10 Kitchens With Stylish Pendant Lighting Ideas
See how pendants in various finishes, sizes and styles bring beauty and brightness to a kitchen island or peninsula
Placing pendants over a kitchen island or peninsula is an effective way to add task and ambient lighting. Plus, there’s a reason designers refer to lighting as the jewelry of a space. Pendants can introduce a stylish finish that complements or contrasts with the other finishes in a kitchen. They can also help fill negative space, attract attention and allow unobstructed sightlines to a kitchen feature or view. For inspiration, check out these 10 beautiful kitchens with brilliant pendant lights.
2. Wood and Black
This Boston kitchen with an efficient G-shaped layout by Helios Design Group and builder Kevin Cradock Builders features black aluminum-and-wood pendant lights over the peninsula. The sleek, Scandinavian-style lights complement wood cabinets and black hardware.
Pendant lights: Blend in black and wood grain, Access Lighting
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This Boston kitchen with an efficient G-shaped layout by Helios Design Group and builder Kevin Cradock Builders features black aluminum-and-wood pendant lights over the peninsula. The sleek, Scandinavian-style lights complement wood cabinets and black hardware.
Pendant lights: Blend in black and wood grain, Access Lighting
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3. Antique Gold
In this Michigan kitchen by Delight in Designs, pendant lights in an antique gold finish add a warm touch to the stained wood cabinets and Spanish-villa-inspired cement-look backsplash tile.
Pendant lights: Metal pendant light with antique gold finish in medium, Kalalou
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In this Michigan kitchen by Delight in Designs, pendant lights in an antique gold finish add a warm touch to the stained wood cabinets and Spanish-villa-inspired cement-look backsplash tile.
Pendant lights: Metal pendant light with antique gold finish in medium, Kalalou
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4. White With Brass Interior
This new-build, open-concept kitchen in Hinsdale, Illinois, by O’Brien Harris and J Jordan Homes includes pendant lights with a plaster white exterior and warm brass interior. The contemporary fixtures pop against the backdrop of grooved white oak cabinetry.
Pendant lights: Agnes in plaster white with gilded interior, Visual Comfort
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This new-build, open-concept kitchen in Hinsdale, Illinois, by O’Brien Harris and J Jordan Homes includes pendant lights with a plaster white exterior and warm brass interior. The contemporary fixtures pop against the backdrop of grooved white oak cabinetry.
Pendant lights: Agnes in plaster white with gilded interior, Visual Comfort
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5. Black With Brass Interior
Rochman Design-Build used the same pendants as in the previous kitchen for this Detroit project, but in a matte black exterior finish that complements other black details, including Absolute Black granite perimeter countertops. Crisp white cabinets help the black details stand out. The brass interiors join a wood island top and wood flooring to add warmth.
Pendant lights: Agnes in matte black with gilded interior, Visual Comfort
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Rochman Design-Build used the same pendants as in the previous kitchen for this Detroit project, but in a matte black exterior finish that complements other black details, including Absolute Black granite perimeter countertops. Crisp white cabinets help the black details stand out. The brass interiors join a wood island top and wood flooring to add warmth.
Pendant lights: Agnes in matte black with gilded interior, Visual Comfort
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6. Blown Glass
Large blown-glass pendants add elegance to this blue-and-wood Carlsbad, California, kitchen by Lori Ramsay Design. The size helps fill the void above the large island, while the glass keeps things from veering too visually heavy. A brass circle accent above the glass shades introduces a graphic element that nods to the oversize light fixture in the nearby dining room.
Pendant lights: Calix, Uttermost
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Large blown-glass pendants add elegance to this blue-and-wood Carlsbad, California, kitchen by Lori Ramsay Design. The size helps fill the void above the large island, while the glass keeps things from veering too visually heavy. A brass circle accent above the glass shades introduces a graphic element that nods to the oversize light fixture in the nearby dining room.
