Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Kitchen lighting

Like every room in our home, the kitchen needs good lighting. It’s important to provide proper lighting for the workspace and adds to the overall atmosphere.

We can use all kinds of lights, but we have to place it right. So let's have a look at some examples for lighting for your kitchen renovation. It’s the best if we combine these lighting types, but take care not to use too many light sources at the same time unnecessarily.

Ceiling lights


It’s the most common type of kitchen lighting. They can be either the pendant or the built-in type. The built-in lights are very practical, because we can use LED light in these to save energy. We have to plan their places at the time of the kitchen design by the designer so it can be incorporated into the plans so all the wires can be run inside of the walls and light sockets embedded in the kitchen ceiling.




There are many variants of pendant lamps, regarding styles and colors. A patterned, colorful lamp cover will be a beautiful decoration element in the kitchen but we can play around with the length of the lamp cord too . We can hang it above the dining table to emphasize it. It can be very cozy, but we have to take care not to hang it too deep, else it might be blinding or get in the way.



 
Instead of the pendant lamps we can choose a large, decorative chandelier. If the kitchen is built in a minimalistic style, one beautiful chandelier can decorate it perfectly.



 
  

Wall lights

We can use wall lights in the kitchen as well, not only in the bedroom and the living room. We can light the dining corner, or we can put it above the workplace too.




 
Lighting over the kitchen workspace

The lighting of the workspace, i.e. the kitchen countertop is very important. We can use neon tube or built-in LED lighting under the kitchen cabinets.







 Mood lighting in the kitchen

We can decorate our kitchen with lighting elements as well. For example, we can use pin lighting. In this case, the bulbs are built in the bottom of the kitchen counter. These can emphasize the road leading to the kitchen or call attention to the beautiful backsplash. The other kind of mood lighting is the internal cabinet light. We can install bulbs into the cabinets with glass doors to create a peaceful atmosphere in the kitchen. Don’t forget to use colorful bulbs to make the kitchen more decorative.






For more information related to kitchen design ideas please visit the following link: http://www.oakwood.ca/

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