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Thanks Beth for your thoughts! So the issue is with the cabinet door open, there is only exactly 40 inches from the open door to the end of the granite, so in the end it was recommended that we have just one hole for the pendants that's centered from the left edge of the granite breakfast bar in the picture to 90 degree angle where the counter meets the counter on the front wall.

Knowing that, we don't have a ton of space to work with (you can see the old hole in the ceiling from where the contractor put it too close.) At this point we are just sticking with 1 center hole for the pendants, unfortunately not going to cross that bridge again since we ran into issues before.

Since it's exactly 40 inches with the cabinet open, we'd need something that takes up less than that, maybe 35" across total so it doesn't bump too close (I'm not good at this!) Definitely on a budget, just trying to find something that's modern but looks nice where the lighting blends well with the 3000k recessed lights behind it. And then we also need to get a single pendant over the sink that matches and a new light over the dining room table.

Is there a 3 pendant light that would hook to one whole that you know of that's in expensive and would work in this space? Otherwise we'd need 1 larger one that blends well.

Sorry for all the questions, like I said before I'm not good at this at all, but definitely appreciate any input or advice!

-Josh

question,,why didn't you scrape the ceiling while you were redoing the kitchen? to patch those holes, will you be able to match the popcorn patch?

I suppose if you found the right grouping of lights, it might work,,not ideal though

you can find a single canopy w/linear lights. I posted a few for you. the linear of 2-3 lights would look better than a circle of three. just search single canopy pendant w/multiple lights.

finding a single one to match over the sink will be easy enough. or just do a recessed light there.

something like this should miss the door

or do a larger type of pendant

Since the entire upstairs has popcorn ceiling and we were knocking down the wall as part of the remodel (and our house is in the time period where asbestos could be used in the popcorn spray), we just decided to keep the popcorn, even though we aren't fans of it. Especially with our young son in the house we just decided to leave it.

I'll definitely look for a single canopy with linear lights. I was under the impression anything we get would be too close to the open door of the cabinet but I'll definitely see if there's something that might work. We are trying to stay away from pendants that are best with Edison bulbs due to the other recessed lights in the kitchen being 3000k warm white, (i think the first one you sent looks best with them probably) but can definitely see if we can find something. Otherwise like you said maybe 1 big pendant would work too, just struggling to find something (not the best at picking this stuff out!)

The big thing we are trying to also figure out is the light over our kitchen table that I think we are going to be returning. Not sure I'm a fan of the exposed bulbs like the ones in the picture, wasn't trying to spend a ton (something under $250), but that looked nice and went with everything.

Would something like this work, or do you have a good recommendation for that by chance?

https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdp/darby-home-co-farrier-3-light-lantern-pendant-dbhc9898.html?piid=17694105

Really appreciate your help and recommendations!

-Josh

It could work. it's 16x17, I think. is that going to be the right size? check lowes too (online) . sometimes they have some decent buys. easier to do returns if you don't like them

For the dining room table the box for the light in the picture I sent is 20"x20", What are your thoughts on that? With the recessed lights in the kitchen we just couldn't find dimmable bulbs for it that we thought blended well unless you knew of some or think another fixture would work better. I think it's meant for Edison bulbs. The table the light is hanging over is 66"x38".

Or do you think the 16x17 light i sent (from the wayfair link) would be better, or too small?

Getting back to the pendants for a second, is there a certain color pendant shade or structure that would go well with the grey cabinets and countertops in the picture?

Thanks again, sorry for all the questions, but you've been very helpful!

-Josh

I have dimmable LED bulbs in my recessed lights. find something in the daylight temp range.

as for your table light, I wouldn't do any bigger than what you have, so the wayfair one should work.

go to an actual lighting store. they carry all sorts of bulbs. you don't have to do edisons. they have LED's with lower wattage and brighter light. I used those for my sconces and pendant light.

mine were the same way. but they make the edison style that aren't so yellow. I used them here w/my Edison sconces. the edison bulbs were way too yellow so I got these at a lighting store.

the pendant over you bar area,,,,just try and get something that coordinates w/the table light. they don't have to be exact.

So would something similar to these work and be much better? I guess I thought anything with multiple lights would be too large, but it's listed as only 22 inches long. I like the first one the better but i think it probably blends/clashes too much with the counter (shown in the other pictures), don't you think? White looks good I think too but might be too plain and might need to find a some brighter color to jazz it up.

those are a bit dated look, imo. see if you can find one w/two lights in the clear or seeded glass.

try here on Houzz, or Lamps plus,,,,and look at Lampsplusopenbox.com. some great deals on single items.

ah ok, that's good to know. Definitely don't want a dated look after spending all the money on a kitchen renovation.. Ill see if I can find something. Seems like having 1 canopy with 2 lights in that is difficult from what I've looked up, might be able to find 3 though. I'll look for clear glass and those whiter edison bulbs hopefully that will do the trick. I'll stay away from colors too. If the light we had was spread out like that, might have worked a lot better! Thanks again for your help, my wife and I really appreciate it!

Hey Beth, do you think something like this would work in the space for pendants or do you think it's too big for the space I had mentioned earlier?

https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdx/brayden-studio-burner-3-light-kitchen-island-pendant-brys7567.html

Edison style lights are pretty yellow, with everything else being around 3000k, do you think a regular white halogen bulb would work instead?

Another thought was something like this in that space to bring out some of the black in the granite picture earlier.

https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdx/brayden-studio-daniell-3-light-kitchen-island-pendant-byst8275.html

Do you have any thoughts on one over the other?

Also, for the dining room table we were talking last night about maybe a hanging drum like this?

https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdx/willa-arlo-interiors-gaetan-3-light-led-drum-chandelier-wrlo1657.html

If you can only do one pendant, you want to make sure you are going to get a lot of light with it We recommend you look into one similar to the one in the second picture.

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Why not just do 2 potlights above your peninsula. We have the same door issue and the 2 pots provide lots of light and are unobtrusive. i don't think the pendants add anything to your lovely kitchen. Add a fabulous rectangular chandelier over the dining table and let that be the wow you see from everywhere!

I agree with bgs990: two recessed lights over the peninsula on the circuit with the other kitchen lights or their own circuit. The guy with the hole saw needs to be detained as a potential menace to ceilings everywhere!

I just feel you need to bite the bullet and fix the mistake, i.e. thinking a pendant was the way to go. Sometimes you should let a mistake go. This is not one of those cases. We have popcorn ceilings and the spray popcorn fix actually works really well and easily. Please do the potlights. It will look better and solve both functional and visible issues. I like the second heavier rectangular chandelier Beth H posted way early on (style wise). But you can equally do blingy if your wife likes that. I don't think it should be too airy though. I feel it should have some visual weight. But first things first. You don't need to live with this mistake. The price of a new pendant light can be put toward fixing this. We all make mistakes in reno. Thats part of the process.

Maybe you can try to find a similar lighting fixture as the one on the dining table for the bar but in a longer extension. something like this