I purchased the transparent shade and I love how it doesn’t interrupt your line of sight, which was important with an open floor plan. I have two hanging over a 10ft island. The design would definitely work with an larger/smaller size island as well. I removed one star, for the design of the light. The black “rope” that is attached to the flush mount came a bit bent and had to manually manipulated to be straight. With this design it was a bit more difficult to install the lights plum. I would definitely pay more money for a similar fixture that had a rod over, or in replacement of the rope.