Hi, Thanks for the comments, guys. I have pretty much decided to go with a regular pot rack and just have a couple of can lights installed, maybe one on either side of the rack. I am shopping on potracksgalore right now (Thanks, eventhecatisaboy), and I think I'm going to go with a basic rectangular stainless steel rack with also a small wall bar above my stove for utensils. Alicia, thanks for the comments! I don't really have a drawing of the cabinets, but I think that wall will look OK. We just couldn't figure out what to do there because there wasn't room for anything to come down on either side of the window, so it was going to look weird. We're thinking of putting some open shelving over the window just to kind of balance out the other wall of cabs. We're just working it out as we go along. Here is a link that might be useful: Owl's progress blog

When we started our kitchen makeover, I also wanted a pendant over the sink, but the contracted didn't recommend it. I still looked around at different lighting stores, but didn't see anything that I had in mind to match my fixture over the table. When I went to the store that I purchased my fixture for over the table, he suggested to stick with a standard highhat for over the sink, and that it would give me better lightning. We did that. Now that it was done I'm glad we did that.

Johnliu, point well made. However, when you have a small kitchen, the neat/tidy pot rack utilizes space that would otherwise be vacant. And it can look pretty darn good doing it too. It is just a very utilitarian accessory for a busy cook with limited storage space. LIDS are always an issue. I have several decorative metal plate racks which hold 4 plates each. Purchased from Mobile Fixture here in Alabama, and they are a restaurant and kitchen supply store. I was able to put some of my flatter lids into the plate slots, and now finding the right size lid for the job is not such a noisy problem. Here's my current pot rack and IKEA utinsel bar. I admit this is overkill and sloppy, but we are nibbling away at a kitchen redo, and everything has to be somewhere. And here is the current state of affairs in the back porch which will one day become part of the kitchen redo. Note on top of the left M/Wave where the orange enameled pan is, those are lids and racks in a wire plate rack, forget where that one came from. And then here is the regular metal plate rack used as a lid rack for the time being. When I redo the kitchen, a built-in table with a countertop will be installed adjacent to the range. IKEA makes the one I will buy if I cannot use the s/s topped piece you see under my current pot rack. I already threw out the old range, and we're now cooking on this Waring Pro 2-burner hotplate. It works for us. But you should see how my hubby's friends shake their heads when they learn I threw out the stove!!!

In another thread I followed a link to the Better Homes & Gardens' Showcase Kitchen where I saw a pot rack I really like: I think I've done a pretty good search online but obviously it hasn't been as I've found nothing remotely like it. Any ideas? Thank you for your (continued) help!