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Whenever the talk is about decorating the kitchen, one of the aspects that most of the people tend to overlook comprises of the lighting. However, since a person, more specifically the woman of the house, spends quite a lot of his/her time in the kitchen, good lighting becomes one of the most important features of the overall decor. When it comes to kitchen lighting, it is vital to ensure that not only is it enough, but also that it is not too excessive. At the same time, it should go well with the architectural details and overall decoration theme of the kitchen. Let us explore some ideas on kitchen lighting.

Types Of Kitchen Lighting

Functional Lighting
Functional lighting, as the very name suggests, is used to get tasks accomplished in the kitchen. Apart from that, it is aimed at helping you find things in cabinets and drawers as well move around the room safely. Amongst the common kitchen functional lighting fixtures are fluorescents, recessed lights, and low voltage lighting. Of all the three, recessed lights can be used for task lighting purposes as well, especially over the sink and stove.

Decorative Lighting

Decorative lighting fixtures are, more often than not, meant for ornamental purpose, to impart a specific look to your kitchen or emphasize specific areas. For instance, you can use it to highlight the family eating area. In hardly a few cases can such lighting help you accomplish the kitchen tasks, say when it is used to highlight as well as provide light over an island. Wrought iron, colored glass, pewter and satin nickel lighting fixtures are in vogue these days.

Some Tips

* While deciding on the number as well as type of lighting fixtures in your kitchen, it is necessary to take the size of the room into consideration.
* The main work areas in the kitchen, such as the sink, stove, countertop, island and the areas over and below the cabinets, should be properly lit. Here, you can also make use of task lighting.

* Apart from the actual cooking, majority of the kitchen activities are undertaken at the table. So, it is necessary to light it up properly. You can use a pendant or chandelier fixture for the purpose, providing a dimmer switch alongside.
* While installing the lighting fixture, make sure that after turning on the light, no shadows are created on the areas where majority of the cooking tasks take place.
* Using dimmers for all the lights in your kitchen is a good idea, as you will be able to adjust the intensity of the light according to your mood.
* In case you are planning to use colored lights for your kitchen, try to stick to same color for all the kitchen lighting.Kitchen Lighting Plan

Like any other room of your home, your kitchen too, requires a nice well-thought-out lighting plan. Nowadays kitchens are not just restricted to cooking meals, but also have many more functions. For many people, it is the most frequently used place in the house. Apart from the preparation of meals, kitchens, at present, also make a

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