I love the look of these pendant lights. They are perfect above our 11 foot island and 10 foot ceilings. We hung them about 42 inches above the counter. My husband and I hung them ourselves and it was quite a task - they aren’t easy to work with. Aligning the screw pins so that the bottom glass part can hang is probably most cumbersome. Make sure you have pins go in straight so they can screw into the metal easily. All in all, I love the look, didn't love how long it took us to get these up.