get your maximum chandelier height.
It doesn t matter the size of your table you need to be concerned about the height of the fixture from the floor.
Hang your dining room chandelier between 30 and 34 inches from the tabletop for a standard 8 foot table.
Chandeliers over dining tables or kitchen islands should hang anywhere from 30 to 36 inches above the table.
This range assumes you have an 8 foot ceiling.
In most cases it should be 60 inches from the floor to the bottom of the fixture.
Keep all lights at least 6 inches from the ends of the table or island.
36 inches 36 inches 72 inches.
Hang the chandelier 3 inches higher for each additional foot of ceiling height.
With a 3 foot tall table 36 inches add another 36 inches to account for the gap between the table and the chandelier base.
12 feet less 5 feet 60 inches would give you a chain length of about 7 feet.
How to determine how high should the chandelier to be hanged.
The generally accepted rule for hanging dining room chandeliers is that the bottom of the fixture should hang between 30 and 36 inches above the top of the dining table.
9 feet or 108 inches 72 inches 36 inches.