Ratings & Reviews for Kichler Barrington 3 -Light Distressed Black and Wood Tone Farmhouse Seeded glass Linear Large Hanging Kitchen Island Light

Looks great, super easy install

Everything in the box was packaged well, and all required contents were present upon opening. We installed this island light over our island in the kitchen, although we contemplated it over the dining room table. Installation was very straightforward, and if you understand basic electrical work, you'll be fine to put it in yourself. Our junction boxes are original to the house, and the holes in the boxes and the mounting hardware didn't match up exactly (about 1/8" off). Ended up using the a...

Lovely, just change the bulbs to brighter lights

I see other comments regarding the dimness of the light. The bulbs that it comes with are too dim. But you can just switch them out with LEDs. The max wattage per socket is 60 watts, most LEDs are only 9 watts, so just switch them out.

Looks pretty but puts off hardly any light

If you need actual light in the room, do not buy this light. It's pretty and looks great hung, but it absolutely doesn't put off enough light. For this reason, I hate it.

Crooked light and terrible instructions

Light looks nice as long as you can get it balanced and installed. You need someone to hold the fixture while you connect the wiring. Very difficult to install and the directions are weak about the outlet box needed.

Great looking fixture

This paired perfectly with our dining room wood & iron bench-style table. When my wife picked it out I had a bit of sticker shock (I'm a guy...$299 for a light?), but after putting it up realized it really fit in well with the room style. As far as the much mentioned lighting issue...The included Edison style bulbs have a yellow-hue and are not the brightest. It's adequate for a dinning room table such as ours - in an open floor plan which receives other ambient lighting. But if it's your sole s...

Installation is a pain, but it is worth it!

I have this light over my dining room table. I have had it now for 2 years. I still have original light bulbs, too. I have never tried it with different light bulbs. That would definitely make it more brighter, but it might also take away from the ambiance the light provides. It has a great, rustic look to it. The lights are dim, but it is just enough light. It will makeover your area. It is warm and inviting. Everyone compliments me on the light. The only negative to this is installat...

Dim Lighting & hangs uneven but great rustic look

I bought almost the entire Barrington family of fixtures when we remodeled. This was the most expensive of the Barrington family and we bought it for our dining room. I am disappointed in the fact that it does not hang square and even. We have done a lot of adjusting to get it as best as we can, but if you look at the construction of the parts, it was not built square. $300 was one of the most expensive light fixtures at Lowes, so I really wish it would hang both square and plum. It hangs a...

Looks great, great customer service

Purchased this light for over our kitchen table. Our box was missing instructions so I had to download them which was frustrating and it was also missing a small part inside one of the glass globes when we installed it (or we mistakenly threw it away, we aren't sure.) Either way, when I called for the replacement part customer service was great. I did have to pay a small amount for the item and to have it shipped but no big deal since we weren't sure if it was our fault and was worth it to no...

Love the look, but glass is a dirt magnet!

I love this light fixture above our distressed kitchen table, however the glass gets very cloudy very quickly. There must be something about that type of glass? They wash up quickly and easily, but I have to do it about once a month. I'm sure no one else notices really, but I am always amazed at the before and after!

beauftiful lamp - nightmare to install

Once installed it looks beautiful. but we had lots of issues with installation and took long time. 1. the plate that connects to ceiling is made for squire box. We had circular box in the ceiling this caused space problems and as a result finish plate will not install as screws did have room ( they were hitting the electrical box walls) to tighten. Took us long time to figure out plan and cut into drywall so that finish plate screws had room to go up. 2. even cheapest lamp provide screw on ch...

Tricky?

I have been looking at this light for months and finally my husband bought it for me. I think it must have been a well wrapped return because of certain pieces being already put together and the wiring ends already frayed. Nevertheless the pieces were there and nothing was broken. BUT.. This was the worst thing Ive ever assembled and I think that may have been why it was returned. Normally a light kit takes me 30-45 mins. THIS thing though. Im going to have to return it too, I think. It may ...

Great light and looks good too

It was relatively easy to setup. The finished installed product gave an instant boost to our home's decor and made the house feel much more modern. I can't stop looking at our newly installed lights. I just love this entire series of lights.

Great look, a little dim, sloped mount tricky

A GREAT look for our dining room. As noted in several other reviews the supplied bulbs are quite dim and the fixture does cast shadows. The installation manual does not discuss anything specific to a sloped ceiling mount. There may be enough 'play' in the threaded rods which extend from the top of the fixture to allow for correction. I didn't consider this until mounting was complete & too late to adjust. I was able to correct the slight angle by placing a small dark spacer between two of the ch...

Very Attractive Chandelier!

You can spend $50 on a chandelier, you can spend $2K on a chandelier. Trying to decide where you find "value" in a purchase like this isn't easy. After having this chandelier up for a couple of weeks, I feel that it is priced right, and with the quality of materials and stunning looks, I feel it was a great purchase. It installs very easily (not much work to do), and as mentioned, it looks amazing. I know others have mentioned there is a bit of a shadow effect which we to noticed (the lights...

shadows on the table

This light does not light up the table, there is a large shadow which makes it difficult to play games etc. But looks great. Definitely low light.

Beautiful, bubbled glass, low light

Beautiful fixture, glass is bubbled which I love. Low light - but great if you have other lighting to compliment it

Looks great, but too dim

I wish I had read the reviews and realized how dim this light would be. I also should have realized that three, 60W light bulbs were never going to really light a room adequately. My solution has been to order low wattage LED bulbs - they make them in Edison style now! - and swap them out for the bulbs that came included. Aesthetically, this is a beautiful light fixture.

Great light for the price!

This light goes perfect with our decor and I love it. Like others have said, as long as this isn't your primary source of light it's fine. It's just a bit dark if so. I didn't give it 5 stars because the entire peace wasn't exactly straight. We kind of had to straighten it out ourselves so that it would hang evenly. The box was in perfect condition, it looks like it was made that way.