Unfortunately I have no pics as our shades haven't arrived yet, but we have three 150W equivalent CFL schoolhouse fixtures spaced equally across an 18' x 13' room on the ceiling as our main lighting, a 100W pendant over our eating area in one corner of the room, 2 60W pendants along our 9' sink run centered on two windows, and 2 halogen lamps in our range hood along our 9' range run. I had NO clue what I was doing with the lighting and was really grasping at straws since I couldn't find good models anywhere, and all of the calculators seem to assume recessed lights or central fixtures! I did get some help from folks here and in the Lighting forum, though. I may change my tune when our shades get here since they will likely mute/change the light a bit, but right now I'd say three 150W CFL equivalents turned out to be overkill. We've got 120W bulbs in there now and may drop down to 100W bulbs. That said, we're in California so we needed the watts anyway for code to balance out our pendants, which are incandescent. In retrospect I might have done two higher wattage fixtures rather than three, though. We do have some shadows in two areas: a little mudroom space that has high cabinets on either side, and the one counter run that has uppers above it. Neither is a primary work space so I think we'll leave them alone unless it gets really annoying, in which case we'll put in wall sconces. I like the aesthetic look of having two pendants by the sink, but functionally I think I'd have preferred a single light over the sink itself. (However, we haven't started using the kitchen yet, and the pendants light the workspace next to the sink quite nicely, so I may change my mind on that too once I start using the workspace.) HTH!

A fixture designed for a sloping ceiling would have been best. The link is for a 6" slope fixture. For your 5" housings you'll need to use an eyeball or gimbal to aim at the floor. Here is a link that might be useful: slope

Right now with option 1, the walkway light is lined up with the the sink light, which makes sense (on paper anyway). I was thinking that the 100W of pendants would light the island - will the mini pendants give you the light you need or are they more decorative fixtures? Busybme make a good point about also knowing what lights go on which switches. I did my switches exactly like Sandy did but in reality, once I want one work zone on I almost always turn on the others too. In hindsight I might have been just as well off to do just one switch for the overhead fixture and one for task lighting. That way when I leave the room, I would only have to turn off one or two switches instead of going to each counter and turning them off. It's really hard to decide this upfront - you might want to do a mental "run thru" of cooking a meal and see if you can imagine yourself working the lights as part of the process.

I wouldn’t for a couple reasons. Firstly I limit pendants so they are special, I only have pendants over my dining table, island, and in the center of my great room ceiling (with a dozen recessed cans) but in this case even if I wanted pendants in the corners I would want them switched separately. Art lights on paintings in the corners or a decorative fixture in the center of the ceiling could be an option with a flexible budget.