Hi Riverhouse - Thanks so much. My ceilings are 9 feet, and the pendant lights are adjustable if that helps. I have a marble story for you :) - first of all we love it. Nothing fully replicates the look of marble. All they synthetics looked gray and murky to us. That said we have had etching. You're not gonna get away with not getting that. It's that weird white marks you get from water - you can only see them in certain light. They do not bother me at all, my husband however was a different story. Now that being said after Christmas holiday (we had 3 big parties here at our house) we did have etching from the cutting of the Christmas ham. (long story) This was no ordinary etching - it was a big one. My husband actually got it completely out using steel wool VERY carefully and lightly. Since then we've bought a special compound from M3. We haven't yet had the need to use it but my husband did some research and felt it would be good to have in our arsenal for the next Christmas ham incident. stonecarecentral.com That's been our marble history so far. I have to say I'm not letting the 6 year old eat tomatoes up there or anything like that!

I'm so sorry to hear about all of the sink drama! I even did a little googling last night to see what I could find - there's a complete dearth of info out there regarding Shaw sinks and disposals! On the other hand - your space is coming along fantastically! I love it! The counters, the little barn light over the door, the fri*dge cab... I could go on and on. Woo!

These are entirely closed lights so there won't be light escaping anywhere but at bottom. How much wattage do the lights offer? I think you will need at least 75 Watt (incandescent) over sink and also in vicinity of range. The sink and range are offset, right? Will they look okay from a distance or do you need the sink one to be less distinctive? If not, I'd choose the larger one for the sink ... or an entirely different one that stands out against the blinds, perhaps in shiny metal or something in stainless or a warm brown that coordinates with that next room's decor. If you were to make the choice to use something different at sink, I'd use 3 matching ones over island. We have 3 matching pendants in one area--but we put in a sep switch for the two on outside and a separate one for the singleton at sink. Not sure if this is wise or not, but it does give me more flexibility because I can dim them up or down; I use the doubles more than the single or the full set because that's over two work areas, one is for baking and one is over dishwasher. Proviso: I reserve the right to find a new oddball light for the sink. Besides these triplets we have 2 more on peninsula so we have a total of 5 same-size smaller pendants in all so losing one at center won't bother me. O.T. Like the blinds! My favorite part of the room! If you made them I'm especially impressed. Snotty comment here: hope you enjoy dusting. That black would be always dusty in my kitchen. But...it's very distinctive and it gives you some dark notes against the whites.

Tamara....I know this thread is old, but your kitchen is simply stunning! Are your cabinets Chantilly Lace? I read you kitchen delays and had to smile. I've lost weight and sleep over my darn remodel. Who knew how stressful this would be? If you used Chantilly Lace did you paint your ceiling the same. I just ordered my paint yesterday and I'm freaking out that it might be too bright.....