post a picture of the pendants, my real 2cents, you dont need pendants here and if you use it more as a "work space" I would put two, recessed lights there or the Faux recessed LED version.

I agree to using recessed lights as it provides more coverage area.

I changed my mind on the original pendants. Same issue to an extent though, this one is 10” at the bottom and 9“ to the cord with a single light. I wanted to do recessed but there’s framing interfering. My budget really can’t redo the ceiling, and I’m in a condo with the master bathroom above the kitchen. Also, I’m in California which has a bearing in bulb availability.

Are the faux recessed those flat ones? I was concerned about glare, but you think they’d be better than pendants? Long story that I won’t go into, but those are what’s now in the recessed part of the ceiling. The originals there were recessed LEDs that began to fail one after the other. Thanks for helping me out.