If you are in New Zealand, I have often found great lights (and a big range) at Lighting Plus. When I was putting my house on the market I put three of these: http://www.lightingplus.co.nz/lighting/pendants/contemporary/jaga-bcopal-1light-pendant.html over my kitchen benchtop, and they looked just gorgeous. So gorgeous in fact, that I have already bought three new ones in advance for when I upgrade the kitchen lighting in my new house. They also have these : http://www.lightingplus.co.nz/lighting/pendants/contemporary/hudson25-whitegold-1lt-pendant.html or these: http://www.lightingplus.co.nz/lighting/pendants/contemporary/trumpet35-pendant-blackgold.html  if you like the look of the internal gold under the shade. There are also others similar. I have also found some great lights at : http://www.edenlighting.co.nz/collections/pendant-lights . All of these are very affordable. However if you want to go really high end, and you like NZ timber lights, you can't go past : https://www.davidtrubridge.com/collection/lighting/  Just my 2c. Enjoy.

Linda, I think that these products are all American faucets and are rarely used in Australia. This means that most Australian plumbers would probably never have installed one, and there wouldn't be many in use in Australian homes, so user feedback will be limited. I would be very cautious about installing such an exotic faucet in Australia if reliability, spare parts, after-sales service and ease of installation are important to you. Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

Hi there, beware of painting a wall that gets a lot of light in a dark colour - any flaw in the gyprock or in the paint job will be very obvious during the day. Many years ago in our second home my husband and I painted a feature wall in a dark colour (opposite the windows) and even though we did a very neat paint job when the blinds were open during the day you could see every slightly incorrect brush stroke and every lump/bump in the gyprock - it drove us insane as the only way to make it look good was to close the blinds a little so it was not so light in the room and the faults were not so obvious.

Hi Julievan, Sounds like a gorgeous kitchen! I'd stick with the brass theme and perhaps frosted glass. Similar to the image attached.