In a this guide we talk you through the basics of lighting your kitchen.
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This guide gives you a general introduction to kitchen lighting and what is required from a practical and design point of view.
Kitchen Lighting Guide – Making your kitchen into a hub
The kitchen is the heart of your home. In some cases it is even the main living area, particularly as interior design trends move towards open-plan kitchen/diners and living areas.
A kitchen isn’t just for cooking but for eating, entertaining, socialising, studying and watching TV.
Kitchen lighting therefore needs to be functional whilst also looking great and creating the right atmosphere and ambience in your home.
Plan your kitchen lighting well so that your lights work with the style and design of your appliances and work surfaces, for example.
The right lighting can create the feeling of space and make even the smallest kitchens appear much larger.
This can be done with layers of lighting, where you create a lighting scheme with a mix of functional and decorative lighting, ambient lighting, task lighting and accent lighting.
The pictures in this kitchen lighting guide show some of the different types of kitchen lighting that you can use to create these effects, like spotlights, kitchen downlights, pendants and under-cabinet lighting for example.
We will also be publishing lighting guides for bathroom lighting and living / lounge areas in the near future.
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