WWTPD? Ceiling Fan in the Dining Room

We have a fan over the dining room table, but we turn it off while we are eating.

I've never had one so that will tinge my thoughts but I would vote no. Fans get dusty. As you clean them and they spin, dust falls off. That would be my issue. I either didn't clean well or often enough and we would use when guests were over. I could just see that moment, when that fuzz relinquished it's hold on the blade and fell into the middle of someone's plate.

I would vote no but it's not my house or my dh!

We have one over the kitchen table in the eating nook. It was there when we bought the house. We did change it out to a different style. We don’t use it much, but I’ve never noticed it cooling the food down.

I am always, always HOT.  We have a light w ceiling fan in our dining room and I need that thing.  I bought this particular one after meeting its designer on a flight.  Love it.  We have two in the adjoining family room as well.


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Same. We only eat at the table for a few hours a day. The fan is for the rest of our waking hours to keep air moving around our main floor.

Another vote for yes. Growing up we had one over the dinning room table and it came in handle for the summer. We would have it on low while eating and then go back to medium or high.

Never an issue with food getting cold.

I vote no.
We have ceiling fans in every bedroom and in our family room. Our dining “room” is right next to the family room. Open concept floor plan so it’s really all one space. We still turn the ceiling fan off when we are eating at the dining room table.

I hate fans with every fiber of my being, but I also don’t live somewhere where they are a necessity. Having said that, I did just order a couple of “fandeliers” for two bedrooms in our house. That was my compromise with DH.

(I’m not sure I could compromise over the dining room table, though. The idea of the dust being flung around is certainly off putting. 😂 )

That is a gorgeous fan!  This house had five fans in it when I bought it, all absolutely not my style.  I am well aware this is a senior golf community, but my taste is vastly different than the decor of this house.  The fans all have bright gold housing and the lights have frilly covers on them.  I purchased new fans as the first thing I bought in this house.  The existing fans, that I don’t think even my mother would have chosen, will not be wasted.  There is a recycle home store in this town and all the fans will be donated to them.  The light over the dining table is also frilly and the glass is etched in flowers and vines, not my taste.  I purchased a new light for that area also.  If I had seen the fans you linked, I would have chosen them.  Again, just gorgeous! Not for the dining room, but they would have gone in the office and all bedrooms.

Growing up, my parent’s living room and dining room were one huge room.  They did install fans over both the living room and the dining table, but it was always shut off during meals and turned back on after to keep the air moving in that huge room.  My preference would be not to have a fan over the dining table, but if one was there, I would just turn it off during meals.

We have a ceiling fan in all bedrooms and the family room. But not over the eating area.

I live in Florida so I love having a ceiling fan in every room.

I vote no fan over the dining table.

My sister has one in her kitchen above the dining table and it is absolutely needed. She has bay windows that get the western exposure so it gets VERY warm in her kitchen. It's just stifling without it on.

I have a fandolier in my living room and guest room but not the primary. I have a tower fan blowing on me all night winter or summer. I need the air even with the AC on.