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Welcome to Kitchen Lighting Ideas and Guide, a how to do a contemporary kitchen lighting design, and installation web site.
The right kitchen lighting ideas, and design in a kitchen can dramatically change the look, and function of a kitchen. The cost of a little extra in lighting fixtures compared to the other costs associated with remodeling a kitchen are not that much. A dramatic affect through the different layers of light is not a difficult design task.
Hopefully this guide can give you some good kitchen lighting ideas for next kitchen remodel, or upgrade retrofit.
The Kitchen lighting ideas design plan can be divided into three types of uses: Task lighting, General room lighting, and design or accent lighting.
Task lighting ideas consist of pendants, under cabinets, hanging pot rack lights, and sometimes track lighting. This area of kitchen lighting localizes light where people will be working. Task lighting is functional by nature, but can get very decorative, and expensive with Italian hand blown glass pendents.
General room lighting ideas consist of recessed cans, chandeliers, surface, and track lighting. This section of kitchen lighting is the light you switch on when you come into a room. General lighting bathes the room for all activities. There should be enough general lighting to provide a bright atmosphere after sun down.
Design or accent lighting ideas consist of over and inside cabinet , and picture lighting. Accents are usually small, and not overly bright. The different types of kitchen lighting ideas will be gone over in detail on their specific fixture type pages.
Using All these types of kitchen lighting ideas in a layered affect is the key a good design. By using efficient bulbs, and only having all the lights on during dinner parties you can still maintain a green lighting stance.
When installing the rough wiring for your kitchen try to put all the different types of lights on their own switch, and dimmer. This gives full control over the look at different times of the day or night, and allows for conservation when needed.
For some inspirational pictures check out the Lighting Ideas Picture Gallery, and for a guide to doing a hand drawn kitchen electrical plan go to the How To Draw A Kitchen Lighting Plan blog article.
The different choices of type of bulb can be confusing, which bulbs are best xenon vs halogen vs led vs fluorescent. The light bulb page will go in to the different types of bulbs and voltages.
The Installing Under Cabinet Lighting page is a step by step how to guide for installing under cabinet lights.
For a concise one page guide visit the Kitchen Lighting Guide at the web site Kitchen Ideas, and for lighting in the bathroom visit the web site Bathrooms Design ideas.
If you go in the direction of low voltage under, over, or inside cabinets keep in mind that sometimes the transformer will need to be hidden somewhere inside or over the cabinets. Low voltage wire is not supposed to be hidden in the wall, so is not ideal in a remodel situation. Under Cabinet Lighting Sale carries only 120v direct wire lights, and one low voltage dimmable LED check em out.
I hope this kitchen lighting ideas guide is helpful in figuring out your kitchen lighting plan in a functional and beautiful way.
Thank you!
Skip Stephenson
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