I am having a tough time with lighting. The total kitchen width is about 14 feet, the island is around 32 inches wide and 10 feet long. The ceiling is 8 foot. We will be having recessed can lighting and undercabinet lighting. I really like the Neirmann Weeks chandeliers for over the kitchen table, but I am stuck on what I need in the way of lighting for the center island, which will be where the majority of prep work takes place. or The kitchen will be predominantly creams and yellows, although the center island is shown below with the dark brown counter: Any ideas?

check out the post "new pendant lights" on this site. Island looks to be about the same size as yours and the pendants are spaced the 1/4 and 3/4 scenario you think you want. The picture in the other post looks really nice and may help you. good luck.

First you must decide how many pendants of a given size are necessary to cover the entire length of the island you are trying to light. In your case I would lean towards 3, 14" pendants. With that in mind the basic premise is that if you have two pendants you want to divide the total length of your island into two equal sections, if you have three pendants you want to divide the total length of your island into three sections so on and so forth. From there you aim to place one pendant in the middle of each of those sections. If the total length of your island is 120", if you choose to utilize three pendants you will have three sections of 40". The center of one pendant should be placed directly in the middle of the island at 60". The center of each pendant on the sides should be hung approximately 20" in from the outer edges of the island. That will leave a space of 40" between the center of the pendants and 26" between the outer edge of each pendant if you go with 14" pendants. This setup will make the most efficient and effective use of light while covering the entire island. If you need any clarification please don't hesitate to ask. I hope all is well and I look forward to seeing your project because I am certainly not looking forward to our ILLINI play B-Ball these days! This post was edited by SaltLife631 on Thu, Mar 6, 14 at 21:50

With a higher ceiling height, I think I would lean to the larger size. Despite the size of your island, I would worry that the smaller would look wimpy. Unless (like Michele mentioned), you went with three lights. Again, take my vote for what its worth, I obviously favor the bigger since that is what I did, but think it will look just fine either way. Isn't it odd there there is nothing in the middle....it is either 8" or 11". I guess the story of a remodel though...you can envision it yet can't find it, or you find it and it is out of your price range! And yes, now I can't imagine having my kitchen with what I orginally wanted either. I was thinking I wanted to match the stainless and pulls, but I do like how the current lights tie with the cabinets. The ORB was one of the several fortunate last minute decisions that I made!