I like the large, but then I like a little bling. They are both beautiful and will be the perfect complement to your pendants whichever one you pic.

Large :)

Large - balances the width and length of the window treatments. The medium looks skimpy.

another for large. everything is looking great.

Large! Looks great.

It's unanimous: large.

So, will another vote for large make him feel like he's being ganged up on by people he's never met? I hope not because it's large for me too.

GoldDust

I have some of their rods and finials sitting in the corner of the family room...I guess I should open the boxes at least and see about the size of the finials. I don't like the med with the rods at all (which is a vote for the large by the way). I hope mine aren't that small :o(

You'd think it's unanimous. DH is still adamant that the medium looks better. He said the larger looks better in the photos, but in person the medium, with the curtains on, looks better in scale. He said the large looks overpowering.

ARGH.

Igloo, you should definitely have a look at them. It's strange as even the photo on their website looks like the large finial with the medium rod. Don't you think?

No question, large.

Hello,

This is Redroze's husband. I know in the pictures the large looks better. Also without the curtains the large looks better.

But what is not evident in the photos is we have an 8ft ceiling plus the bulk-head. Notice that in the Restoration HW photo the ceiling is extra high with vertical lines which trick the eye to increase height.

When I was putting this up with the Drapery guys we were all for the larger ones (we were 3 guys after all) but when we hung the curtains all of kinda went huh? it looks better with the medium. It brought the height of the ceiling down.

So Redroze and I agree to wait for the curtains to come back before finally deciding.

P.S. Being a scientific data type of guy I will point out that I am *generally* correct with the technical details and scale... please see these posts,

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg1119461412498.html (I wanted to leave the backsplash as is) and the result, http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg1112210628987.html

There are more examples but Redroze is making fun of me now :) and laughing so I better stop. She's making Star Trek references lol.

Here are the links as real links,

Backsplash Keep or Leave

Backsplash Decision

Hiding Computer in pantry - at first Redroze thought I was crazy and then upset with me taking up so much pantry space lol but right now we still have empty cabinets

To be fair I have also been wrong lots too, especially around finishes and colours. Even I laugh at some of my past choices.

I'm not wishing to be contrarian but I really do like the smaller finial better. (Even before Tinman posted.) Not sure that I even like the crystal finial as much as I would like a metal one to match the rod.

As far as the finial looking lgr in real life--probably because the finials are glass? is why they don't seem to read as big in photos?

Hello redroze, this is my first post. I've been "lurking" for a few weeks now as we're at the initial stages of our first kitchen reno. I LOVE YOUR KITCHEN. This is the look that I'm going for. In a prior post you indicated the colour was BM Natural Cream -- I'm assuming this is the colour of your cabinets -- what is your wall colour? It looks stunning! Glad to "meet" a fellow Canadian. P.S. My vote is for the larger finial.

I'll place a minority vote for the medium. I normally like big out-of-scale things (witness my cabinet door handles), but I do think the medium ones work better.

It's not a very strong vote though. The large ones would be fine too. Really, you'll put up whichever ones you like, ooh and ah for the first couple of days, and then never notice them again. Too many other gorgeous elements in your kitchen to look at! ;-)

What bothers me about the large one is that it looks to be crowded up against the bulkhead. I even think it looks crowded in the RH pic.

Interesting thoughts...and a few votes for the medium. Now that I've had a chance to sleep on it I realize, what's the damage in just waiting until the curtains come in?? I tend to be a little too "this is the right way, my instincts are spot on" towards my DH (aka Tin-Man) but realize I have been "wrong" about a couple of things.

I'll post pics when our curtains are in.

Cilantro - You're right, the balls feel more substantial in real life as they absorb and reflect light. We were drawn to these as they felt LESS substantial than metal balls, because we didn't want to highlight the fact that they're under bulkheads, on 8 foot ceilings to boot, as DH mentioned above.

Charlikin - Good to know! I'll keep an open mind when the drapes are installed.

Amysrq - Yes, DH thinks it looks crowded as well. I think since they are glass, they don't feel too crowded but if they were metal I'd probably feel differently. Again, I'll keep an open mind, thanks!!

Leanne - Hello fellow Canadian! Thank you. The walls are Natural Cream, the cabinets are Chantilly Lace (a crisp white with a bit of warmth). Good luck with your renovating adventure. I'll be posting finished kitchen photos/lessons learned in about a month or two. We're just waiting for our furniture to arrive and need a few touch ups here and there. We're almost done, can't wait!!

So size matters?

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