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Please show me your 24" kitchen island pendants!!

4 years ago

I'm hoping seeing others' real life pictures will help give me an idea what to expect. I'm looking at the Darlana 24" pendant (20" high, pic below) for my 122"X65" island. New build so I can't do the balloon trick or anything. 24" seems so huge. We're doing electrical rough in now so I need to decide on 2 vs 3 pendants for to be wired.


Below is a rendering of the kitchen (imagine hood in center of windows and pretend I have countertops!) and a floor plan - although the floor plan is incorrect in showing 2 islands - we switched to 1. But that will give you an idea of the space and that the kitchen and great room are one large open space.


I would LOVE to see real life pictures if you have them. The only other size pendant I like is 18" - which seems too small to only do 2 pendants but too large to do 3 pendants.






Comments (17)

  • 4 years ago

    Hi. Just incase this helps….The glass part is close to 18”. And from the silver/ back part down is about 27”. These felt really enormous to me when they were installed.

  • 4 years ago

    24” sounds huge but i’ll let others weigh in since these aren’t too heavy. i think appearance matters as the 18” ones above look smaller than they are, and 2 larger definitely sounds less fussy than 3..


    my only comment woukd be too question whether you really want a large kitchen where soneone cooking and cleaning up are bumping butts. i would sbsolutely not want sink directly across from stove!

  • 4 years ago

    Cut out the shape in cardboard, id imagine there is some laying around the job site, use string and try that method. Here is my 2 cents, the two windows, and the hood are off center to the island, this maybe better with three pendants, because of the set up. Will be a better illusion if you will.

    Also if you go with clear glass keep in mind it will be more looks than actual working light on the surface, as the light will spread around the room and not be directed down.

  • 4 years ago

    also the drawing differs from the rendering, the rendering shows and off center island, the drawing show it centered on the two windows.

  • 4 years ago

    RL Relocation Pro - this helps me so much and confirms that 24” is too big. Thank you!!!!The island is actually centered on the windows - not sure why it’s off in the rendering but it will be centered.

    How do you mock up the pictures? I want to play around with 2 pendants below - Gracie dome pendants - seeing the picture helps tremendously!

    These are Width 19 and height 24.5

  • 4 years ago

    Is there a way to delete my own comment or edit the post to remove the picture? Sorry that pendant picture is so gigantic.

  • 4 years ago

    i just use the paint program on my computer.


  • 4 years ago

    If you look at the above with the post showing 18 inch and three of them I think that is a good scale, 2 at 24 would not be that bad, its a look and a popular one. but sometimes in a world of symmetrical space and odd number feels better.

  • 4 years ago

    What color are your counters going to be?

  • 4 years ago

    Counters will be white. Backsplash and cabinets white except for a gray on the island. Hood - TBD as carpenter will make that on site.

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    24" is more of a chandelier size. These lights are 14" x 16 "h


    It's an 8ft ceiling and the blue island is 100" long.

    Good luck!

  • 4 years ago

    Wow! That’s a lot of pendants over an island. At this point I think I’m trying to figure out what size pendant I would need if I only want 2 pendants on 123”. Love the blue island color!

  • 4 years ago

    Unless you have lots of ceiling lights that could leave dark areas… since the island is usually the center of activity.. good lighting of the entire surface is needed

  • 4 years ago

    That is a lot of pendants on a low ceiling wow!

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    It is a lot of lights. We were back and forth about it. My customer blew up balloons and hung them from the ceiling and decided she really liked the bold size. Behind the island is a 48"sub zero and a 60" pantry so she liked having the larger size.

    I really like how it turned out. It's bold and different. It's not for everyone though.

  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    customer satisfaction is job 1 lol!

  • 3 years ago

    What did you wind up going with?