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Help choosing kitchen lights please. Which one do you think?

5 years ago

Hello All,

I'd love opinions on choosing a pendant light for over the sink. We have a small island that will have 2 orb pendants 11.75Hx10. 25 and a 6 light chandelier over our round kitchen table (shown below). The options for the sink pendant are the Kichler Marita (same collection as chandelier) 10.x7 or Home Decorators 8.75x3.9. Would it be better to have the sink pendant almost equal height to the island pendant or would smaller be better? Which option A or B? Thanks!

Lights for island and kitchen table

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Close up of island pendant

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Option A (smaller)

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Option B (larger)

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Tedy Gibsun

5 years ago

i can recommend dont go with oval light or single light

, you can get triple pendant light ,

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Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
5 years ago
Can you post pictures of the kitchen layout? Often having pendants over the island and sink is overkill and creates a busy look.
wjab
Original Author
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Thanks for the reply Sina Sadeddin Design. I'm not sure of this picture will help? White Quartz countertops will be installed and the present pendant bar will be replaced so that the new pendants are centered over the island. FYI the counter top in the corner bottom is temporary so I have some workable counter space right now ;) I could also do a recessed light as well I guess and no pendant but I like pendants.
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Mona Rahman Interiors
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Option B is a better fit since it will flow with the style of your kitchen and other light fixtures.
Chessie
5 years ago
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I would not have a pendant over the sink. Do a recessed there. And I would use the option B pendant over the island instead of the orb.
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iLumigreen Corp
5 years ago
I agree with the pendant not going over the sink. We have a lot of clients that use a 4" square downlight over sinks, perfect uniformity between cabinets and it`s barely recognizable to the eyes.
nicoletouk
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I'm sorry, I have nothing to contribute to the lighting discussion... But I hope to know what brand is that terrific double oven slide-in range?!

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wjab
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5 years ago
Nicole it’s from GE their profile collection on slate. I purchased it at Lowe’s

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