Breezy- I am glad to help. We have tons of natural light in our new house, which I only know because we don't have power yet. So we rely on the natural light when we are over there all the time. I went against what others have recommended and did both recessed and sconces on the vanity for two reasons- 1. I wanted really good light for makeup, etc. 2. The recessed cans can sometimes be really warm when I am getting dressed and drying my hair. For that task, I wanted sconces only so that I could turn off the recessed lights. 3. I wanted the recessed because I didn't want to be able to see the sconce lit up on the wall from our bed (if we were to leave it on during the night) Hope that helps. Your electrician should be able to help you too. I told them where (for kitchen and bath) I wanted to have recessed and they helped more than anyone else in measuring distances, etc.

I had recessed lights above my sink before I remodeled and I really liked them. I kept them over the sink ( just spread them out a bit) after the remodel. I also think it depends on how high your ceilings are. I like the look of pendents over the sink, but I think you have to have the height for them to look right. I had to work around a bulkhead so my ceiling height was limited. do you have a pic of the space or has the work not started yet?

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Ignore ALL the mess and imagine a wall on the right before the doorway into dining space. The wall will be built. The far end will have ~ 24” pantry closet. The proximal wall on right is where I’d put a light.