Never been a fan of matching lighting exactly, but instead suggest coordinating the pendants with your current fixture. You don't have to stick to ball-shaped either and can maybe go with a tubular shape. If you're hubby is stuck on chrome, maybe a chrome tube would work... if you want more glass, we also carry a line of pendant lighting and I'm sure you'll find something to go with it or atleast give you an idea.

thank you for your advise. I have put images of the outside of the house as that where the dining room is from there we will be bringing the decking out 3 metres which will create an out - indoor eating. this is the most finished room giving you an idea of the colour and house. all blue grey tones. sorry about stuff around but a reno house is hard to find spaces below is kitchen as is looking out to the dining through that open servery but we are taking most of that wall out to make an open space - its very small step down below into the dining through the left door way. below is the now dining. the table is very small and hard to pull chairs in and out of hence the indoor out door considerations. belwo is the outdoor looking in. from those doors we are putting a 3 metre decking i think. we have a lot of yard so its easy to do

Our previous kitchen reno was done with Freedom. Really happy with the results, quality and appearance. Plus they install it for you, we moved house 10 years after doing the kitchen and it was still in top condition. In our current house we have installed a Bunnings kitchen. Thermo wrapped shaker style doors and drawers and reconstituted stone bench tops. Looks nice, but we have already replaced 1 set of door hinges after only 12 months; and we purchased the more expensive hinges. So I'm not sure how well it will last compared to the Freedom kitchen. I think it all depends on your budget as to what you choose, when researching flat packs though I did come across information that said ikea cabinets are a different height to most other cabinets, which means if you want to replace doors at a later stage you can only use ikea ones. Also thought I read that ikea cabinets don't have a back on them; which is probably ok if your walls are straight. One other piece of advise, Bunnings flat packs are not easy to install, and their instructions are woeful. If you go with Bunnings I would efinatly use one of their recommended installers. We did our own installation, it was a nightmare, ended up with a cabinet maker coming to level it all out.

I understand the beam being installed when you did your earlier extension as that was an external wall, that's why I have suggested keeping part of the wall next to the island which was also an external wall, to support this, I will check this in the drawing to ensure it lines up for you. By opening up this wall as much as possible you are allowing more light back into the house The cost of running plumbing across I think is negative/comparable to moving the plumbing for the re positioned laundry and kitchen and removing any load bearing walls. Storage in the new kitchen is a big 2900 x 900 island of drawers for easy access, I have added a wall oven but that could become a 600 pantry with drawers in the lower part with a shelf above for small appliances. The wall with the TV could be a wall of narrow built in storage to be used in any way you need. This floor plan gives better flow between kitchen/family.dining/alfresco and better for unloading the car with the driveway running down beside the kitchen and verandah