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lighting over an island

last year

We have just had a small extension and the joist beam is over the island which is causing a headache as to how we can use the 2 pendants that we really like to fit. It is a 6ft island and the only way to position the lights means putting one of the pendants on the beam which we think might look odd.
Do you think aesthetically this will be wrong?
We need advice please.

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K OB
last year
Can you sketch a rough floor plan to better indicate where the island is in relation to the beam and the proposed location of the pendants
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