How high are the ceilings?

Lights on the fan will make it possible to move around in the space at night, but they're not going to light the counter work surfaces Recessed cans over the counters are a common solution. Other possibilities include indirect lighting mounted over the cabinets (if the ceiligs are high enough) and various sorts of undercabinet fixtures to help with task lighting. A couple of pendants over the peninsula could be nice. There are a lot of ways to approach it. What, besides the fans, are your thoughts and preferences?

9' ceiling

We are leaning toward cans over the counters. Probably eight - four in the corners, and four in the middle of each wall. I copied the original drawing and added them.

http://people.clemson.edu/~tom/house/kitchen2.jpg

Having said that, we are very open to any suggestions.
Thanks

Here is a link that might be useful:

I'd center some lights over the peninsula - no reason to keep them on the edge there. Assuming you'll have some sort of range hood over that cooktop, it's a bad idea to have a light right in that corner, because it will just give you a brilliantly lit hood and a shadowy cooktop. For the counters i would be inclined to use 50 watt, 40-degree PAR floods, spacing them about 3' apart (maybe four feet apart over the peninsula). You could start with this:

I can't figure out what the big M on the right side indicates, so I'm not sure what to do over there. Anyhow, I think you'll be happy to have the fan lights in this room. If you were to use only 50w bulbs in the cans, you'd need about a dozen to light the whole space.

Will you have upper cabs? Also, you might consider a dedicated sink light on a seperate switch, for those quiet evenings when you're not doing surgery in the kitchen.

Thank you!!

We will have a range hood, so I think you are right about the light in that corner.

The big M is for Microwave. We will have a base cabinet there. Over it will be an open "cubby" where the microwave will live.

There will be upper cabinets on the back wall (with the sink, etc), and the microwave "cabinet". We have not yet decided about the space between the refridgerator and wall oven.

I never said it, but we do have a small florescent over the sink on a separate switch.

Okay, I changed that pic in my last post to show a couple of lights by the microwave. You may have to refresh your browser to see them. Off the top of my head, that's how I'd do it. That should give you nice, bright light on the counters. Most of the time you shouldn't need the lights on the fan, but they'll be there to really fill the room with light when you want them. BTW, I'm assuming 50W PAR30 floods in 5" or 6" cans. You can put a 50W PAR20 flood in a 4" can, but the smaller bulbs aren't as bright even though they're the same wattage. 4" cans aren't much good with 9' ceilings.

Thanks!
I really like it...and I really appreciate your help!
By the way, we have 6" cans. 50W PAR30s sound perfect.