Natural Light

The kitchen is an ideal place to incorporate natural light design through skylights, windows and windowed doors. While too much artificial light has been found to negatively influence mental health, natural light has the opposite effect, improving mood and energy levels. Plus, the obvious energy saving potential is a bonus, with natural lighting decreasing home energy consumption. 

When considering adding natural lighting to a kitchen, we always think about the direction of the sun in comparison to the windows. While North facing kitchens benefit from light for most of the day, South facing kitchens are also ideal for energy saving and natural light renovations. For East and West oriented kitchens, the light will be brighter and more intense either in the morning or evening, so it's worth considering when the kitchen will be used to determine what natural light source should be incorporated.

Task Lighting

The kitchen isn’t just a pretty space but a practical one too. This is where task lighting comes in - an essential type of kitchen lighting designed to create a shadow-free work environment when carrying out tasks in the kitchen, like cooking at the hob or chopping on a work surface. This may come in the form of worktop lights, such as under-cabinetry lighting to illuminate meal prep areas, over-the-sink lighting or hob lighting, creating cohesion across the worktops to provide the necessary light to cook safely and easily.

Accent Lighting

Accent lighting is used to draw attention to certain features of your kitchen, crossing the line from creating a purely functional kitchen to an aesthetically pleasing one. These lights can be layered on top of more functional lights to accentuate favourite elements. Smart LED colour-changing strip lights along the cabinetry and under the island are popular with our customers, providing the option for changing your lighting depending on the mood you want to create - from bright and entertaining, to calming, soft, mood lighting.