I highly recommend LED bulbs; we have about 100 3.6W MR16-style LED bulbs in our house in 3" mini-can housings, all at about 4500K (neither warm nor cool white). Each gives about as much light as a 35-40W halogen bulb. Our 19 x 21' kitchen has 15 for general lighting, plus the following task lighting: 4 over our 13' counter with main sink; 8 over our 5 x 9' main island; and 4 over our 3'3" x 9' small island. The 72" wide range hood came with ten 40W PAR20 bulbs but light a 9' wide area including range and landings; we'll be replacing the 40W bulbs with 5W dimmable LED bulbs. This is a good amount of light, not too much, not too little. Well, in the range hood area 50W of LED bulbs (equivalent to about 500W of halogen lights) is actually too much light but it's dimmable, not that my wife will use any setting but MAX. (There are also 10W LED bulbs available, but my wife has no self control when it comes to light and WILL burn out her retinas if I let her.) The standard medium base "Edison" bulb is not a form factor well suited to LEDs because while filaments (tungsten, halogen) are point sources and radiate in all directions, LEDs are VERY directional and have limited dispersion (15-60 degrees). Most LED medium base bulbs have more LEDs pointing outward with very few pointing up, some nearly exclusively point upward (downward in a pendant application). The distribution and "point" of the individual LEDs will affect whether the ambience (outward glow) or the task function (downward lumens) will work. Most pendant shades do have an inner white lining to even out the light distribution, and that will improve your downward light output for task lighting. LED color is tricky as well, as many are very cool white and won't give you that warm glow you expect from the pendant shade. A warm white (3000-3500K) bulb will give you the best ambience, whereas a pure white (4000-4500K) will give you the best task lighting. Another caution: pendants spaced too far apart look odd, but too close looks worse. I would recommend a spacing of about every 2-3'. Also, there should be ideally 3, or 4 max. Slimmer/smaller ones can be spaced a little closer and you can have more of them and still look fine. There are metallic shades (if modern works for your kitchen) that will give you a lot more task lighting. Here is a link that might be useful: [Houzz Pendant Light Ideabook[(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/kitchen-islands-pendant-lights-done-right-stsetivw-vs~158689)

If you have a fixture rated for 75 W and want more light output from it, you can always put in a CFL or LED lamp. They put out a lot more light than incandescents for the same watts, so you should be able to get plenty of light even from lower rated fixtures. That said, I think two 75 W lamps over the island is more than enough, probably too much. A poster recently complained about having a spotlight effect on her peninsula from two 100-watters, and I suggested she take them down to 40s. Depending on the distance from the work surface and how the fixture directs the light, 100 W could really be overwhelming. Cat_mom, I've always loved your kitchen (one of my favorite backsplashes ever), but I don't think I had ever seen a wide shot with the ceiling fan. It is pretty awesome, and I think I'm going to bookmark the manufacturer for use in a future "Design Around This."

I too have spent an enormous amount of time looking at lighting and it feels like I’ve just reached a whole new level of adulting 😆. I love your Kichler light and it pairs so nicely with the dining room fixture! After your first comment on this thread I looked into getting that Kichler light for our kitchen but the brass one only comes with clear glass. Bummer! Anyways, I’m so thankful for both of your help! After spending so much time trying to figure it out on my own I was starting to forget what kind of lighting I was wanting in the first place 😅. I think the Hinkley one will be perfect for our kitchen!

Hi! Sorry I missed seeing this earlier. I think along with the ABB club (all but the backsplash) maybe we need to start the ABP (all but the pendants)! Would you mind sharing a photo of the keeping room? I think it would help to see more of the adjoining space that has more of the gold accents. I am a big fan of mixing metals too. I can tell you definitely want them to have the gold finish, or possibly a mix of gold, with black and/or white. Hey, at least you are narrowing it down! Haha! Of the ones you posted above, I think #1 or 4 might work since they are mostly glass and the gold part is subtle. Between those two, I like the shape of the pottery barn one better. I have sensitive eyes, so I personally couldn’t handle the exposed bulbs. Also, I am super lazy and the glass will need more cleaning. They are very pretty though! #2 and 4 just don’t feel like they fit your kitchen’s style. Although, I do like how 4 has a mix of the gold, black, and white glass. 5 is just so-so for me. Here is a mock up of the pottery barn pendant. Of course it would look more see through in real life. Again, sorry if the scale is way off! I tried this one because it was similar to #4 being a mix of the gold, black, and white, but I think the style works better. I thought I would try this one since it has the gold you like. I like this style and am always drawn to this one. This is similar, but in black. I really loved the wavy glass on this one. Well I sure hope I didn’t just confuse you even more. 😬