I would definitely put a couple of pendants over you island (or maybe a linear pendant with 2-3 bulbs) then do recessed/can lights in the main kitchen area. I don’t think pendants alone are enough to light your kitchen. If your budget allows, I would swap out the dining light to match the pendants (or buy pendants that match it)

• What is the dark blue doing in your kitchen? Change that
• Get a drum shade pendant for the general lighting in the kitchen that can successfully hang from your pitched ceiling.
• Select some complementary pendants for over the counter & something to work over the table.

Couple of thoughts.

It depends on your budget.

Ideally you want to install recessed lighting and still install pendants on the island.

You can also move the island closer to the kitchen and then you can remove the higher wall and just have the island be at one level and add seating.

Based on the space, it seems you can. I will not know until you do measurements etc.

You also have to think about having to patch the ceiling after all is set and done.

I would get estimates with the electrician and a contractor your friends can recomend to see if it is within budget.

Otherwise just change the bubble light with a light that will not give you the yellow.

I am not sure about pendants either.

hello,

I would not do pendants over your island for a couple of reasons, but mainly because it looks like a pony wall from the backside, and it really isn't that large, might just be too much.

instead I would stick to recessed lighting provided there is room for cans in your ceiling, otherwise, I would do what is called pancake boxes and do LED fixtures that give the appearance of recessed light. You could get the pendants you want by doing a group of three staggered over your breakfast table.

the best thing you could do is spend the money and get recessed lighting. the lights themselves are cheap (you can buy a 6 pack LED 6" cans at Costco for next to nothing). Paying the electrician to wire them up is what will cost you. Totally worth it though.

a cheaper option is remove the florescent light and do a type of track lighting. many diff styles

I can't tell exactly on my phone screen but if your ceiling is sloped, you'll need gimbal, recessed lights so they shine straight down and not in the direction of the ceiling angle.