I was looking for something to coordinate with another light fixture in my kitchen.  This one is larger (the other has five pendants and smaller lamps/shades) but the shape of the shades is similar as well as the shape of the metal part of the fixture, too.  It solved the problem of finding something to go well with what was already here, plus it gives me a lot more light over the island where the new fixture is now and more light over the sink where the older island fixture is now.  Win, win.