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Help with pendant lights

2 years ago

Suggestions for pendants over island to compliment below light purchased for kitchen table. https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdp/williston-forge-joseph-1-light-single-dome-pendant-w003007221.html
Island is7.5 x3. With msi pacific quartz. Have black hardware and actually venetian bronze faucet. Was thinking 3 glass or open bronze or black 13 or 14 inches pendants. Thoughts?

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TBL from CT

2 years ago

Agree w ital mover and love the pendant suggested. Perfect amount of metal to coordinate w the table fixture. Envisioning the caged styles, they really are very heavy and will dominate the space rather than accent the design.

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TBL from CT
2 years ago
Photos of the space and a dimensioned floor plant will get you suggestions. Ceiling height is important as well as how the space flows into other rooms
ljjolliffe
Original Author
2 years ago
So here is the draft lay out it will open into an are we use as our family room. Ceiling is standard 8'
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User
2 years ago
From what you describe sounds to me like I would do really simple modern black baton pendents, so as not to compete with your lovely light fixture, but then I don’t rely on pendants for food prep and cooking. Do you need these to be task lighting?

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TBL from CT
2 years ago
It looks like the island is illuminated solely by the pendants. Ital mover's black and amber choices seem to compliment the table fixture but it's had to know how well they will light the space. Agree, they need to be narrow for the 8' island, but I would carefully consider the length so they don't overly enclose the space. A clear or frosted shade would likely give more light. My personal taste is to avoid pendants due to cleaning as well as the spacial interruption. OK for really high ceilings but it's a personal design choice.
ljjolliffe
Original Author
2 years ago
So I noticed I missed typed the island is 8.5 x just over 3. Yes I will need down lights. I am more in the industrial farmhouse style. It was recommended to me that I go larger do I had been focusing on 12 and up....here are a few I was looking at. These are 12 to 14.
User
2 years ago
To me the 3rd is the nicest, but in general I think they are all a bit too heavy for the delicate finish of your pendant and the cages are too downscale. How about this?

https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdp/williston-forge-jocelynn-1-light-single-jar-pendant-w003071602.html
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ljjolliffe
Original Author
2 years ago
Here is how it ended up

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