101 Creative Ways to Set Up Linear Pendant Lighting

101 Creative Ways to Set Up Linear Pendant Lighting

Looking to spruce up your lighting design? Linear pendant suspensions might just be the perfect adornments for your ceiling.

With their sleek and distinctly tasteful rectilinear form factor, these artsy suspensions can make your room instantly feel larger, while bringing a distinct sense of elegance to the space.

As you’re about to see, there are endless colors, themes, and styles to choose from—and today we want to help you to do just that.

Feast your eyes on these 101 linear pendant light designs ranging from gray and rustic to glossy and (luxuriously) timber!

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Batch 1 of 3

Theme: “Professional-Rustic”

thin, bright pendant lights

An artsy network of slender, linear lights

long, white, linear bulb

Pretty solid light piece with a double-bulb

office pals sitting under a diagonal pendant light design

A unique diagonal design

two blurred women walking underneath a linear light

A long and slender linear bulb

crockery underneath a small, wide pendant

Get too close and the tea might warm up

thick, string-held pendant lights

No trace of the housing—it’s all bright

thick, glossy, pendant lights

It’s almost dark. Almost

wavy bright pendant lights

A distinctly wavy design

uniquely pendant light setup

“Shaken, not stirred”

freely suspended pendant lights

Don’t stare into the light

bright, randomly suspended pendants

Or, maybe, do

thin, sheet-shaped bulb

Bulb’s facing the wrong way? Nope—that’s the point

freely suspended bulbs overlooking a reception

No one’s at the desk?

pendant lights suspended with long cables

Cafeteria’s looking lit

slender bulbs in a blue-themed office

So does this room, wouldn’t you say?

plain pendant lights with luxurious mesh

If bees swarmed in, at least the lights would be safe—right?

mesh design above pendant lights

Wrong. Peep the orange canopy

bright linear pendant lights

A pretty professional setup, no?

spiral designed linear pendant lights

A dainty dandelion design

slender pendant lights in a plain white office

Where the angels catch an evening swig

thin, bright pendant lights

Halfway between earrings and the double helix

classy horizontal network of pendant bulbs

It’s starting to feel like an art gallery, isn’t it?

recti-linear linear pendant bulbs

No?

oval pendant lights suspended on thin cabling

How about now?

vertical network of linear pendant bulbs

Bi-directional bulbs in a vertical network

thin, networked pendant lights

Out of the art gallery and into the physicist’s lab

almost perfectly linear design

Geometric precision verging on the obsessive

tick-shaped, bright pendant lights

Thin, dainty pendants with vertical bulbs

fin-shaped linear light

No, those aren’t feathers

gold-colored pendant lights

And back again to the obsessive geometrist!

Batch 2 of 3

Theme: “Austere-Glossy”

glossy luxurious pendant light

Notice: the luxurious marble bulb housing

three-part glass pendant light

Notice: the gold-plated anchors

thin three-part glass light

Notice: the crispy clear pendant trim

thin bright pendant light

Notice: the circular housing

marble, linear pendant light

Notice: the artsy, marble bulb

plain two-bulb design pendant light

Notice: the two-bulb design

thin pendant bulb with circular housing

Notice: the circular housing

thick solid pendant light

Notice: the solid, ridged housing

ransparent linear pendant lights

Notice: the glass housing

plain and suspended pendant lights

Notice: the plain suspension

solid pendant light with large anchor

Notice: the two extra bulbs on the anchor

three black and white pendant lights

Notice: the multicolor scheme

long, plain pendant lights

Notice: the plain bulb design

pivot-shaped pendant lights

Notice: the can-shaped housing

 two, torch-designed pendant lights

Notice: the torch design

multi-point bulb pendant light

Notice: supplementary bulbing

rectangular linear pendant lights

Notice: the rectangular housing

thin bright pendant light with cabling on either side

Notice: the extra cabling

three-point linear pendant lights

Notice: the supplementary bulbing

solid linear pendant light

Notice: the protruding middle design

thick bright pendant lights

Notice: the solid orange luminaire

plain white linear pendant lights

Notice: the plain white housing

multi-directional linear pendant lights

Notice: the multi-directional design

two linear pendant light bulbs

Notice: the dual multicolor scheme

sheet-shaped linear pendant light

Notice: the transparent sheet housing

five-bulb linear pendant light

Notice: the five-point bulb scheme

thick, solidly held pendant light

Notice: the plain white scheme

thin, bright pendant light

Notice: the low-hanging setup

plain pendant lights in 2D

Notice: the white minimalism

brown light housing held with red cables

Notice: the red cabling

bright, sheet-shaped light

Notice: the near 100% foot-candle

remote-control pendant lights

Notice: the remote-control functioning

curved pendant light bulb

Notice: the curved bulb design

three-part, brown pendant lights

Notice: the brown sheet-shape design

bright pendant lights with thick housing

Notice: the solid minimalist design

thin, solid pendant light

Notice: the dainty cabling

Batch 3 of 3

Theme: “Luxury-Timber”

plain white pendant with thick housing

Notice: the solid minimalist theme

slender hanging pendant bulb

Notice: the slender design

black, solid pendant light

Notice: the supplementary two-point bulb

wooden pendant light with curved edges

Notice: the curved finish

thick, solid wooden pendant

Notice: the deliberate high-placement

the thin housing design

Notice: the thin housing design

pendant bulb with thick housing

Notice: the immensely thick housing

solid, wooden pendant light

Notice: the slender yet solid housing

three-part pendant light bulb

Notice: the jigsaw design

a dainty wooden pendant light

Notice: the pouch-shaped housing

long, solid pendant lights

Notice: the high pendant placement

uniquely curved pendant lights

Notice: the unique winged design

the thin housing design

Notice: the deliberate slender yet solid housing

a slinky pendant design

Notice: the artsy, slithering housing design

solid linear pendant light

Notice: the differently colored halves of the bulb housing

bright, five-point pendant lights

Notice: the five-point light design

securely held thick pendant light

Notice: the ceiling-reinforced anchors

thin, solid pendant light with thick housing

Notice: the wooden board housing

thin, wooden pendant lights

Notice: the solid plain wood design

thin pendant lights with curved wood edges

Notice: the varnished wood material

two, wooden pendant lights

Notice: the parallel wooden bulbs

solid wooden pendant light

Notice: the light timber housing

Notice: the branded wood housing

solid parallel pendant light housing

Notice: the dainty metallic anchor holds

thick, timber-varnish pendant light

Notice: the uniquely patterned wood varnish

uniquely partitioned wooden pendant lights

Notice: the unique bulb pouch

thin, wooden pendant light

Notice: the two-part bulb design

plain white pendant lights

Notice: the large bulb surface area

two-part multicolored pendant lights

Notice: the multicolor scheme on the pendant housing

thin two-part pendant lights

Notice: the prism-shaped housing

series of thin, bright pendant light bulbs

Notice: the parallel bulb design

red linear pendant lights

Notice: the striking red housing

long bright linear pendant lights

Notice: the immense length placed right next to the sink

unique setup of pendant bulbs

Notice: the artsy bulb network design

thick, solid louver-design pendant lights

Notice: the unique louver bulb design

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