Adjustable pendant lighting

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Can pendant lighting be adjustable? Any recommendations?

We're having an extension with kitchen diner. We don't want an island but are looking at pendant lighting above the dining table, but we may want to occasionally move the dining table so will not want 3 lights to walk into where the table was - so need ones that hook up out of the way

I think you can just put a small hook on the ceiling and then just loop the cord up if you want to like this pin.it/jI6dEyH or there are adjustable ones (garden trading do a grand Paris one I think) - we're having exactly the issue. I think I'm going to leave them reasonably low and then if we are having a party just use some of those Command clear removable hooks to loop them up. I can't find an adjustable one I like and I don't want to compromise the lighting we're looking at every day for the sake of the occasional party. HTH!

It won't be for a party. I hate people but it'll be more for if my daughter decides she wants to build a huge train track or something around the room

John Lewis do a rise and fall pendant light - this one

Ooh that is beautiful. We've just realised we might have to do something off centre though as we have a velux window planned for above the table area. Dh thinks just spotlights will be fine but I'm thinking this will be too stark.

Anyone seen any off-centre overhead lighting? I'm thinking it's all going to look odd now

I have pendants over my island...which is fixed. And then track lighting systems to light the dining table and work surfaces. It's more of a modern/minimalist look so not sure if it would fit with the rest of your design. But for us it's a great solution - we also have velux windows over the table itself and these are off centre to the table but because each light on the track is separately adjustable we have them lighting the table and the wall either side to give a nice glow.