Thank you for helping me, yet again. Truly appreciated.

I have never thought about a particular sink light I tend to make sure my kitchen is well lit everywhere I use sometimes 3 different levels of lighting on 3 switches but those are more for use when I am not actually cooking . For instance when I am ready to serve dinner the only lights on are the island .

@Patricia Colwell Consulting You read my mind...thinking about lighting when I am not cooking. I thought above the sink area. I have been looking at kitchen photos for inspiration and noticed the above the sink area. I did think about switching to pendant lights above our counter. Not sure how that would come off.

Can light centered over teh sink.

Three levels to think about are task for te work zones. The sink is a work zone. Two offset recessed 4" led cans can supply the 450 minimum lumens or 70 footcandles of task lighting. Two offset to eliminate shadows from your body and hands. The next level is ambient. Often recessed floods in the aisles. The third level is decorative. Sconces and pendants you place where you want them. All on dimmers.

@dan1888 We do have a light above the sink along with 6 cans - all on dimmers. We replaced the fuorescent light with the cans about a decade ago. Did not think about the shadows, but you are spot on about that. We do have shadows. Will see about moving them.. Might just leave the current light above the sink and put the sconces on the cabs as shown in one of the photos below for ambience. That's the word I was looking for...appreciate your knowledge.

@darbuka Appreciate the photo. @dan1888 also suggested two offset cans.

One recessed can over the sink and two sconces can get rid of the shadows fine if the sconces put out more than decorative lighting. Dimmers help to use the sconces as background ambient light.

@dan1888 Winner winner chicken dinner - that is what we are going to go with for lighting. Many thanks!

You can look at the bulbs you've already got in your 6" cans. If you have PAR38s, you could replace those with A19 17w led bulbs from Costco. Dimmable Feit 4 packs putting out 1600 lumens for $10/pack of 4 3000K. Those bulbs in the number of cans you have and you'll not need any additions. You will need dimmers.

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So IMO 6" cans are hugley dtaed and 3000K LED is yellow is that the look you want?

I would not do sconces on the sides of the cabinets. They look crammed into the space in the inspiration kitchen and will have the same effect in your kitchen.

Don't block your light with your body while you're standing at the sink please.

"So IMO 6" cans are hugley dtaed..."

It looks like she's already got 6" cans in the rest of the kitchen, IMO it would looks worse not to size match.

5" can over the sink @ 2700K. 4" GE halogen sp 10 beam 50w 120v over the counter and the other 6 are also 5"/2700K

I can see the sconces would make the space cramped. Thanks for pointing that out @chispa and @3onthetree

@Patricia Colwell Consulting - yellow is not the look I want. You always have great comments and point out things for me to think about.

@3onthetree - I think I really wanted the sonces, because I love a good sconce. hahaha I do want something decorative. Perhaps a wall mount downlight fixture and call it a day. I have bamboo roman shades on the way.

Pendants over the penisula would be distracting for me, personally. There are many pendants that are gorgeous, but too distracting for me. (shhhhh on that one, my husband would like to have them)

@3onthetree ...you are now a popluar person. ....and this is why I enjoy the Houzz community. Fun personalities

3000K IS NOT YELLOW! It is yellower in comparison to higher Kelvin bulbs.

If you already have 2700K bulbs, 3000K is going to be less yellow. If you don't know what color temp you want to switch to, buy some bulbs from a store you can return to and see what you like. You may love higher K bulbs or you may hate them -- you need to sample them.

ETA: I thought you had 6" based on pics, so I stand corrected.

I like a single recessed light over the kitchen sink with a Roman blind just under the ceiling as shown.

Sink light on a separate switch to illuminate just the sink.

overhead recessed lights are great as is.

I would hang pendants over the island countertop.

@porkchop_z5b_MI Luckily, it is on a separate switch and it's the light I turn on for the evening for that area. This is the only light not on a dimmer. All others are on a dimmer.

I found lots of color temperature charts on-line. Probably best for me to go over to the local Home Dept and see the light dispay that shows the differences. I walk buy it every time I go and have not paid much attention to it, but this time I will.

No, you should buy some bulbs to try in your own home.

I'll second the comment to buy bulbs to try at home.

All my recessed lights and other bulbs are 3500K as I find that a nice mid point between 2700K (yellow/warm) and 4000K (blue/cold). The 3500K are a bit harder to find, compared to 2700, 3000 or 4000.

@porkchop_z5b_MI and @chispa. You're right. It would look different in our home vs a store with fluorescent. I will grab a few and try it out. Thanks!