Recessed lighting is one of the favorite choices to bring light to the kitchen. Having good lighting in any room is desirable but it’s pretty much a necessity in a kitchen due to all of the different tasks that are done in it. While there are professionals who design lighting to maximize recessed lighting with a few tips you can manage this yourself.
It’s essential to know the best area to install any light fixture but recessed lighting has its own set of requirements due to its focused lighting. Being that the light is focused downwards, unless a special trim is used to direct it to a location, where you place the fixture and how many fixtures are used is critical.
The kitchen is very different from any other room in the house. Besides being the room in which food will be prepared it also tends to be an area where family and friends congregate. As a result there is a need to provide both task lighting and lighting that adds to the décor. Recessed lighting excels at that.
In planning the placement of kitchen lights you want to make sure that there will be no dark areas where work can be performed with special attention being paid to the counter tops. You want the light to be overlapping while, at the same time, not having too many fixtures as that may tend to get a bit cluttered ruining the overall effect. Ceiling height can play a large factor in this and if your ceilings are extremely high…although that is very unusual in a kitchen…then pendant lighting may be a better option over recessed light fixtures.
A light will have to work in many different ways in the kitchen. When a kitchen cabinet door is open, light from the ceiling must be capable of illuminating the interior. Also, the light should also be available for countertops, bar areas, and anywhere that the preparation of food is produced. This requires some careful planning so that the fixtures are far enough in front of the cabinets to illuminate the interior while also being over top of the counter space to provide sufficient task lighting there.
Another important area in the kitchen for lighting…some might say the most important…is the kitchen sink. The sink should never be in the shadows because who likes washing dishes in the dark? For that matter, who likes washing dishes period? So it’s important to provide an enjoyable area to do so.
Being that most kitchens serve so many roles it’s probably best in most cases to look at using other types of light fixtures alongside the recessed ones. Most kitchens have an eating area set off to the side where a pendant light or two may prove to be more useful and attractive. While recessed overhead lighting can keep this area well lit pendant lights can provide a more specific light and, with the addition of a dimmer, create a totally different atmosphere. If the kitchen table tends to also double as a work place for paying bills, homework and the like then recessed lighting could be used in conjunction with the pendant lighting to provide brighter task lighting as needed.
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