Pendant lights: Calix, Uttermost
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7. White and Brass
This coastal-style Massachusetts kitchen by Archia Homes features two pendant lights with matte white shades that complement white painted cabinetry (Decorator’s White by Benjamin Moore). Brass hardware coordinates with other brass details. The pendants hang over the blue painted island (Van Courtland Blue by Benjamin Moore) at the same height despite their drastically different lengths — one in the dropped ceiling and the other in the vaulted portion.
Pendant lights: Z-Studio 1-Light in matte white and Heritage Brass, Z-Lite
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This coastal-style Massachusetts kitchen by Archia Homes features two pendant lights with matte white shades that complement white painted cabinetry (Decorator’s White by Benjamin Moore). Brass hardware coordinates with other brass details. The pendants hang over the blue painted island (Van Courtland Blue by Benjamin Moore) at the same height despite their drastically different lengths — one in the dropped ceiling and the other in the vaulted portion.
Pendant lights: Z-Studio 1-Light in matte white and Heritage Brass, Z-Lite
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8. Brass and White Glass
For her own kitchen in Lakeway, Texas, designer Jessica Nelson of Etch Design Group suspended three large brass pendant lights with white glass shades over a spacious white oak island. The lights hang like glamorous earrings, adding adornment to the sophisticated palette that includes a Calacatta Monet marble backsplash, Negresco quartzite countertops and warm greige cabinets (Shiitake by Sherwin-Williams).
Pendant lights: Precision, Visual Comfort
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For her own kitchen in Lakeway, Texas, designer Jessica Nelson of Etch Design Group suspended three large brass pendant lights with white glass shades over a spacious white oak island. The lights hang like glamorous earrings, adding adornment to the sophisticated palette that includes a Calacatta Monet marble backsplash, Negresco quartzite countertops and warm greige cabinets (Shiitake by Sherwin-Williams).
Pendant lights: Precision, Visual Comfort
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9. Glass and Rubbed Brass
This spec home in Arcadia, Oklahoma, by designer Kirby Foster Hurd of Kirby Home Designs and builder MassaRossa Luxury Homes features two four-light pendants with glass shades and a rubbed brass finish. The pendants add a touch of shimmer and reflection to counterpoint the soft, muted tones of the limestone backsplash and white oak cabinets.
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Pendant lights: Prescott collection, Z-Lite
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This spec home in Arcadia, Oklahoma, by designer Kirby Foster Hurd of Kirby Home Designs and builder MassaRossa Luxury Homes features two four-light pendants with glass shades and a rubbed brass finish. The pendants add a touch of shimmer and reflection to counterpoint the soft, muted tones of the limestone backsplash and white oak cabinets.
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Pendant lights: Prescott collection, Z-Lite
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10. Antique Brass
This refreshed Austin, Texas, kitchen by Cameron Getter Design includes two statement-making pendants with conical shades in a hand-rubbed antique brass finish. The large size helps fill the space over the island and fits the scale of the room. A neutral backdrop of white painted cabinets (Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore), a neutral warm gray island base (Dorian Gray by Sherwin-Williams), marble-look quartz countertops and a white handmade zellige tile backsplash allow the bold brass finish to shine.
Pendant lights: Goodman in hand-rubbed antique brass, Visual Comfort
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This refreshed Austin, Texas, kitchen by Cameron Getter Design includes two statement-making pendants with conical shades in a hand-rubbed antique brass finish. The large size helps fill the space over the island and fits the scale of the room. A neutral backdrop of white painted cabinets (Chantilly Lace by Benjamin Moore), a neutral warm gray island base (Dorian Gray by Sherwin-Williams), marble-look quartz countertops and a white handmade zellige tile backsplash allow the bold brass finish to shine.
Pendant lights: Goodman in hand-rubbed antique brass, Visual Comfort
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A pair of large four-light metal pendants command attention in this airy white-and-wood California kitchen by Natalia Avalos Interiors. The statement light fixtures hang over a walnut island and feature an hourglass silhouette with hand-wrapped bleached rope and a patinaed brass finish. The pendants also allow for open sightlines, adding to the light and airy look of the space.
Pendant lights: Bianca, Capital Lighting Furniture
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