more island lighting held needed!

14 years ago

I seem to have come across this island light problem... Thank you so much for all the help with the previous questions that I had.

So the Hundi light I had picked was too long (31" long!) and I am back to the drawing board.

Now, I am looking to do multi pendant for the island sized 52" x 36".

If I am doing traditional down light pendants (typical mushroom looking ones) will 5" D ones too small? I was thinking of two of them or if I were to have three, that will be too much for that small island? If I were to go with 11.25"D ones, will the island be too crowded to have two of them?

Thank you so much for the help!

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leela4
14 years ago
Is your island in yet? If so, is there any way you could mock up different choices-both sizes and number? I remember reading here how someone used paper plates (hung with strings) to mimic different sizes. We were big into the "let's do a mock-up!!" with different aspects of our design, and it really helped.
j-yk
Original Author
14 years ago
the island is not up yet but the electrician wanted to know how many pendants we will have by tomorrow...

I was going for one HUndi light but that fell through since it's too long. Here I thought I was done with the decision and now I am desperately looking to find something. Wanted to have something with more than one bulb brightness over all.

As I was browsing, I saw jillandmatt's pendant (great use of a foyer fixture!) and I LOVE it. It's 10.25" wide and 17" high (it looks like a rectangle but they only give one dimension for the width). If I use this, I probably should use only one since my island is only 52" x 36". jillandmatt's island was 72" x 36". Will it look too lonely?

I have included the link for the posting I found jillandmatt's picture. You have to scroll down a bit but here it is. Her kitchen is GORGEOUS, by the way.

Here is a link that might be useful: posting with jillandmatt's pendant
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Lake_Girl
14 years ago
j-yk - Is the Hundi light on a chain that can be adjusted? I feel for you. My island is 66" long and I've been looking at pendant lights for weeks. I've come to a stand still over this (which is not good). My husband is doing the job, so I can take years if I want, but it's frustrating when you can't get finished and move on. I love jillandmatt's lanterns too. I think if you google Stanton #4036 you'll find them. What height is your ceiling? I think jillandmatt's ceiling looks high, which might help get away with a larger fixture. The Stanton lantern is pretty tall, like 17in high. Please post if you find some pendant ideas, because I (and others) will certainly benefit!
j-yk
Original Author
14 years ago
Lake Girl, yes, the chain is adjustable but I think 31" measurement includes the distance where those three chains supporting the glass jar meet together. So it's the height of the glass together and the chain length that you absolutely need.

Sigh... too bad that I have to return it.

My ceiling seems to be 8". Last time I did the calculation I would want the bottom of the light fixture about 25 - 25" from the ceiling. So I thought that if the stanton was 17", I will have the chain + depth of whatever they have at the top to mount it to be about 8 to 10 ".

Now I think the fixture amy be square now I have been looking at it hard enough... Can't decide whether I should go with 2 if I go with this or one...