This is the countertop

What does the rest of your house look like..colors, style..especially the adjoining room(s)

Very cluttered I know!

Your kitchen looks great..love the floor and the countertop.

Mellow earth tones. I like mellow (you'd never know it by my countertop haha). But I had some purple flowers a couple days ago and they were gorgeous with the gray but I'm hesitant doing that for a wall color.

Are there more pictures of the kitchen..where do you want pendants? What walls to color?

Sorry - Traditional style id say

Pendants above sink. I have an ugly bar light there now. The side door and window hopefully provide enough light

Ignore the kid stealing cookies :)

Btw, the red was from a realtor suggestion when we considered selling at one point.

I would suggest just one pendant above the sink..but it could be a larger one..it may have several lights. Are there other lights in the kitchen..say an eating area?

Above the sink I would choose something like the link I am attaching. It is more interesting than most simple, often too small pendants. I am also including a link to the companion 5 light for over your table. These are from Lowe's.
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=261869-2120-34350&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=1075239&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=261869-2120-34350&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=1075239&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

What about painting the kitchen the reddish color on your above picture?

:( the links don't work

This is the 5 light one http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=261857-2120-34348&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=1239433&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=rel&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

Did you click on them?

If I hadn't been living with the red for so long i would but I think I need a
change.

The link brigs me to the main lowes page

Sorry..go to the Lowe's home page in the ?? area, type in 261857 and then 26169 separately. You should be able to see them then

Maybe for paint a soft gray green or gray blue. I will look for some sample colors to give you an idea.

Go to the Benjamin Moore Paint web site and type in these 2 colors one is in the blue family and the other is in the green family.

"Windy Sky" and "Jack in the beanstalk"

That would be very much appreciated!