I am going to agree you are on pendant overload. I would cap the two over the eating area, for now, get everything else installed and complete then decide if you really need 2 more pendants.

Do you have a picture of the floor plan? is your mockup reflective of where your eating bar is in comparison?

also are you really putting the three pendants and the range hood all in as shown?

haha! No range hood. I just used that pic for inspiration with the Neolith-type island and white cabinets. That's good advice to leave the eating bar pendants out for now. here is a drawing:

OK new question you are going to hang a pendant over your cook top?

seeing this begs me now to say NO penants over island and pendants only over eating area, 2 of the one you like problem solved.

profile drawing?

Too many pendants and an inefficient and troublesome kitchen layout. The island is a blockade.

Thank you, @ RL Relocation! I may just reverse this, however, as the eating bar is closest to my kitchen table (where the Bubble Lamp is hanging) - as per your initial suggestion. Curious why you asked about putting it above the cooktop (it's a downdraft - not a range hood - maybe I should have clarified)

@live_wire_oak - why do you mean when you say inefficient and troublesome layout?

I will have a prep sink on the island (not drawn), and pot drawers below. Fridge/oven/speed oven/wine all on one wall with lots of pantry. What am I missing? (keep in mind, it may not be how I would have originally designed it, but my amazing designer has worked with the original footprint - without hacking up our new ash floors - having GREATLY improved things (my fridge and oven were on opposite sides of the island previously, and little useable pantry space). In my opinion, she's made an okay layout really really great.

Here is the original kitchen:

ok time out before we all get our hands in the pot and confuse each other.

1. the island in the center will have both the cooktop and a prep sink... I think I see those in play now.

Here is the thing, the pendants you have now are easy to clean and provide fantastic down lighting. The pendants that are pretty are harder to keep clean and will not give you the same amount of light you are getting now because the light is traveling through smoked glass.

because the space in not so large with the island cutting the space in half I'd almost rather no pendants. but for sure hold off on the eat in pensula pendants for now. I think you need to wait til the new space starts to really take shape all the way around

Hi Alana, good to see you again! I was thinking the same as groveraxle (minus the “geez”, that is): why not keep the Tom Dixon lights? Or else, can I have them?

I see nothing wrong with the layout of your kitchen, it fits (the rest of) the house. Very exciting to get a brand new kitchen, btw. Yay!

I agree or just use the Nelsons in the smaller size hung at different levels

@ RL - very good points re: cleaning.

@groveraxle - goodness, I love your candor. Here's the thing. Those are knock-off Beat pendants and they're served me over the last 5 years but I'm ready for an update. They are also very low wattage so provide very little down lighting. I'm also SUPER fussy about finishes matching, and I'm doing chrome faucets and pulls. I don't like brushed + chrome look lol. I'm picky-picky.

We have vaulted 16+ foot ceilings and the space feels large at over 20 feet long (even though the island breaks up the middle), I really feel like we need pendants over the island to break up the space.

But I am definitely going to hold off on the pendants over the eating bar.

@Patricia Colwell Consulting - i love that look but probably for another room.

Thank you so much everyone!

@babophz - SO good to see you here too! I've been MIA on here until now... as we move forward into a full-scale reno! Bye-bye columns and beams with rounded cornerbead and arched windows! FINALLY!!! Thank you for chiming in! And again...those aren't legit Tom Dixon's. They're these: https://www.eurofase.com/product/10-round-pendant-20438-036/ I've loved them and they were super inexpensive! I can probably arrange to ship them overseas (; xx

What did you finally choose? I think that some bamboo pendants will look great here! Your interior looks a bit cold, but thanks to this kind of lighting https://thaihomeshop.com/, the atmosphere will definitely become more friendly and welcoming. I have also got this sort of pendants in the dining room, and every time I have dinner with my family, it feels like we're in an exotic place. Also, they are completely eco friendly, easy to install, and the bulbs are real energy savers. Therefore, if you haven't installed any pendants yet, take a look at bamboo suspension lamps. I recommend them will all my heart!