Kitchen Advice
Your kitchen space has the potential to be the star of the show in your home, but if you want to create a showstopping design, it’s important to think carefully about your lighting choices.
From ensuring that your worktops and stove are well-lit to prevent accidents when cooking to creating a warm and welcoming ambience that’s ideal for dining or making a feature out of your bespoke cabinet doors and drawer fronts, implementing some clever lighting techniques can help you to design a multi-functional space that works hard for your family every single day.
Choosing the perfect ceiling lights
The right ceiling lights will evenly illuminate your kitchen space, allowing you to prepare food safely. Choosing lights that are constructed from easily wipeable materials such as glass, plastic or steel will ensure they continue to look great long after they are installed.
Pro Tip: Installing smart light bulbs with an adjustable colour temperature feature that you can control using your smartphone can enable you to change the atmosphere of your kitchen, transforming it into a cosy dining area at the touch of a button.
Maximise your space with targeted lighting solutions
Under-cabinet and worktop lighting can enable you to light very specific areas of your kitchen, which may not be adequately illuminated by ceiling lights alone. Simple LED strips can be easily installed beneath cabinets, as can worktop lighting with in-built motion sensors.
It’s also possible to use this type of lighting to highlight specific features, such as a bar area, special collections of glassware or to further customise cabinet doors and drawer fronts. When installing new kitchen cabinet doors only, finding unique ways to customise them can allow you to achieve a high end look at a fraction of the price.
Create a sense of cohesion with smart lighting choices
When it comes to designing a kitchen surrounding new bespoke kitchen cabinet doors only your creativity can stand in the way of achieving your dream space.
One of the simplest ways to achieve a high end look is to establish a sense of cohesion throughout your space, which can be done by choosing light fittings and fixtures that match your chosen doors and drawers.
Make a statement above your island
Installing a statement lighting fixture above a kitchen island can be a chic and stylish way to ensure this part of your kitchen captures attention as soon as you walk into the space.
Pro Tip: Odd numbers of items tend to look best, so look out for a multi-light pendant fixture containing either three or five lights to sit above your island. Alternatively, purchase a few of the same fixtures and hang them in a configuration that suits the shape of your island.
Create a dining nook in an open-plan space
If you don’t have space for a kitchen island or you would simply prefer to create a dedicated dining nook, a beautiful light fixture is an excellent way to create different zones within a larger space.
Ideally, the size of your dining nook should inform the style and size of light you choose. A small pendant lamp will be enough to illuminate a compact round dining table with four chairs, whereas an elongated pendant light fitting will be better suited to a larger rectangular dining table with six or more seats.
Lighting with versatility in mind
Cable and track lighting systems can bring an extra layer of versatility to your kitchen space, allowing you to adjust the amount of light a particular area is receiving with ease.
With moveable lights, these systems make it possible to evenly light a space regardless of whether you’re working with lots of areas that don’t see a lot of natural light or a floor plan with various nooks and recesses.
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