Could you do a three-light pendant like this? It would be nice to have task light over the peninsula. We have a recessed light over our peninsula and I'm thinking of converting it to pendant because the light isn't as functional or pleasant as I had hoped.

Though about something like that. Do you know how wide that is?

I just pulled it from an image search I think I googled "three light pendant" or "3 light island"

I think the three light fixture is a great solution. I would look at those.

Another vote for 3 light pendant

Stupid question (maybe?) about those 3 light pendants - if anyone has them, can you comment if they hang straight? I have visions of them not lining up correctly parallel over the counter, and me spending the rest of my life fighting with them to hang correctly.

the pendant is a nice look, however, see if you can telescope it to hang as low as possible....it looks a little high and one's eyes will jockey over to that soffit ......try to deflect that aspect and find something that adjusts to the lowest possible final position.....is there such a technical measurement?? P.S.-I don't mind your soffit--be sure and have a backsplash of interest..along with lower hung lighting over peninsula...it'll be fine..you'll forget about it.

Is your dining room on the other side of the peninsula? If so, did you choose a light for over the table? I felt it would be too many lights so I used a recessed light.

patriceny - We had a three light pendant in our previous house and it had no balance issues (I tend to notice details like that too); the vertical and horizontal bars were rigid. I think it may have been a nicer fixture; It was in the $300+ range in 2007.

How wide is your peninsula? Three lights may be too many if it's not very wide. Our peninsula is 62" wide and 3 would be overkill. We have only 2 and they provide more than enough light - in fact I usually have to dim them b/c they're too bright!

Here's the best picture I can find right now (Photobucket is down, so I cannot access my kitchen pictures).

Why not 2 pendants instead? I think that would look good.

I already figured it would be two pendants rather than three, which is fine. Yours looks really nice buehl. But I am having a hard time picturing the spacing of the pendants with the soffit there. It seems that to equally space the pendants over the peninsula, one of the would be right next to the soffit which might look weird at the ceiling level, which I guess is why some of you are suggesting hanging them low. Can't go too low because DH is tall.

I will also look into the three light idea, thanks.

I do have an eating area on the other side but no light fixture, only recessed lighting.

I read on another post the idea of hanging balloons to get a feel. Going to try that this weekend.

herbflavor - my backplash (next decision) will be very understated because the granite is bold. [bold granite[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/regrets-about-bold-granite-choice-dsvw-vd~3551353)

You could do a two light pendant as well. My suggestion is to just have one fixture that won't be close to (or draw the eye to) the soffit.

I've been shopping for a two light pulley pendant, so this one from RH is fresh in my mind. The width and the hanging length are both adjustable.

We have two over our peninsula, with a soffit thing-y in front of them. I chose translucent milk glass to minimize sight lunes. What height are your ceilings? Ours are quite low which is the other reason I went with two, to create more open space visually.

Great advice that I got here several years ago was to hang balloons from a string to visualize how many pendants to go with, what sizes and what height would look best.

mkuyekawa...we hung ours a bit higher than most people probably do for the same reason - my DH is 6'5" and my DS is 6'7". It turns out, though, that with only a 15" overhang my DS never sits at the counter, so for him it wasn't an issue. However, now that I've found a way to get my DH to sit at the counter :-), I'm glad we did it. (We moved the kitchen TV so now he has to sit at the counter if he wants to watch TV! Prior to that, he never sat there b/c the overhang is really too shallow for him - he straddles the cabinets and has to lean forward to reach the counter.)

I don't know if these are better pictures for you, but here they are:

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How about a larger fixture? Something with interest? Or just two pendants?

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buehl Love your kitchen! I am less concerned with DH sitting there than I am with him standing there helping with prep. But the tv idea still might help with that ;-)

benjesbride great idea, I somehow hadn't thought of that.

rebeccamomof123 I like what you've done there. Do you have a picture that shows the soffit?

For those asking about dimension, it's a small space. The peninsula is 36"w X 70" long with the soffit sticking out 26" and the upper counter depth 12". I was thinking I should hang the light/s centered over the part of the peninsula that sticks out from the upper cabinet (i.e. over the right 70-12=58"). Does that make sense?

Thanks for all your suggestions.

that three light unit is 36" wide. that would be a perfect fit for your island

Ronnie, those are such pretty pendants! I love the clear glass look but I was afraid of the hassle of keeping them clean looking so I went with milk glass.

Good point! So many details that are easy to overlook!!

@rebeccamomof 123: How to you keep the upper cabinet door from hitting pendant closer to it? I have 63 inch long peninsula perpendicular to upper cabinet. I want to center two pendants but out of question as cabinet door would hit. Any suggestions?