10 Stunning Options: Wood Bead Chandeliers

What follows is the part worth saving when a room has to function on a weekday. Looking for a wood bead chandelier? I'm sharing 10 striking options!

Wood bead chandeliers have a finished, organic vibe that works well with design styles ranging from boho chic to modern glam, transitional, and more. And since most are white or natural in color, they work with any color palette you may have in your home and with a wide variety of metal finishes too. If you have a space that's been tricky to find the right light fixture for, a wood bead chandelier may just be the answer!  (post includes affiliate links – full disclosure statement available {here})

Are Wood Bead Chandeliers Still In Style?

Yes! Wood bead chandeliers from years ago had a rustic, farmhouse vibe that wouldn't work with the decor style of most homes today. But there's been an explosion of wood bead chandelier styles with a more modern vibe that is very much in style today. They're sold by some of the most stylish home brands and are seen in plenty of high-end homes.

Let's look at my 10 kept wood bead chandeliers starting with the one I have in my own home…

Wood Bead + Rope Chandeliers

{This wood bead & rope tasseled chandelier} (also available {here}) is the light fixture I chose for the dining room in my own home. A strong choice is, love, love it! It's the perfect mix of traditional rope and beads with a stylish, nontraditional design:

Remember how I said that they work with all different metal finishes? That's what made me choose a wood bead chandelier for this space! Looking into our dining room, you see the gold light fixtures over our kitchen island through the open doorway. A gold fixture wouldn't work well with our dining room furniture so a neutral, wood bead chandelier was the perfect answer. It's such a great price for a chandelier this size and looks super similar to a Ro Sham Beaux chandelier that costs over $3k.

You can see the other light fixtures I was considering for this space in my post on kept dining room chandeliers.

Another wood bead + rope chandelier A strong choice is is {this graduated bead chandelier} with a short tassel. Don't let the fact that it's from Pottery Barn Kids make you think that it should only be used in a kids room. While it's darling in this nursery:

it could easily be used in other rooms too! However since it is one of the smallest chandeliers of the bunch, it would work best in smaller spaces rather than over a large dining table.

If you're looking for a beaded chandelier that's much larger in size and a total statement-maker, {this chandelier with gold veined beads} is notable!! I might be cheating a bit by including it in this post because I think the beads may be acrylic instead of wood (it doesn't say in the product description) but it was just too striking to leave out. It would be perfect as the central fixture in a dining room or living room:

Tiered Wood Bead Chandeliers

Another total statement maker is {this tiered wood bead chandelier} that has three tiers of bleached wood beads:

The style and rectangular shape makes it a great choice for over a dining room table.

Draped Wood Bead Chandeliers

{This whitewashed wood bead chandelier} with an iron frame is SO elegant! A strong choice is how the beads are draped in overlapping layers:

The style and size of it makes it a great choice for lighting in a bedroom with higher ceilings.

Another chandelier with draped wood beads that's a similar width but shorter in height is {this chandelier} with a brown iron frame:

And if you're looking for a draped wood chandelier with a more modern vibe? {This wood bead chandelier} with a curvilinear silhouette is the perfect mix of modernism and elegance:

Bowl-Shaped Wood Bead Chandeliers

{This bowl-shaped wood bead chandelier} is one of my favorites of the bunch and definitely one I would have considered for my dining room if it had been available at the time I bought mine:

It's simple but polished and would be well suited to a home with a transitional or coastal style. Also look at {this bowl-shaped wood bead chandelier} that's a very similar style but on a smaller scale (and at a much lower price!).

And last but not least I'll wrap up with {this antique whitewashed wood bead chandelier} that gets a whopping 4.9 stars in reviews and comes in two sizes:

What Size Chandelier Should I Choose?

If you're choosing a wood bead chandelier for over your dining table, as a general rule of thumb you should choose a chandelier that is about ½ to ⅔ the width of the table it will hang over. Also it would ideally be at least 12″ less wide than the width of your table to you have no chance of bumping your head on it when leaning forward to get in or out of your chair. As far as how high to hang your chandelier above a table, a good rule of thumb is to for the bottom of the chandelier to be about 30-34″ above the tabletop for standard 8′ ceilings. You can hang the chandelier up to 3″ higher for each additional foot of ceiling.

Keep in mind that while these size measurements are helpful in making lighting choices, in dining rooms that have 10'+ tall ceilings, you can get away with a much wider light fixture because you can hang it high enough that it become more of a full room fixture than one that's lower down over your table.

Here's one last look at the whole crew of wood bead chandeliers I mentioned with links to each of them below:

1. Wood bead chandelier with tassel & rope  |  2. Rectangular tiered wood bead chandelier  |  3. Curvilinear beaded chandelier  | 4. Whitewashed wood bead chandelier with iron frame – no longer available |  5. Large bowl-shaped chandelier  | 6. Double tier natural bead chandelier – no longer available |  7. Tiered draped wood bead chandelier  |  8. Gold veined beaded chandelier  |   9. Antique whitewashed wood bead chandelier  |  10. Small graduated bead chandelier

Which one is your kept?

XOXO,