Do what interior designers often do. #1. Make a scaled elevation drawing of the wall showing all details. #2. Have someone hold the sconces up so you can see and mark the prefered locations. #3. Guess and then have contractors move them after the house is finished, making a mess and upsetting everyone. Good designers choose 1 or 2.

@lavender_lass, I should test this out. I'll stack books on one chair, have my tall husband sit there, and then sit across from him in a normal chair and see how it feels. (Maybe we can break out our best George Bailey/Mr. Potter impressions too - "Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!" "And a happy New Year to you - IN JAIL!") There isn't room to build the bench in front of the radiator, unfortunately. @laughablemoments, that's a great idea, and I was only trying to avoid it because I have no idea how to swap out a radiator. I'll look into it further to see how involved it is. Maybe it's not as complicated as I'm thinking. This room is quite cold in the winters because 1) it's over a crawlspace, 2) the large windows all around the room are in really bad shape, 3) this was an addition, and not a well-insulated one at that. We are considering running radiant floor heating in this room, and I plan to also replace the windows. Perhaps that will be enough to heat the room? Then we could lose the radiator altogether, or at least get a smaller one. @littlemonkey, this would be my only dining area and I think I'd go crazy eating at bar height all the time. I could build a sideboard over the radiator and have a very small (2-top, maybe?) table and chairs in the room. That might work, assuming I then find a space for a dining table in the next room. Many things to think about...

i have a pendant over the sink, and i prefer that type of lighting over a scone or recessed. it gives u more direct light over the sink which for me was the reason i picked a pendant. i feel with the other 2 options, you don't get the "down" light like u do with a pendant. would i get the same light, prob not., for the simple reason that i don't like "matchy-matchy" ...but if u like that line, then go for it.

I love the rug with the bench but the bench is not wide enough for the rug. Since you are trying to work with what you have, which I love, I would try folding the edges of the rug in so that it appears to be narrower. Maybe get a piece of MDF the size you want the rug to be and then wrap it around the mdf and staple it in place on the back. Add a hanger to the back of the mdf and hang it like a picture.