Kitchen diner lighting advice (rather urgent)
Hi,
We have to decide on lighting for our kitchen diner asap, I am not a fan of spot lights as we find them rather clinical.
For scale in the design pics, the island is 2.4 meters, the sliding doors are 3 meters.
Any advice would be really helpful , I have factored in pendant lighting for the island but it's the rest of the ceiling I am struggling with.
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minnie101
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3 years agominnie101
3 years agohttps://www.downlights.co.uk/faq-how-many-downlights-do-i-need-for-my-kitchen-.html
there are various downright calculators online and where to position them importantly so you’re not working in your own shadow. Yes the grid just refers to straight lines like an airport runway
The John Lewis light is nice, they don’t need to match just complement be it shape, material, colour etc. If you were to put the same light over the coffee table though it may block the tv? Karen made a good point re the hob, is it too late to move it closer to the sink, still leaving handle space on the left? If so, maybe go for something like the style I’ve shown below. Lighting for the shelves could work, just thinking wall lights could add character.
Christina Malikia
3 years agolast modified: 3 years ago@minnie101 Thank you again, you are so helpful.
I didnt think about the TV in terms of the pendant light, of course I would want to view it when cooking and the light could be in the way. Seems so obvious but didnt even cross my mind.
It's too late to move the hob, but I do like the idea of those wall lights.
We have just tweaked the kitchen and this is now the final look, signed off.
In this design we have lost the right side wall units. Replaced with doorless oak carcass.
Moved ovens under hob (controversial),
Also the dresser is no longer placed within the encased stud walls. I wasn't sure about changing this, do you think the stud walling encasing it is better? I just love the new colour and didnt want to hide the sides. But I am still not sure which is best.
When you open the dresser with its bifold doors, it has a worktop with coffee machine etc.
Christina Malikia
3 years ago
Phil Scott
3 years agominnie101
3 years agoI can imagine! You’re right, it doesn’t seem the best place for A tv with the heat and also viewing position. How big is the alcove to the right of the fire? If you didn’t want something fitted then maybe a Samsung serif which are on offer atm (as I’ve been looking at them!).
what style did you want for the room?
PS you may know already but I’ve just added this link re extraction and the log burner
Christina Malikia
3 years ago
What do you think of this lighting plan?
The yellow are the recessed spots, they are directional. The orange are the pendants. Too many? Too little? Wrong places? Should there be one in the middle? This is the older plan so the ovens are now in the island like in the design I posted earlier.
Thanks
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3 years agoChristina Malikia
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