We do have two large paintings were putting on either side of the fireplace.

Wood panels painted your dark charcoal would simulate your inspiration photo but much less weight and better for acoustics too. Just make sure to paint wall the dark color first so spacing around wood panels is same color. Very interesting overall look. Sure would love great chandelier over coffee table!

Here is rough mock up of how I see your beautiful room coming together. Pardon me, but I had to tuck away various items to do the mock up. I like one large piece of art to right and on left, floating shelves to display nice whites. Repeating whites in accessories will balance out big dark wall. I put a “depiction” of a medium blue sofa with a modern white and wood sofa table. White and gold lamp on the sofa table will give you some ambient lighting. I put a large soft gold modern chandelier in the room. Put on a dimmer so you can set mood you want. Put large white fluffy throw over end of sofa to repeat white and add texture. Put a couple accessories on the floating shelves and sofa table. I tried to take out scaffolding and other distractions. Use you imagination!! Enjoy!

Here is chandelier. You could go to next size larger too but $$$.

I like the idea of using wood panel painted a dark color. Very cool room. Good luck.

Thanks everyone. We will stay with the black panels. We have a faux wood guy doing the beams and he said he would be able to mimic the photo, resulting in much less weight than tile or wood.

Flo, I love the decorating ideas! Would never have thought of a blue sofa. We have a dog and cat, so not sure about fur and dark fabrics. Our kitchen cabinetry has burnished gold pulls, so the gold accents you suggest are a great compliment.

FYI, here is the kitchen. Again, the cabinets are blacker than the first photo shows. More like the second one.

Flo, I don't think we would do the chandelier in the family room at this time, but we are in the need of 3 pendant lights over the kitchen counter, if you have any ideas.

Wow! Simply beautiful. Great news on carpenter. Do get the wall painted in the black or whatever color the panels will be so no white peeks through. I will look for pendant lights. I am thinking of one I love that could be great! Lighting is everything! I noticed the pretty one peeking out on left in one of your photos. Very nice. Beautiful home!! Bbl

Thanks! Those lights are Gemma from Fredrick Ramond. They have similar pendants, but we thought it would be too much sparkle, esp with the backsplash.

What do you think of this linear Black and Gold. It would repeat look of wall with TV. Here on Houzz $665 looked like best price. Or here are a couple others.

Thanks for the pendant ideas. I think we want something a bit more modern. What do you think of this? We would use three of them

I like combination of black or bronze and gold. My only concern is if you want down light these won’t provide much with one bulb. But it walks a nice line between modern and glam.

What kind of fireplace do you have? I'm concerned about the heat radiating out with the TV so close and the top part being proud of the fireplace with no mantle. Maybe that's all part of the final design. Or it's a low heat fireplace. Just wondering. When I did my remodel, I had a challenge to make all material 36" above fireplace, heat resistant. Maybe not the case with your fireplace. I wound up using cement panels. Quite inexpensive but definitely heavy. Hope the faux wood works out.

It should be pretty easy to install wood panels similar to what you see in your inspiration photo. Black would probably look good but would suggest you steer away from a metallic finish. Those tend to look odd. An ebonized wood panel system would be my vote.

Tozmo, our fireplace looks a lot like yours. I know we had to have heat resistant material under it for the hearth, but not above. Hubby knows the exact specs.
We have a TV installed just two feet above. The heat vent is about 9 or so feet above the fireplace, above the TV and just under the faux mantle/ledge. Passed code inspection…. I like your hearth. Is it concrete?

Good to hear, just didn't want you to go down the wrong path for materials. The hearth is a tile that looks like concrete. It's from Ergon Metal Style line. Not sure it's still offered in that color but they have a lot of others that look similar.

Flo, quick question for you. With a 12 foot ceiling, what is the best height for a pendant? That one I liked has a hang length if only 54.5 inches, which I believe will put it too high. Maybe they can sell me an extra down rod? I plan to contact them tomorrow to see about extra down rods. Thx

The bottom of that pendant should be 30-33” above countertop. Countertops at 36” high that’s 66-69”. 54.5 that totals 123”. 12’ ceiling is 144” so that leaves 21” in need of more rod or chain. For that height ceiling unique chain or cables that are adjustable work better. The style you selected has also been on the market for 6-7 years. So could get dated very quickly. I will look a bit mote tomorrow.

