These are entirely closed lights so there won't be light escaping anywhere but at bottom. How much wattage do the lights offer? I think you will need at least 75 Watt (incandescent) over sink and also in vicinity of range. The sink and range are offset, right? Will they look okay from a distance or do you need the sink one to be less distinctive? If not, I'd choose the larger one for the sink ... or an entirely different one that stands out against the blinds, perhaps in shiny metal or something in stainless or a warm brown that coordinates with that next room's decor. If you were to make the choice to use something different at sink, I'd use 3 matching ones over island. We have 3 matching pendants in one area--but we put in a sep switch for the two on outside and a separate one for the singleton at sink. Not sure if this is wise or not, but it does give me more flexibility because I can dim them up or down; I use the doubles more than the single or the full set because that's over two work areas, one is for baking and one is over dishwasher. Proviso: I reserve the right to find a new oddball light for the sink. Besides these triplets we have 2 more on peninsula so we have a total of 5 same-size smaller pendants in all so losing one at center won't bother me. O.T. Like the blinds! My favorite part of the room! If you made them I'm especially impressed. Snotty comment here: hope you enjoy dusting. That black would be always dusty in my kitchen. But...it's very distinctive and it gives you some dark notes against the whites.

Porter Edun, Thanks so much for taking the time to impart this valuable knowledge complete with photos! Much appreciated, thanks!

Once I saw the light with the island I immediately ordered the next size down. I’ll be sure to show them once they arrive. Counting down the days until we are in our new home.

do you have a pic or a mock up of your kitchen? 10 foot island w/only two of these? (the island shown here is prob 6X 3.5 , give or take. Here is one over a very small table. your island is prob 3-4 times as long as this? 12" wide? may be too small. you could try adding a 3rd or get larger lights this island would be closer to your size. having only two-12" lights would look paltry this size would be similar to yours. 9' ceilings. island is prob 8-9feet. these are smaller pendants. two wouldn't be enough. 3 is fine. (although, I don't really care for the look of these.) Try looking for the style you like but in a 14-17" size. see if that fits your island. what about these? they come in 3 diff sizes. I think this is the 15" if you only want two, take a look at these Hood pendants. they are a bit larger and come in a wide array of color combos.