Hi Pazz, I really like your idea of seagrass wallpaper behind the bed, it would add texture and warmth plus make more of a feature of the window on that wall (compared with the other windows). If the wallpaper is dark enough, the concrete pendants would look great (but the cord will definately have to be jigged because you'll ruin the clean black rectangle of your window if the cord cuts it). I'm personally a fan of the Tom Dixon Beat pendant shape, and curved or rounded pendant would also soften the room which has lots of angular edges, plus it will throw wider light if the mouth is large enough! It's a lovely room, would love to see pic when you make your final selection! :-)

Hi Susan , thanks for your reply and update . It sounds amazing !!! I too have ditched all marbel whatsoever in our home. In the end I chose all black cabinetry ( polytechnic black Wenge) it was slightly warmer and has a grain. My bench tops are all Caesar stone osprey , including the kitchen island , scullery and benchtops. I have a large window splash back that runs along the oven etc . but also quite a lot of walls which I have tiled in an offshore herringbone .The colour of all painted walls throughout solver white delight . We have concrete slate tiling and the white warms this space. It sounds as though we have headed in a similar direction ! We are at the stage of build where the cabinets are getting installed / I'll take a pic and send - I'd love to see yours also ! Here is a pic of a kitchen that has the same elements and colours that I chose .

We did a kitchen very similar to yours and went thru a similar dilemma last year. Ended up with a large sculptural drum pendant with a diffuser in the centre of kitchen and led recessed spots above island. Spots and drum are on two separate control switches with both fitted with dimmers. Led can be harsh if not able to be dimmed. Plastic on our new dishwasher went from blue to yellow overnight on first day and we had to ask for dimmer. Led great as task lighting but postion them so your head doesn't block light as you work. We play with lighting depending on whether we are working or relaxing. Money we saved on three pendants was spent on one drum.

Personally , I think it depends on the colours in the rest of your house . If it is colourful , then carry that through -- if it is predominately red and yellow , then use that for your pendent lights ( and towels and liquid soap dispenser ) , same if it is predominately blue or green or brown or purple -- well , maybe cut down on the purple haha . I'm not a fan of monochromatic , but if thats your theme , then go with the black pendents , but carry it through with a glass fronted 50's inspired Black and White picture ( and yellow or orange or red towels ? ) .