My Dad made my Mom a Plant Stand for her hanging plants. He took the old iron wagon wheel and put it on top of an iron pole. He set the wagon wheel on top of the iron pipe and then took a smaller iron pole with an elbow on the end of the pipe and put it straight down through the middle of the wagon wheel and down through the iron pipe. Mom could hang her plants all around it. They are both gone now, but I have it in my yard to hang my plants on. It is my most treasured piece in my garden.

A playroom? Perfect. How old are the children? I'd leave them up there and use them to accent the space for your little buckaroos. You wouldn't have to go overboard on a cowboy/cowgirl theme, just a few pieces would get the point across. It's easy to find vintage western stuff. there's some swell retro fabric on ebay or etsy for making a few pillows (or use different colored bandannas), and be sure to add a rocking horse if the children are under 7. *Not* one of those "crafty" wooden horses with rope mane and a flat seat that's about as much fun to play with as a board; a "real" Wonder horse on springs. Tacky? Perhaps, but no less so that all the gaudy colored, rounded edge, featureless plastic junk that you so often see piled up all over people's homes and yards. I also love Lindac's idea of a Gypsy Wagon, or hey, even Circus Wagon wheels. JMHO, but I think replacing them with some kind of generic pendant lighting would have all the appeal of a mausoleum, but then, growing up, my girls were known to frequently sneak a real, live pony into the house, so we probably take "play" a little more seriously than most folks... ;^)

Oakley, i have thought long and hard about getting rid of the fan, which has no lights but am ready. I rarely use it. The one in my bedroom has run every night on high for 21 years.

There are plenty of old threads debating pendants vs no pendants and the results are always 50/50. I've had no pendants installed over the island in my last 2 kitchens. I had enough other stuff going on and I didn't need to add pendants that would have just been visual clutter. Used recessed light over the islands. Now that you posted a photo of the space, that 32" pendant is going to look small and underwhelming in the space. A typical mistake people make with light fixtures is buying ones that are too small. Looks like a beautiful location!