We originally picked this pendant to be placed over two kitchen islands (2 pendants per island). This pendant is good size for doing 2 pendants over an island, but the color is pretty "yellow-ish brassy"  with a little bit of the "iron" showing through so it has a little bit of the rustic look to it.  we ended up deciding NOT to do two pendants as we also have a beam that ran through our ceiling over the islands and it was a lot with an additional 4 pendant lights. However, I think once hanging up, the color would've been more muted.  Unfortunately our hardware in the kitchen was champagne-y "brass" and this felt a little too much towards a true brass color, albeit rustic/shabby chic-ish as well.