We all know how not enough light can give off a gloomy mood. So, it’s safe to say that lighting makes all the difference for any room in the house.
The kitchen is unique though, it doesn’t just have lights in the center and that’s it. There are many places you can put your lights and many types of lights that can really illuminate the space!
Keep reading to find out what you need to think about when adding or replacing lighting in your kitchen.
1. Just the Right Amount
With too many lights, the space becomes garishly lit; with too few, you strain your eyes to see anything. The colour temperature, type, shades, and placement will also affect the atmosphere, so making the right choice for the space is essential.
As the kitchen is the heart of the home – where the most time within the household is spent – it’s the most important to illuminate.
2. Custom Lighting Options
Depending on what you are looking for, puck and strip lights will cover most of it.
Both options can be used for either augmenting the overall ambiance or for focused task lighting.
3. Task Lighting
Largely self-explanatory, task lighting directs the light for the job at hand or brings focus toward specific ornament or decoration.
Perfect for a Focused Source
Typically found underneath the wall-mounted cabinets, puck lighting is perfect for a focused source. While perfect for bringing focus to a job, such as chopping vegetables, they are also perfect for accenting any open shelf or nook.
Add Extra Flair
Usually, these small areas are great for adding an extra flair to design, especially if you have your grandmother’s old China set to display. Installing a dimmer driver allows the brightness to be raised or lowered depending on what the day’s mood calls for.
4. Accent Lighting
Ambiance, overall, is the culmination and combination of all the light throughout the space. The main lighting fixtures typically hang over the island yet cast shadows in the room’s corners, particularly under the wall-mounted cabinets.
Should I Use the Puck Light?
While a puck light can be used for accent lighting, it is better suited for specific task-oriented locations. On the other hand, self-adhesive strip light is oriented towards illuminating a broader surface area.
Where more than one puck light would be used underneath a wall cabinet, one strip light can cover everything from end to end.
Strip Light Capability
Due to the thinness and adjustability in length, the strip lights are typically able to be installed and used in particular areas, such as vertically within a medium-height or tall cabinet, as a drawer light, a toe kick light to illuminate the floor, and the countertops.
5. Customizability
Within all of Decor’s styles, designs, and customizations, all of our lighting is integrated into the dowel-type construction of the cabinet box. Having it all recessed within the panels hides any unnecessary equipment for the product’s lifetime.
6. Hardware
It’s All Tucked Away
Hardware, such as the distributors and transformers, will all be tucked away and hidden from view as best as possible. This placement will also depend on the kitchen’s layout and the types of cabinets used.
Where is it Hidden?
Most likely, though, these places will be atop the wall-mounted or tall cabinets, behind the inset back wall of the cabinet, or underneath the countertops within the cabinet box.
No matter which custom lighting you choose or where you place them, a warm or cool colour temperature can be chosen with a dimmer switch.
Make it Comfortable
The kitchen is the most used space in the house, so ensuring it is well-lit is vital. Even though picking the right type of light can be a straightforward decision, it will make any kitchen look great.
7. Strip vs. Puck Lighting
The options for accent and task lighting have more options than ever. Since the kitchen is the most used space in the entire house, consider bringing in various custom lighting styles to showcase the various features of the kitchen.
Strip Light Fixtures
Decor offers recessed strip lighting that can be placed virtually anywhere in and on any cabinet. The strip lighting is the best option for accent lighting. They can be typically found underneath the wall-mounted cabinetry.
Custom Lighting in Different Areas
Since the strip light is only 3 mm thin, they’re also used for drawer lighting, installed vertically within the medium or tall cabinets, under the base cabinets to brighten up the floors; or anywhere you want it.
Puck Light Fixtures
Our puck lighting options are in a square or round shape and silver or black; they will blend into any design, custom or not. Able to be used to accentuate, puck lighting is more readily available as a task light.
Choose Any Custom Lighting You Want
Any combination can be chosen to accommodate any style and layout of kitchens. Depending on the kitchen’s colour palette, a warm or cool lighting temperature can be chosen.
8. Toe Kick Lighting
Toe kick lighting is unique and uncommon but upgrades your kitchen from average to adding a little luxury.
9. Custom Cabinet Light Fixtures
Having custom cabinet light fixtures inside your cabinet gives a clean, modern feel, ideal for modern interior designs, or great if you have glass in your cabinets. These fixtures can be installed in multiple sizes and areas and work in most wall cabinets. They look especially great in pantries as well.
10. Chandeliers
Want to add a modern touch to your home? Hang chandeliers from the ceiling. Not only does it catch the eye, but a pendant chandelier also offers versatility. A Pendant chandelier comes in a huge variety of styles and finishes.
11. Glass Pendant Lights
Most customized pendants offer 360 degrees of elegance! Glass pendants effortlessly blend with existing decor and fixtures thanks to their transparent glass or acrylic shades combined with metallic hardware.
Conclusion:
If you decide to self-design your kitchen lighting, don’t install them yourself. Make sure you get your local electrician to install them for you and an inspector to check everything to make sure it’s up to code.
If you want it all done for you and skip the hassle, then you can get in contact with a Decor dealer near you and they’ll be happy to make the process painless for you.
