Ceiling fans have no place in a kitchen or dining space, where food is being prepped, cooked, or eaten. When the fan is on, the blades are sending collected dust and grime into the air, and all that settles down below. Yuck!

Get a pendant fixture for over the table.

Love the large cactus on the patio!

Respectfully, thank you for replying. It’s true, and fans cool food off. But in a hot summer the fan is essential to comfort. And roof is flat so ac ducts in soffits, can’t pump cooler air closer.

Can't really comment on just a fan, when there are so many components to a remodel.

Is everything in the kitchen staying in the same place and just updated?

Are the table and armoire staying? They both seem large for the space available.

Is that your only dining space or do you have a formal dining room too?

I also wouldn't want a fan in my kitchen or over the dining table.

If I really had to have a fan, then I would look for a "fandelier". The fan part is usually smaller, but they masquerade as a light fixture and look a bit better.

Your biggest issue is the quality of the light. I hope yo have the room to install recessed can lights and not those terrible 'wafer' lights. Your existing lights can probably jusr receive a replacement trim kit including LED light bulbs and that would go a long way to improving the appearance.

Lots of 90 degree corners in the kitchen. It's dying for a curve IMO. I would use a round table. Is the big armoire staying? If additional storage is required, 12" deep kitchen cabinets/pantry would be a better direction.

Chispa- thank you for your comments. I’d never known much about fandelier. Will check them out. This fan matches rest of house so I was just going with it.

Beverly- you are absolutely right quality of light is huge problem esp at night. The rectangle table is being replaced by round table. No high back chairs. The big cabinet is being replaced by cream colored coffee pantry, cabinet depth. Contractor is replacing cans with recessed LED that can be dimmed and color temp adjusted. I was wondering if the two left recessed lights could be directed to center of table. I can’t have table centered, it has to go left. I’m in and out all day long, need plenty of room to slider. My house is Santa Fe style flat roof. Mixing some mid century to freshen it up.

Everyone. I did not mention there will be a pendant over peninsula for food prepping. If I put a fandelier over table it would need to be matched over peninsula since kitchen smallish rectangle 11 x27. Not sure a fandelier best for prepping light.

I would not do pendants over the peninsula. Not enough space and too much visual clutter for me. Go with recessed lights over the prep space.

I would rethink the whole lighting plan and use 4" recessed cans.

If you don't want to patch holes, then just put a new layer of drywall and cut new holes to match the new lights. Old holes will just be covered by the new drywall.

Chispa-thank you. I’ll speak to contractor about the recessed. It may be I need a lighting specialist. The peninsula is 6x3 so I think it can handle a 12”? Pendant. Also, those upper cabs in back will be creamy white up to ceiling, so less distraction. Window treatments also lite. I’m trying to eliminate and simplify. At this point I wonder if I should put in two matching pendants, remove fan. I could put a fan in coffee pantry, open pocket doors, as it is at dinner when we need more air circulation. Thank you again for your input.

A recessed fixture consists of 2 parts, the recessed housing and the trim kit.

Don't complicate the little stuff. I don't see why the four lights can stay and they just move the electrical supply used for the fan to be centered over your table. Easy Peasy.

Thank you.

I would replace the ceiling fan with a pendant. You can get something like shown with an adjustable arm to centre the pendant above the table. For more of a selection in pendants/chandeliers, you can also get a rod that installs flat against the ceiling to hide the cord (usually in white to match the ceiling).

Thank you. Fortunately I can have the fan moved.
Thx everyone for your good ideas. Important to consider all the options before I sign a contract. 😳