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"Shining Moment\nA good chandelier does more than just brighten a room\u2014the right one can totally transform a space. See for yourself in our glittering slide show of hanging fixtures\nTo add drama to the dining room of a New York apartment, Juan Montoya centered a circa-1955 Venini glass ceiling fixture by modernist architect Carlo Scarpa over an Art Deco Macassar-ebony table from France, surrounded by gondola chairs of his own design. (February 2006)\nMichael Schaible built a house in Ajijic, Mexico, representative of his minimalist style. The dining area's bronze-and-beveled-glass light fixture is one of three he designed for the house. To the left of the door is a framed antique textile from Bali. \"It looks like an Ellsworth Kelly,\" he notes. (September 2008)\nArchitect Richard Landry and designer Craig Wright created a Southern California home reminiscent of a small Italian village. Pictured: The fanciful \"secret room\" was inspired by the 19th-century Venetian crystal galleon light fixture, which Wright found in Paris. The silk-damask-tented ceiling and walls, with silk-and-crystal trim, were designed to echo the fixture. The chinoiserie secretary is 18th-century Italian; the table was fashioned out of an 18th-century Italian altar. (March 2007)\nIke Kligerman Barkley renovated a ten-room Manhattan apartment in a classic midcentury-modern building. The revised floor plan stresses openness, as reflected in the interconnected living and dining areas. The latter is accented by a minimalist chandelier. (December 2007)\nDavid Powell, Fenwick Bonnell, and Albert Limshue of Powell &amp;amp; Bonnell met their clients' 100-day deadline to redesign a 10,000-square-foot Georgian-style Toronto house. The jumping-off point for the dining room revamp was a light, affixed to the ceiling with a nickel plate, from which dozens of crystal strands in varying lengths, punctuated by crystal balls, fell like raindrops. The light inspired Powell &amp;amp; Bonnell to apply oval molding to the ceiling and design an oval dining table. (February 2010)\nSeeking energy efficiency and the utmost in comfort, a Manhattan couple hired architects Hariri &amp;amp; Hariri to renovate their 3,000-square-foot Manhattan apartment. The Swarovski crystal hanging light in the dining room complements the spectacular views visible through the floor-to-ceiling windows, especially at night, when the sparkle of the fixture blends into the constellation of city lights outside. (March 2010)\nKristin Hein and Philip Cozzi updated a Fifth Avenue apartment, formerly designed by Jed Johnson in the 1980s. A 19th-century Russian chandelier, part of the previous design, was moved to the gallery from the dining room. The circa-1900 inlaid pedestal table is from H. M. Luther. (January 2010)\nArchitect/interior designer Peter Marino combined contemporary and traditional Southeast Asian elements in a couple's stylish Palm Beach villa. Hanging crystal lights offset the dark tones of the Indonesian hardwood, which was used to achieve a cool, tranquil mood. The painting, Bateau \u00E0 Voile (1916), is by Albert Gleizes. (January 2008)\nInterior decorator Jennifer Post was given carte blanche to design a 5,000-square-foot penthouse in a South Beach high rise with 180-degree views of the water and downtown Miami. The client's only demand was that Post hew to her signature style of clean lines, cloudlike palettes, and minimalist, light-filled spaces. Pictured: Post installed elegant yet understated chandeliers by Schonbek over the J. Robert Scott dining table. (July 2009)\nA Georgian-style house in New Jersey's horse country was a collaboration between architect Allan Greenberg and interior designer Elissa Cullman of Cullman &amp;amp; Kravis. To illuminate the formal dining room, they chose a spectacular ormolu-and-cut-glass Empire chandelier with 15 lights. \"We think chandeliers are the forgotten children of decorating,\" says Cullman, \"and we search the world for them. When people use downlights, the ceilings are gray. With the proper chandelier, you get a glow that makes the whole ceiling light and happy.\" A rare 18th-century Chinese wallpaper from Gracie lines the walls. (October 2009)\nOne of the homeowner's favorite objects in this Thad Hayes\u2013designed beach house in Water Mill, New York, is a Sputnik chandelier\u2014a relative of the ones at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House\u2014which brings drama to the double-height living room. (April 2009)\nThe lavish if modestly scaled retreat Todd Black designed for actress/writer Veronica Webb and her family in Key West, Florida, could easily be taken at first glance for a royal pavilion in Marrakech or Taroudant in Morocco. Pictured: A Murano-glass chandelier hangs in the exotic dining area, which Black infused with pattern and color. (March 2009)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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