Kitchen lighting for kitchen without wall cabinets
We are in the later stages of our kitchen planning and one thing which we have not thought so much about until now is lighting. The plan for the kitchen is oak worktops, grey cabinets, light tiled flooring (perhaps LVT), white metro tiles, light coloured walls.
The kitchen has 3.1m high ceilings and only 3 wall units in a alcove. It currently has 2 ceiling lights with 3 spot lights. Initially we were thinking of getting spotlights in the ceiling but after talking to an electrician he mentioned the ceiling would need to be lowered slightly to have a large enough gap to place spotlights where we want. Sadly this would take us over budget so something else needs to be considered. Under the wall cabinets we will be able to place some lights and perhaps in the wood wall shelves we could integrate a light strip. Above the table we are going to have our original clothes pully so lighting above the table alcove prove difficult.
Any ideas of how to make it bright above the units around the cooker, the sink and the table? Some options we are thinking is a spotlight rail in the centre of the room and/or wall lights.
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Jonathan
6 years agoA different solution is this lighting trough that works really well for rooms with no coving. You can put different types of lights but LEDs are in my opinion the best choice. You can also have colour change lights for mood and of course a dimmer.
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whizzywig
6 years agowhizzywig
6 years agoI'm not sure where you would source something like these, but they might give you some idea of a solution.. Saying that, I have seen elsewhere the classic anglepoise lamp converted into wall lights, which might suit, or there is an online shop called industville(?) that do some reasonably priced wall lights. Good luck.
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