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Kitchen lighting

7 years ago

We are designing our kitchen - it’s a big open plan area with an island. We have the sink against the wall with a cabinate above, below that are two shelves with a strip light each. (Not in pics)


my question is: where else do we put lighting? kickers, under worktop so drawers are lit? When I asked our kitchen designer, he pulled a face and said shelves would be enough lighting. Is anything else old hat now from a design POV??


while I’m on the topic of kitchen, we have a dark grey mirrored splashback by sink we are about to order, but having second thoughts as to how this would be in reality (grubby etc). Has anyone got experience of them, do they look good?


ive attaches pics, would appreciate opinions.


Thanks in advace




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  • 7 years ago
    I like additional LEDs under the breakfast bar and above the cabinets. In open plan rooms this gives you more options to create ambience.

    I also had thoughts about the kitchen which I hope you accept in the spirit intended. You have tried to show the unfitted look by having the above sink cabinet not fitting side to side- you might decide to have the same feature at the end of the tall units and step out the cabinet in the corner instead of having a filler. You might check you like the look of a shelf under the wall cabinet- I worry this might be a little close to the sink and tap. Unless you are both over 6’ I think you might find the ovens too high- perhaps they should come down at least the height of a warming drawer. I love the waterfall edge on the island, you should check what the underside of the worktop material will look like...... they are rarely the same as the top.
    You have planned what looks like a 3m long Island, possibly to avoid a joint in the worktop. But the kitchen would suit a longer island- you do after all have a 1500mm space at the door end of the island. If you want to avoid joining a quartz consider seamless Corian or having two different worktop materials. You have planned what looks like 300mm wide larder units- you should check you are happy with the storage they offer- pull outs tend to work much better on 500 or 600 wide larders. You could elevate the look by adding thick contrast panels wrapped around the tall cabinets. You may prefer bronze mirror glass depending on the tone of the wood. You need to consider practical things such as if you are going to have a kettle and toaster. You may want to consider if you need additional integrated appliances such as a wine chiller or microwave.

    Basically I like what you have planned but I think you have slaved your design to symmetry and I think you can have balance without symmetry and that approach might help you have a bit more kitchen in this big room.

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