The kitchen, which was once an area more commonly kept separate from the rest of the house, is now thought of as a hub for socializing. Many homes are built with the kitchen over looking either the dining room or living area, making them highly visible spaces in the home.
While this shift has been a gradual one over the course of time, the idea of how to decorate the kitchen has also changed. The trend has been towards designing the look of the room much in the same way that other rooms are styled and pendants are a popular look. Here are 10 pendant options that include many trending styles: bold color or black, glass or metal, industrial or modern.
TOP ROW
1 Bolig Magazine
2 Hanging Lamp, Price upon request from Inga Sempé
3 Buffer Lamp, $350.00 from Lekker Home
4 Enamel Pendant Light , $149.00 from Old Faithful Shop
5 Finn Chandelier, $129.99 from West Elm
MIDDLE ROW
6 Bluff City Light, $750.00 from Roll & Hill
7 Unfold Pendant Lamp, $198.00 from Muuto & Form Us With Love
8 Ivanhoe Union Warehouse Porcelain Pendant, $159.00 from Barn Light Electric
9 Tomato Pendant Lamp, $81.00 from Superliving
BOTTOM ROW
10 Lavoisier Pendant Lamp, $168.00 from Anthropologie
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I love this idea, but I'm wary of putting in a pendant that won't give off enough light. How many watts do you think is ideal to provide enough overhead light to compensate for lack of under cabinet lighting? So far, all I've had is terrible fluorescent light so I have no idea how bright I need a pendant to get to compensate.
PI, if you only have one fixture in your kitchen, you may want to stick to the surface mounted fixture. A pendant (depending on how low it is hung) might not illuminate the inside of your upper cabinets. Ideally, I would keep the surface mounted fixture and add pendants over the bar so that I have multiple light sources which illuminate everything I need while creating a dynamic space with light.
I like this idea better than chandliers in the kitchen but PI brings out a good point about not giving off enough light.
My neighbor just recently redid her kitchen ( incredibly beautiful) . And put up a pendant light. Although it looks very cool and pretty, in my opinion it is not very practical as it does not provide sufficient light. The max watt is 60
Can you post the link for lamp #8? Second row, in the middle, sort of seafoam green lamp? The link goes to rubber magnets?? Apologies if I'm totally missing something obvious... Thanks!
We are redoing our kitchen and considered it too (I blogged about it: http://www.lifeonchurchill.com/2012/04/kitchen-lighting-ideas.html ) the thing is, you have to consider ceiling height. We have 8 foot ceilings and no island so pendants were a no go. We ended up with flush mount lights from restoration hardware
It says ten lamps, there are 11 pictures, and it lists links to nine lamps and one set of magnets? This post needs some work.
@PI: Based on my experience, 150W is probably ideal. I have two pendant lights in my kitchen, both pretty ugly brown things that I'd like to replace. The one over the sink is a primary source of light with a 150W bulb. Most pendant lights out there today seem to be 60W. Some may go to 100W, but they are few and far between. This $70 150W warehouse light is probably the one I'm going with: http://www.amazon.com/Sea-Gull-Lighting-6519-21-One-Light/dp/B000NK30CW/?ref=pd_sim_sbs_hi_3
The first photo shows the Glo ball lights from Flos. They put off an amazing filtered light that is very bright--perfect on a dimmer.