What I did was find the middle of the island and put one pendant there. Then find halfway between that and the end of the island and put one there, and the same at the other end. I hope that makes sense.

I did paper cutouts of my mini-pendants, attached some string to them and with the help of blue painter's tape, stuck them to the ceiling. I'd adjust the spacing and height every day or so to get a feel for what different configurations looked like.

Two paper pendant cutouts taped to the ceiling...

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Final configuration installed...

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Jodi-

Jodi,
How far apart are your pendants? How long is your island.
Thanks!
Sue

That depends--what is in your island? Is there anything in particular you want to illuminate, like a prep sink or a cooktop? Or just for eating?

We just used blue painters tape to approximate the spacing. Then we held up the fixtures to give ourselves an idea of proportion.

Sue, our peninsula is 8'10" long, the pendants are spaced 25" center to center and the height is 27" from counter to bottom of shade. I didn't know the measurements when I posted the pics earlier so didn't realize how much longer than yours it is.

Jodi-

Here is the problem. First, I misspoke on the size of island. It is 90" long x 54" wide. We have three mini pendants. The ceiling air conditioning vent begins at 71" from one end of the island. Midpoint of island is 45". Do I space the pendants with one in center and the other two about 22" on each side of center or do I move the ac vent. The ac vent will be very close to the pendants. Don't know if it will take away from the effect. Then, where do you move the ceiling ac vent? Are most kitchen ac vents in center of kitchen to circulate the air. Lots of questions here????????????????

Sue, unless your pendants have a solid tube for the cord, I'd be concerned that the air vent will cause the pendant to sway a bit. Our air vent is some six feet or so away and cause a slight movement in the pendants. Without photos it's hard to really make suggestions.

Jodi-