We are also thinking of something like this. Not this exact one, and with a burnished gold finish. What do you think of the clear glass idea? Keep it simple. Or is it boring.

Clear glass is a bear to keep looking sparkling clean. Edison style bulbs glow yellow which might not work well with your cabinet color. Pendants are challenging for sure.

There are a bazillion out there, but it is so hard to find the right one.

And this idea. Last one for tonight. Sorry to overload you.

Haha! I just found this one. I like the size and finish speaks to your hardware in kitchen. I like scale too because it has 72” of chain/wire which you need. I like the last one you posted. Need to see is dimensions and length of cord? Bbl

Here is rough mock up.

Here is one I found. Tomorrow, if you could take a photo standing in living room or far enough back that I can get whole front view of island and kitchen, I can do better mock up. Also post size (length and width) of your island. It’s important to get the scale right. The trend is toward 2 pendants and larger scale in modern kitchens especially with hoods behind island. They flank range hoods nicely and with your ceiling height (double check that because it looks like you dropped the ceiling in kitchen!) scale is important. The Norman is only 13” wide and 15” high so pretty small for your island size I think.

Last one. I think you need something that speaks to the largeness of the fireplace wall. These are awesome. Just 2.

Here is mood board to capture total look as much as possible.

Enjoy! Lighting is everything! Nite. I will check in tomorrow. 🧑🏻‍🎨😊

I’m not a pro, and a huge fan of @Flo Mangan, but my vote is the Norman pendant. Just the thought of cleaning some of the more complex ones makes me tired. They’re all beautiful but I do like the simplicity of the Norman with a hint of gold to complement your kitchen.
Your house is beautiful and your kitchen is a knockout. Love the color!

I will take a full frontal photo later today. It is a mess from our move right now and I need to get things cleared out.

Here are two photos of the kitchen. The kitchen ceiling is 12’ high, and the family room is 18’. The island is 10 ft wide. (Sorry about the mess, still unpacking boxes.)

I am not sure either a white or a pure black pendant would look right, but I do like the idea of some gold. Maybe a frosted glass? We have wired for three pendants - thought three would be good since we have the two pendants over the kitchen table.

I should also say we are not keeping those bar stools. I like this light but need more rods…

Ok great. I will try some tomorrow.

I ran across another possibility. The one I love is cost prohibitive but I found one that is similar for a lot less. The stools are sold as a pair so price is reasonable. I felt with your stone and wood detail coupled with your Gray cabinets a combo gray and gold detail pendant could be perfect. See what you think. If this is direction you like, I can gather more info.

I think the gray tones elevate the room and help it integrate with eating area (lighting) and the living room drama. There is gold detailing that coordinates well with your cabinet hardware too!! Something a bit different and that tells your story better I believe!

The one from Shades of Light is a possibility and there are some others. But time to call it a day!

Hope this gives you a new and interesting alternative?

I have a similar Hinkley pendant. The lighting store ordered additional rods to accommodate the ceiling height. I have two extras in a drawer if you need them. :-)

Here is mock up with the Hinkley. Not sure of size so not sure if scale over your island. tozmo hung theirs high and used just two so I have a feeling these are fairly large? Here are some stools to go with the Hinkley fixture.

Just looked up specs on the Somerset Hinkley pendant. Width: 15.5”; Height 23” comes with 2-12” stems and 1-6” stem. If counter is standard height at 36”, and we leave 37” above countertop to bottom of this fixture you need 4-12” rods to reach ceiling. I don’t think stacking that many rods will stay stable. You could call Hinkley direct and talk to them. They might do some custom rod lengths?

Hi @Flo Mangan The rods screw together, not stack. Below are pictures of the extra ones I have, male and female ends showing threads

Probably a good idea to call Hinkley to find out max recommended though.

One more thing, I thought about 3 but I have off center sky lights over the island so we could fit only 2. Although I think 3 would be overkill. They are pretty big.

Great info on the rods. If you choose these we need to make sure there is enough wire too. They didn’t note length of wire. Yes, I was thinking only 2 over this island too.

Thanks for all the great info. We are going to finish our move, get everything cleaned and in place and then revisit the lighting. I appreciate the help!

Smart. See ya later! We moved in early March and I am pretty close to being organized! Still have Christmas room to figure out and some further purging in garage. I feel your pain! Good luck! It’s going to be really gorgeous!