I forgot to add, I will be removing the cabinet that hangs from the ceiling.

I like the ones that you have now. I also like the glass cabinets. If you remove them, will you leave the bulkhead?

What is your overall objective? More light? More openness? Need a better understanding of your goals. Are you open to putting a different table in the breakfast area. Seems that the room calls for a round or hexagon table with the ceiling design? You can still do a more modern fixture, but you can't just change the fixture and not deal with the table issue? The dining room needs a rectangular fixture and then each one should be hung so they are approximately 30" above the table top not as high as these are currently. Let us know what you are thinking more and we an help more.

I plan to remove the bulkhead that comes i to the room. the cabinets there actually had solid doors on the kitchen side. I removed them for light to pass through.

I had a round table in the nook but it was too small for any crafting we did. a larger round table seemed to extend too far towards the desk. which has to stay.

I just don't like the light fixtures currently, and if I remove the hanging cabinet, shouldn't the two chandeliers coordinate somehow? I guess the round one isn't bad. but I hate lights with candle looking bulbs.

I'm fine with changing the table btw. just need the right size I guess

thanks Flo!

How about this for the dining room and a complimentary one for the breakfast area. I'll check for a companion. Golds are trending strong right now. How do you feel about this one?

Something like this for your breakfast area. Notice the shapes are similar, they use the gold tones and both have good light.

You might need cleaner light for breakfast area than the Shayk. It throws off great shadows but that might not be best if you are doing crafts in this area? I'll keep looking.

i love those! would they look ok with all the stainless steel and Nickel hardware?
I considered brushed brass hardware but i have nickel fixtures and door handles throughout the house.

Yes, you can mix metals. What you can do is use accessories to blend the looks. ZGallerie does a great job of showcasing golds and silvers. You can get some ideas from that. But, you have to be happy first and foremost. I will post a dining room using that fixture to help you visualize it in a dining room. Bbl

I like the idea of a Sputnik for the dining area but play close attention to scale! Your space is large so you don't want this chandelier to feel dwarfed. Good luck!

Here it is in a dark blue and gold dining room. Notice the gold ceiling!

What is the size of your dining room. It didn't look that large? What is the dimensions of your dining room table?

Flo, the dining room is about 15-16 feet buffet wall to wallpapered wall you see in pic, and 10-11 feet wide (windows to kitchen peninsula).

The table going into there is 4ft wide and 6.5 ft long. (It has an extention that pulls out for holidays with my huge family. )

How could i tie in the gold color? that wallpaper wall will be lavender like the rest of the kitchen. I could do a pale gold stencil on it maybe... like a diamond pattern. even randomly change the diamonds between gold, silver, bronze...which is similar to the decor on the other side of the kitchen in the nook. ?

So, you are saying the wallpapered wall will be lavender. Are those drapes dark gray or dark blue? Assume they are staying? In that case, you probably need to stick to a champagne finish on your metals or chrome. Because lavender is a cool color and gold is warm.

Champagne walks the line in

between, something like this finish. It has some glitz and would work with your table, and the lavender.

Your ceiling in the dining room looks about 8'?? So the chandelier above would work size wise. Need about 24 x 24 high.

That table is tight in your dining room. Any chance that could work in your breakfast area and the glass one go to the dining area? That might work better in both spaces? Just wondering?

The starburst chandelier might work well in your space. Here is a design we recently used one in:

For the high i will go with a nice pendant this is just an idea you can Ohrlighting for more options of color to match your space

I think these can be for the kitchen

thank you for the ideas everyone! i like all of them actually. now i need to decide.
FLO,
yes it will be lavender and the drapes are charcoal. the champagne is a great color idea. and the table will be a little tight. only 3 ft to spare on the shorter sides. unfortunately i have a large family and we got stuck with a small dining space. one day, when i can afford to, i would adjust the cabinet layout to allow for easier dining. because of the tight fit though, im going to put a bench on one side that can tuck in completely when not in use. maybe ill do two benches...

once the room is complete, ill post a picture

Benches can help, but they are bears to get in an out of and adjust to everyone's reach, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. It is a very interesting home and I'm sure you will get just the right pieces. You have some good ideas to go forth with. Tip: Measure height of ceiling in dining room before ordering or buying chandelier. Make sure you will have enough chain and wire to drop from ceiling to 30" above table. The bottom of chandelier should be around 30" from table top surface. Post type chandeliers don't work well for this type application, so just watch that.

awesome, thanks!

in case anyone sees this again, the kitchen and dining room are done! What do you think? I had a hard time choosing the pendants. why does lighting cause me so much stress?

Looking good. Love the chandeliers. The pendants, meh, not so much. But Main thing is you love it! Everything looks really good. You can breath again! Enjoy!