kathieo - the kitchen/dining areas in our new home will have vaulted ceilings, too - so I know what a pain the light fixture selections can be. In fact, I still haven't decided ... :) We were told by our lighting salesperson that the mini-pendants over the penninsula would need to either hang from chains or the soft pliable cords so that multiple pendants could easily be adjusted to hang evenly. Apparently they're somewhat more difficult to position from a vaulted ceiling? I'm still not sure I get that ... but will pass it on FWIW... I agree with florantha that a white matte globe - something frosted, alabaster or white marbled - would be good. I would use brushed nickel or similar finish and stay with something with simple lines/few details - and like florantha, with down-facing globes - all to make keeping them clean a little easier. You could either stay with a traditional look to coordinate with your kitchen/dining table, or introduce a tasteful bit of whimsy into your kitchen with some carefully chosen pendants ... :) I would probably use only two of them - spaced sort of just barely either side of your cooktop - and would hang them as high as maybe 40" over the bar. I would also go ahead and add a coordinating dining table chandy while you're at it .... And that's my two cents .... :) Lezli

I highly recommend LED bulbs; we have about 100 3.6W MR16-style LED bulbs in our house in 3" mini-can housings, all at about 4500K (neither warm nor cool white). Each gives about as much light as a 35-40W halogen bulb. Our 19 x 21' kitchen has 15 for general lighting, plus the following task lighting: 4 over our 13' counter with main sink; 8 over our 5 x 9' main island; and 4 over our 3'3" x 9' small island. The 72" wide range hood came with ten 40W PAR20 bulbs but light a 9' wide area including range and landings; we'll be replacing the 40W bulbs with 5W dimmable LED bulbs. This is a good amount of light, not too much, not too little. Well, in the range hood area 50W of LED bulbs (equivalent to about 500W of halogen lights) is actually too much light but it's dimmable, not that my wife will use any setting but MAX. (There are also 10W LED bulbs available, but my wife has no self control when it comes to light and WILL burn out her retinas if I let her.) The standard medium base "Edison" bulb is not a form factor well suited to LEDs because while filaments (tungsten, halogen) are point sources and radiate in all directions, LEDs are VERY directional and have limited dispersion (15-60 degrees). Most LED medium base bulbs have more LEDs pointing outward with very few pointing up, some nearly exclusively point upward (downward in a pendant application). The distribution and "point" of the individual LEDs will affect whether the ambience (outward glow) or the task function (downward lumens) will work. Most pendant shades do have an inner white lining to even out the light distribution, and that will improve your downward light output for task lighting. LED color is tricky as well, as many are very cool white and won't give you that warm glow you expect from the pendant shade. A warm white (3000-3500K) bulb will give you the best ambience, whereas a pure white (4000-4500K) will give you the best task lighting. Another caution: pendants spaced too far apart look odd, but too close looks worse. I would recommend a spacing of about every 2-3'. Also, there should be ideally 3, or 4 max. Slimmer/smaller ones can be spaced a little closer and you can have more of them and still look fine. There are metallic shades (if modern works for your kitchen) that will give you a lot more task lighting. Here is a link that might be useful: [Houzz Pendant Light Ideabook[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/kitchen-islands-pendant-lights-done-right-stsetivw-vs~158689)

My current favorite lighting manufacturers/sites are: http://www.wilmettelighting.com/Default.aspx Assembled in USA. I like the look of their fixtures. Sold all over. http://www.pwvintagelighting.com/ Probably other places out there but so far this is the best I've found that specializes in refurbishing vintage fixtures. Pricey because they look new after they are finished with them and the rarity. Great selection of holophane glass. Both of these had the lights I would have loved to have put in the kitchen but alas the price was too much. My favorite from PW

Hello everyone!! I NEED HELP!!! I purchased 2 Duke Oversized Pendants (16 inch overall diameter) in 2020 on Pottery Barn site. They make my whole kitchen!! The glass on one of them broke and Pottery Barn site says No Longer available! Ive been in tears for weeks!!! Can anyone tell me where I can find one of these?? My email is ginamt2@yahoo.com. Thank you for any help you can give! Ive attached a pic of the pendant and one of my kitchen so you can see the beautiful lights above my island!