Having the right spacing and height for your kitchen lighting is as important as the style of lighting that you choose.
Hanging kitchen pendants over island.
When we are selecting and hanging pendant lights over an island there are a couple of rules of thumb that we use to make sure the lights are sized spaced and hung appropriately.
However designers have a height range that they typically use when hanging pendant lights above a kitchen island and you can use their rule of thumb to get started.
For example if you are hanging three pendants over a 6 foot table you would install the first pendant at the three foot mark and then measure one and a half feet both directions down the center of the table to determine the installation location of the first one and a half foot mark from each end of the table.
One and a half foot mark and four and a half foot mark.
The glass shades and a little bit industrial finish create the special atmosphere.
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Work with a kitchen designer to determine the best lighting for you.
If lighting a larger island with three pendants hang one directly over the center of the island then space pendants about 30 apart but also remember that you want the outside of the pendant to be at least 6 from the edge of the island.
After all what s perfect for one person might obstruct another s line of sight across the kitchen.
This room s balanced because the three pendants over the island are on a single plane and the one pendant over the sink is on another plane all together.
Determining the height of pendants over an island comes down to your personal preference.
These kitchen pendants lights over the kitchen island are a fabulous set with a glam twist.
Pendants over the island are a great way to provide task lighting while serving as visual and design focal points in a room.
In this kitchen there are three pendants over the island and a fourth coordinating pendant over the sink.