Thanks for all of the input!!! It sounds like a pendant may not be in my future. I loved the idea of it but as I was looking at it more, I was worried that there might be too much going on there. I was having second thoughts and wanted to get opinions from all of you. Holly-Kay: we are planning on changing out the chandelier above the table to a bronze finish to tie in with the darker wood and fireplace things. But I see how a pendant above the sink might be too much. Snookums2: we removed the dark screens and it looks much better. I can't wait for everything to get started! I thought about tiling to the ceiling but wasn't sure since our cabs don't go to the ceiling. We are going to add a taller crown but nowhere near ceiling height. That may be the subject of another post. Nosoccermom: great idea about hanging a balloon. I don't have photoshop but maybe I could cut and paste something there and post again. Thanks for the suggestions!

I think the bar is fine without, but since you already have the lighting to use, you could hang them off the top but like have it very close to the ceiling so you have at least 36" off the bar top.

I have a sputnik type chandier over our kitchen table that’s black with Edison bulbs. We wants to add a linear chandelier or pendant lights above the island and it needs to coordinate but I can’t decide what to get. Any ideas????

The pendants will look good. The ones you had were definitely too small, but what you’ve chosen will look good. It make take a little getting adjusted to them once installed. You’re lighting over dining table is a nice style but it’s on the smaller scale for dining lighting. You may find that you want to enlarge that fixture too after the new island pendants. ....just a thought.