I really love your 3rd option with the 2 lanterns. I wouldn't worry about it looking stark in there and having a big contrast with the black. It may look that way now, but you don't have any furniture in there yet or accessories. Take a few cues from the photos below. Make sure to implement more warm wood tones or natural fibers such as wood or seagrass stools and a tray or basket on the island. Faux or real greenery, wood cutting boards leaning against the backsplash, a vase filled with your wooden spoons. These small details will really warm the room up! Congrats!

Yes, I was looking for something similar, but I had trouble finding one that a) can hang on a sloped ceiling AND b) could hang from a 15' ceiling. I figured I need one that can hang at least 78" to reach counter height, figuring 36" for the island and 36" above the island (subtracted from about 150" of the ceiling, since it won't be at the 15' peak). I found one, from Wayfair "Ariel" Dome Pendant light that may work, but my husband hates it, plus it's metal and he wanted glass... argh. And do I need 1 or 2? Another constraint is that some lights don't ship to my zip code in CA because they don't meet the energy standards... My husband also thought that pully-lights had a lot of strings (he called it the 3 string S shape) and it looked too busy... but I liked it! K

Hi, for your 63" kitchen Island you could use a 5 small pendants chandelier. Each handblown glass pendant is 4" and combines clear glass and frost that will good well with your milk glass globe chandelier. Here is a quick mockup. We can help you with what you need as we offer complimentary design services. Also check out some other projects we have done. Let us know if we can help. sale@galileelighting.com

My ceilings are just under 8' and I have a tall husband worried about bumping his head on pendants lol. Our island is 9' long but only 40" wide. We went with clear pendants so visually they weren't intrusive. Played around with how far off the island and found a height that worked for us (my husband). We originally tried the smaller 6" but in the end got the 10" version of these from PB: https://www.potterybarn.com/products/pb-textured-glass-pendant-hood/?catalogId=84&sku=3564536&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Lighting%20%3E%20Pendants&region_id=658780&cm_ite=3564536&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6t6ABhDMARIsAONIYyyT9EKIF7j5Z49P7maicy8XKMtK8CfyevVz58yNd1zpFvaXAbpyPc0aAjk3EALw_wcB