dining room tables and dining roomchandeliers go together like peanut butter and jelly. it's the sandwich youknow, peanut butter and jelly. they work together. they are parts of a greaterwhole. for an 8-foot ceiling keep the bottom of the chandelier no higher than30 inches above the table. for every additional foot in ceiling height addthree inches to that measurement. if you hang your dining room chandeliertoo high off the table surface, the table and the chandelier will be disconnectedfrom each other. it's that whole visual connection thing.