Kitchen Task Lighting with no Wall Cupboards
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PRO6 years agoHi Andrew,
We have successfully used double gimbal fittings in kitchens, shown in the example of one of our kitchens below. They offer great functionality, which high precision range of direction and ability to choose from a large number of lamps to create the colour and control the amount of light you want. You can choose the trim colour to suit your scheme or even have trimless fittings and of course they dim. The gimbal will look different to your main downlighting scheme which will differentiate this zone, but without your lighting scheme looking busy.
Good Luck!
Emma
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