2 Or 3 Pendants Over Island
My island is 8ft or 96 inches long.
2 or 3 pendants over island. Then do a coordinating not matching light over sink. A large lanterm style would look great. It s all about the scale of your fixture so figure out if you like them oversized or smaller. It reminds me of the 90 s when kitchen islands were just starting to be a trend and we all put those little skinny min pendants above an island.
If you have a 5ft or 60 inch long island and ideal pendant would be no larger than a 15 inch diameter or square pendant. By lnc 2 66 00. I really wanted to use 3 lights but i m wondering if i should only use 2. Large islands can handle 2 large or 3 medium pendants that s pretty much what we ended up doing with ours.
Fwiw we used 2 small pendants over our island because 2 was technically enough for light needed and i was worried about cluttering up the ceiling too much. This is a perfect example of a 7 foot island with three pendants. You will get 3 as the maximum number of pendants allowed over your 6 foot long table or kitchen island. Shop this collection 13 305 99.
Our lights are nearly 12 inches in diameter round shaped generally hammered glass not quite see through. A basic rule of thumb is to use approximately 25 of the length of the island to find the right sized pendant. When your island has a turn or angle or if it is exceptionally long then three. The most common suggestions i ve seen for hanging two pendant lights is different from mine it s a recommendation to evenly divide the length of your kitchen island by three and hang the two pendants that far in from the end.
Small islands 4 to 5 feet long can handle 1 large or 2 medium pendants. I just think it would have looked more balanced. Two seem kind of lonely. But i really wish we d used 3 or one large one.
Kitchen island is long and narrow 86 inches by 27 inches. I searched for a 24 inch 2 ft diameter or square pendant. There are some occasions where three pendants seem appropriate. If you have a table that is 4 feet by 6 feet your allowable width would be 19 inches so you would divide 48 inches by 8 inches and divide that number by two.
By sea gull lighting. For the 6 foot 4 inch island you want to at least have and 11 minimum on two pendants or it can look like honey i shrank the pendants and will look almost disproportionate to the island itself. We were going with a recessed over the sink but could pu. I think it looks much better to do 2 medium to large sized pendants over island versus 3 dinky ones.
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