Kitchen Lighting Design

Kitchen Lighting Design

Getting cooking with inspiring lighting design.

Kitchen the center of family activity, shine it up and shine your mood.

How to make a kitchen with a perfect lighting condition Liteharbor Lighting here are provide you some ideas hope can give you some help in your lighting designing.

First analyze your plan to ensure that all areas of your kitchen are lighted specifically with their purpose in mind.
Introducing LED lights into your kitchen is a good start, but you also need to create layers of light to make your
kitchen feel warm and welcoming while also providing functional task lighting. The best way to do that is to use different types of lights:

First one you need to use is Recessed Lights

Lights recessed into your kitchen ceiling can reach 3 functions:
1.Place lights around the perimeter of the room, you’ll avoid shadows when you stand at counters and islands.
2.Highlight beautiful kitchen cabinetry.
3.Illuminate dark corners that other lights can’t reach.

How to install:
installing one recessed light for every 4 to 6 feet of ceiling space.
Mix wide-angle Recessed Lights for ambient lighting with narrow-beam lights for task lighting. But don’t go light-crazy.
Range hoods have their own lights, so you don’t have to train a recessed light on your gourmet stove.

The second lighting you need to use is Over-Cabinet Lights
These lights are less about function and more about style and mood.
Mount these lights on top of your cabinets where they illuminate displays and spread a warm light on walls and ceilings.
If you use efficient LED lights, you can keep them on all night to lead the way to late-night snacks for only about $3 per year.

The third lighting you need to use is Under-Cabinet Lights
Under-cabinet lights can be a hidden asset in any kitchen, providing task lighting as well as soft ambient lighting to give the room
a warm glow with the touch of a dimmer switch. Strip lights are a popular choice, long linear bulbs or a string of lights contained in a single fixture.
Another popular option is a puck light system, made up of a series of hockey-puck shaped halogen lights.

The forth lighting you need to use is Pendant Lights
Pendants are great in kitchens with high ceilings to add light and visual interest.
Chose a pendant that throws light in all directions to enhance ambient lighting; or pick one with a shade that directs light down to create task lighting,
especially over an island.

Install small pendants to create an open feel to your kitchen; or pick bigger, heavier ones to make a decorative statement and distinguish the food prep area of larger kitchens. You can hang several pendants at the same height, or stagger their heights for more visual interest

The fifth lighting you may need to use is Accent Lighting
"Accent lighting is the least common layer in the kitchen, but it is becoming more common as people spend more time in the kitchen for casual entertaining,
" You may want to hang a piece of artwork on the wall behind the breakfast table, or a tile splashback over the sink may be a decorative focal point.
Occasionally, Whitehead installs lighting inside glass cabinets to illuminate collections of china and glassware.
track lighting, up-lighters, directional eyeball lights and wall sconces are all accent fixtures.
Whitehead recommends recessed adjustable low voltage fixtures to highlight artwork.
The MR16 bulbs often used in these fixtures come in a variety of beam spreads.
The diameter of the art changes, a simple change of bulb will be all that is needed to illuminate the new art.

The Sixth Lighting you need to use is Decorative Lighting
Decorative lighting should be considered in direct proportion to the size of your kitchen
the larger the space, the greater importance chandeliers, hanging pendants and other eye-catching fixtures play.
Decorative lighting is the most expensive element of your lighting design scheme. If you're on a tight budget,
Whitehead recommends installing the infrastructure for decorative lighting —
the junction box and/or recessed box in the ceiling — then, purchasing the actual fixture down the road.

Making the Layers Work Together
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