Well, I've found a wonderful cabinetmaker who is making my island, and am now on to choosing lighting. Island will be 72" X 30", and my breakfast area is very nearby, so I suppose that should be taken into consideration. I will be changing the fixture there, as well. I'm thinking that three small pendants would look cluttered, so am leaning towards one or two fixtures, but what size? I'm using ORB for all cabinet hardware, so would like a little sparkle or "bling" for the lights. :) To complicate matters further, the main thing I dislike about this house are the 8 foot ceilings! Argh Any suggestions for traditional/transitional lighting will be greatly appreciated.

It all depends on how many pendants you want to have. for a 90" island you probably want 3-5 pendants. An odd number of pendants over an island works best. Let's say in your case the island is 90" and you want to have 3 pendants- 10" diameter each. Combined all diameter will be 30"... 90"-30"=60" 3 pendants+1 =4 (number of spaces in between the lights and ends of the island. Now take 60/4=15" that will give you the distance between each light. This is just an example: Layout How it will look in reality. You can go with 3-12" pendants and reduce space in between, or put smaller pendants over the overhang area if you have it and add a few recessed lights over the main area, or you can put 2 larger pendants but that would be more like mini chandeliers, over the entire area. There is a few ways this can be done depends on the look you want to have. Good luck

It's 25 percent of the view lost, and a head banger. I detest pendants in front of a sink window unless no other method, and a flush mount or recessed situation is better, almost always. You lean over a sink all the time........the reason no cabinets are place above : ) You would have to hang that so high, the "pendant" effect would be lost. Look for something you can love in a FLUSH mount.,,,,,,don't block the view.Or add recessed, and save the dangles for island or table in the kitchen.

Pictures will help. Ours island is 9 feet. 10 feet ceiling. These lights are 18” (the glass part).