The light is beautiful and a statement of art all on its own! We put it over our dining table in the kitchen about 10 foot ceiling. The matte black and gold are beautiful together. The gold is a deep classy color and looks so good with the matte gold kitchen cabinet pulls and knobs. It doesn’t give off much light but for us it’s not a problem because we have plenty recessed lights with daylight light bulbs in the kitchen attached to the eating area so we leave those on in the evening when we eat.