Look for a fixture style called "semi-flush", which is taller than a standard flushmount and usually somewhat dressier-looking, but shorter than a conventional chandelier or pendant. You don't say what style you're looking for, so it's virtually impossible to recommend something specific, but there's a wide range of styles out there from dripping-crystals to ultramodern. Rejuvenation.com and schoolhouseelectric.com both have a bunch of pretty semi-flush fixtures with groupings of small pendants on a single mounting so that you can avoid accentuating that popcorn the way you would with an uplight version - at Schoolhouse they're listed under "pan chandeliers".