Safety and Style Involved With Kitchen Lighting
With a rise in the popularity and appeal of home cooking in recent years, work space and task lighting in kitchens is now a very important part of the planning in any kitchen design concept.
Kitchen lighting fittings must take into account safety as well as aesthetics because it can be a steamy environment with the usual strictures on the mixing of electricity and water.
When planning electrical installations for an area of the home which may become damp, care must be taken to make sure that your chosen fittings are suitable for use near water.
There will be a clear label on any lights which can safely be used in a kitchen and if this is not present it is better to stay cautious and put off buying it, not matter how good it looks, until you can be sure it is safe.
Kitchen lighting is most commonly compact and practical.
This gives a great opportunity to cluster the light sources around a busy area in the kitchen and have more subtle light over an eating area whilst avoiding the sacrifice of space.
If the wiring scheme allows, it would be a good idea to split the kitchen lighting switches so that certain areas can be lit separately.
This is particularly effective when there is a dining area in the kitchen because then guests don't need to share the floodlit evidence of how neat a cook you are, or be overwhelmed by intrusive light.
Even with an extractor fan fitted, kitchens can get quite greasy over time and so it is very important to make sure that kitchen lighting fitments are easy to clean.
Although they look very smart to begin with, it is a really important point to consider that shiny chrome or other metal used in shades or trim might soon start to look rather less shiny very quickly.
Unless you want to be up ladders cleaning them all the time, a matte finish is probably a wiser choice.
Modern spots and concealed lights use long life bulbs which only need very infrequent changing so it would be a shame to be tied to a cleaning regime which means a lot of work which the bulbs have minimized.
Kitchen accent lighting is quite easily added to with most kitchens having a wide variety of nooks and crannies to place fittings such as underneath cabinets.
These fittings can be standalone LED battery lights or can be plugged into a wall socket, so fitting them can prove to be quite easy and very effective.
When designing a kitchen lighting plan it is next to impossible to predict with total accuracy what task will be done where at any given time, so a basic main source of light is key to begin with, so get a fitting and light wattage that can provide a substantial amount of light throughout the room.
When you are happy with this, you can then think about adding more stylish and attractive accent lighting, for various themes and or occasions.
Whichever path you decide to take, be sure to keep safety in mind.
Kitchen lighting fittings must take into account safety as well as aesthetics because it can be a steamy environment with the usual strictures on the mixing of electricity and water.
When planning electrical installations for an area of the home which may become damp, care must be taken to make sure that your chosen fittings are suitable for use near water.
There will be a clear label on any lights which can safely be used in a kitchen and if this is not present it is better to stay cautious and put off buying it, not matter how good it looks, until you can be sure it is safe.
Kitchen lighting is most commonly compact and practical.
This gives a great opportunity to cluster the light sources around a busy area in the kitchen and have more subtle light over an eating area whilst avoiding the sacrifice of space.
If the wiring scheme allows, it would be a good idea to split the kitchen lighting switches so that certain areas can be lit separately.
This is particularly effective when there is a dining area in the kitchen because then guests don't need to share the floodlit evidence of how neat a cook you are, or be overwhelmed by intrusive light.
Even with an extractor fan fitted, kitchens can get quite greasy over time and so it is very important to make sure that kitchen lighting fitments are easy to clean.
Although they look very smart to begin with, it is a really important point to consider that shiny chrome or other metal used in shades or trim might soon start to look rather less shiny very quickly.
Unless you want to be up ladders cleaning them all the time, a matte finish is probably a wiser choice.
Modern spots and concealed lights use long life bulbs which only need very infrequent changing so it would be a shame to be tied to a cleaning regime which means a lot of work which the bulbs have minimized.
Kitchen accent lighting is quite easily added to with most kitchens having a wide variety of nooks and crannies to place fittings such as underneath cabinets.
These fittings can be standalone LED battery lights or can be plugged into a wall socket, so fitting them can prove to be quite easy and very effective.
When designing a kitchen lighting plan it is next to impossible to predict with total accuracy what task will be done where at any given time, so a basic main source of light is key to begin with, so get a fitting and light wattage that can provide a substantial amount of light throughout the room.
When you are happy with this, you can then think about adding more stylish and attractive accent lighting, for various themes and or occasions.
Whichever path you decide to take, be sure to keep safety in mind.
