There is a difference between bare normal bulb and bare candelabra bulbs in my opinion. The first is usually encased though can be open if you buy particularly attractive ones, the second is meant to be open. They are shaped specifically to be open on chandeliers and what-not. I would agree with your DH in most cases, but if you use a candelabra bulb as per one of the photos I think it would be fine, and the 40W would likely keep them from being too blinding. Also, just to clarify an above point, you only need to upload to photobucket (or any photo hosting site, as photobucket is aweful in my opinion) if the image doesn't exist on the web. If it is on the web you should be able to right click on it, copy the path and then paste that path into an img tag. Just do (less_than)img src="http://image.com/path"(greater_than)

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Thanks for all of the input!!! It sounds like a pendant may not be in my future. I loved the idea of it but as I was looking at it more, I was worried that there might be too much going on there. I was having second thoughts and wanted to get opinions from all of you. Holly-Kay: we are planning on changing out the chandelier above the table to a bronze finish to tie in with the darker wood and fireplace things. But I see how a pendant above the sink might be too much. Snookums2: we removed the dark screens and it looks much better. I can't wait for everything to get started! I thought about tiling to the ceiling but wasn't sure since our cabs don't go to the ceiling. We are going to add a taller crown but nowhere near ceiling height. That may be the subject of another post. Nosoccermom: great idea about hanging a balloon. I don't have photoshop but maybe I could cut and paste something there and post again. Thanks for the suggestions!