How To Bring Light In Your Kitchen?

No matter how modern your kitchen is or how bright your backsplash or countertops are if it’s not well lit, it can ruin your cooking and dining experience. It’s very important to have a bright and well-lit kitchen to avoid any accidents and to enjoy the cooking process. Dim lights or improper lighting can create false shadows on countertops and stoves. Not being able to see what you’re cooking or the real colour of those vegetables you’re chopping can ruin even a simple pasta for dinner. It is essential that you choose the right type of lighting material and strategy to brighten your kitchen.

You must consider four major types of lighting when it comes to illuminating the kitchen:

Accent Lighting

Accent lighting is best to create layers of lighting in small spaces. You can use accent lighting to focus on particular areas of your kitchen. Accent lighting is easy to install, saves a lot of energy consumption and helps you highlight the best parts of your kitchen.

Ambient Lighting

Ambient lighting is the main source of light for your kitchen. It’s usually located in the middle of the room or at a strategic location that helps brighten up the whole space with just one switch. With a bright ambient light source, you can light up your whole kitchen eliminating the need for multiple blazing sources.

Decorative Lighting

Just like its name suggests, decorative lighting is installed specifically for the purpose of decorating walls, ceilings and dining space in and around your kitchen. You can create a combination of accent and task lighting to highlight crown mouldings or art on your kitchen wall. Decorative lighting can enhance the wall colour and can provide an illusion of a brighter bigger space.

Task Lighting

Task lightings are installed to customize your workspace in the kitchen. You can add spots of lights in cabinets, on a specific location on the counter or over the stove. The specific light source for specific tasks can make your kitchen efficient.

Most Common Lighting Styles in Canadian Kitchens:

Chandeliers

Chandeliers can be used as a decorative or ambient pieces of lighting. If your kitchen and dining areas are in close proximity, you can use a fancy or classy chandelier over the dining table. Chandeliers in the kitchen serve the purpose of bringing light to the lovingly cooked and served food. Based on the overall design and style of your kitchen, a local contractor can help you secure the perfect size and style of the chandelier and help install it securely.

Flush Mount Lighting

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Flush mount lights are also known as ceiling lights. They are a popular choice for kitchen counters or small breakfast tables in your kitchen corner. You can add a dimmer switch to these lights which will make it easier to work during the night or early wee morning hours.

Inside the Cabinet

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Any type of task lighting is used to illuminate the inside of the cabinets. If you have a small pantry in your kitchen, you can also add these lights there. Motion sensor lights or lighting strips are popular choices for inside cabinet lights. Small intensity motion sensor flush mount lights are also used to light up the inside of the cabinets.

Over the Kitchen Island

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Big ambient lights or chandeliers are popular choices for over-the-kitchen island lighting. You can also consider linear lighting designs for over the island lighting. You can use these as task lights as well to work on the island specifically.

Under the Cabinet

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Motion censored colourful lighting strips under the cabinets are becoming a new trend in kitchen lighting. You can order the string of light online and stick it through the end corner of your cabinets and the backsplash. They work as decorative as well as task lights.

Wall Lights

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Wall lights in a kitchen space are typically used for decorative purposes. If you have a nice piece of art, a china cabinet or a chalkboard wall to write menu and grocery lists, wall lights are ideal for these specific setups.

For light fixtures in the kitchen, you can use yellow or white LED or CFL bulbs to be more eco-friendly. With multiple lighting fixture options available in the market, you’re bound to get confused. Also, you don’t want to make the wrong expensive choices to bring an artificial glow to your kitchen. You can hire a local electrician to help you with the lighting project for your kitchen.