For the uplight, you could go a few routes, especially with respect to dimming functionality. And some fixtures don't support dimming, so you need to figure that out. To that end, I suggest you think through the use cases. For example, the use case that I think I'd appreciate most is late evening, after you've retired to another room of the house, at which time a mellow indirect glow from the skylight cutout would be particularly pleasant. You might also want the more light from this source on occasion, in which case you'd want brighter lights on a dimmer. That being said, here's some options. I'm thinking two, centered on the skylights, mounted near the bottom rim of the cutout (just above the beam probably). Regarding the pendant, I know that selecting pendants is hard enough without more to think about, but one downside of a single pendant vs multiple pendants is thhat single sources create worse shadows. And the clear glass pendants above exacerbate this harsh shadow problem by being point sources, whereas the Fillsta, for example, mitigates this problem because it's effectively a uniform 31" sphere of light. This large diffuser also makes it possible to use a brighter source. For example, you could put a 300W equivalent CFL in the Fillsta, but such a bright light would be unacceptably harsh in a point source like the clear glass pendants above.

I like them all, but not number 2, but maybe that one will work for your taste- it's just not mine. I really like 3 and 4 (the one your husband likes).

Connie Since you have perimeter cabinets are encasing your stainless steel appliances - then I would go with stainless steel hardware. It sounds like you are drawing attention to the black island as a focal point. For the dramatic effect you could use cooper hardware. Here are a few example pictures displaying what it might look like. I would try to incorporate the cooper color with objects in your kitchen. It could be something as simple as a cooper tea kettle on top of your stove or cooper salt and pepper shakers. cooper pendant lighting with white cabinets VILLAGE DUPLEX cooper pendant lighting with white cabinets [yorkshire construction and maintenance[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/yorkshire-construction-and-maintenance-modern-kitchen-phvw-vp~809257)

Kala, I was trying to find those scallop designs on their, but all I see now are them in the cement. However, they do have these great colors in the 3" hex. In fact, these are on the sale page. it's a teal gray- Tempered Steel color https://www.cletile.com/collections/second-shelf/products/teal-gray-3-5-hex-1?variant= this Silver is also on the sale page some otherspending storm shattered peal tea ceremony. (these come in subways and 2 or 4" squares. I thought they came in the scallop design too. But the hex are equally nice. these would look very nice in your kitchen. they have a nice glaze finish w/varying tones.) for scallop, https://www.mineraltiles.com/search?search_query=scallop I was trying to find these, but I'm afraid they might be very expensive. Similar ones I found at Mercury Mosaics were in the $86 sf range! and the comment above, w/the Fireclay tile mosaics, are also above the $45 sf range. if you have a healthy budget, I can find you some beautiful tiles!