What does this pendant say to you?
breezygirl
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Did you match finish of pendants/lights to your cabinet hardware?
Comments (24)BKO was a typo I made in a thread that seems to have caught on. I meant to say TBO (totally bathroom obsessed) but there was a two year old pulling on me, and I hadn't slept, and BKO came out instead. For some reason freaks who are TKO seem to understand that BKO (which makes no sense) means Bath LOL I have mixed finishes in all of my rooms (because I'm BKO AND TKO LOL) In my master bath I have antique gold knobs and gold tone lighting (antique stuff from the 1920's that I restored). The lighting also has browns involved in the design and the faucets are all ORB. The towel bars, hooks etc are all ORB as well. All of the finishes are what I would call "warm" in nature and the colors flow. Chrome would look terrible in that room. In the kitchen I have a SS countertop, fridge, DW and TC. My sinks are SS and the faucets (bar, main and pot filler) are all chrome. My lighting is a mix of antique pieces which have both aluminum (or antique pewter color) and a soft gold highlight on them with amber shades. My stove has both silver and gold on the handles (Lacanche) and my knobs are antique pewter. My other counters are granite with amber running through it prominently and the backsplash is amber as well as the glass in the cabinets. So in that room, I am mixing both gold and silver (warm and cool) tones. In the family bath I have a mix of chrome and brushed nickle. The faucets are chrome, as is the toilet handle and then the other pieces are brushed as are the knobs. The powder room has gold or brass fixtures and knobs. I hate having everything exactly the same except for the most modern of rooms (where that uniformity becomes important in taking individual elements out of the design). So the answer is....LOL you can probably do anything. :oP Does that help???...See MorePendant or no pendant lighting: Can you please help me decide?
Comments (20)Thanks for all of the input!!! It sounds like a pendant may not be in my future. I loved the idea of it but as I was looking at it more, I was worried that there might be too much going on there. I was having second thoughts and wanted to get opinions from all of you. Holly-Kay: we are planning on changing out the chandelier above the table to a bronze finish to tie in with the darker wood and fireplace things. But I see how a pendant above the sink might be too much. Snookums2: we removed the dark screens and it looks much better. I can't wait for everything to get started! I thought about tiling to the ceiling but wasn't sure since our cabs don't go to the ceiling. We are going to add a taller crown but nowhere near ceiling height. That may be the subject of another post. Nosoccermom: great idea about hanging a balloon. I don't have photoshop but maybe I could cut and paste something there and post again. Thanks for the suggestions!...See MoreIf you have over-the-sink pendant lights ...
Comments (3)i-chic, however did you find that bat fixture!?! DH looked at it for a moment and then said, "Hey, why not?" until he saw the price. The size fixtures we're looking at right now are more like those shown above by birkie_2006, and we'd hang them lower exactly like that (thanks, birkie!). I checked out kitchenkelly's fixtures, and I love how those three tiny pendants look above her sink in that pretty, airy kitchen, but I think they might get lost in our situation, which probably will turn out to be very woody and bricky--altogether a "heavier" looking kitchen with darker colors. Frankly, I'd like to wait until the cabinets go up before making the final decision. It just seems like all the decisions are interrelated. If I don't pick the fixtures now (standard incandescent? electronic low voltage?), then I also can't pick the appropriate dimmer switches that are going to control them (dimmer switches mandated by California Title 24). Well, I guess the builder can install any old switch temporarily and use our old fixtures for light until we figure out which way is up. Why is our last decision--lighting--the hardest?...See Morewhat type of pendant lights would you put over my island
Comments (5)i just had the same problem, with similar pendants as yours. If you look at my profile, I think you can see what we went with as well as others suggestions. I would say go larger and hang them higher than then your sightline. That made a huge difference for us....See Morekitchendetective
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