Illuminating Your Kitchen: Exploring Different Types of Lighting

Lighting plays a crucial role in defining the ambiance, functionality, and style of your kitchen. Lighting serves a unique purpose, and when combined thoughtfully, can transform your kitchen into a bright, welcoming, and efficient space. Discover how different types of lighting can enhance your kitchen's look and feel:

LED Strip Lighting


LED strip lighting consists of flexible circuit boards embedded with LEDs making it both versatile and flexible for a wide variety of applications. 


Energy Efficiency: LED strips consume much less energy compared to traditional lighting options and have a longer life span.


Customisation: Available in a huge range of different colours, brightness levels, and lengths which can be easily adjusted with a wireless remote.



Modern Aesthetic: Adds a sleek and contemporary touch to your new kitchen.

Spotlights


Spotlights are directional lights that can fill your kitchen with bright lighting as well as focus on specific areas or objects, providing full kitchen or concentrated lighting.


Focused Illumination: Perfect for highlighting specific areas or tasks such as hobs, sinks and work surfaces.


Flexibility: With the option for dimming switches you can easily set the ambiance by changing the intensity of your spotlights.



Versatility: Available in various bulb colours and external finishes to discreetly match any kitchen decor.

Cabinet Lighting


Cabinet lighting refers to lights installed inside or around cabinets, providing both functional and aesthetic benefits, easily modernising your new kitchen while keeping a sleek look and feel to your home.


Enhanced Visibility: Illuminates dark corners and shelves, brightening your entire kitchen and creates a more welcoming space.


Decorative Appeal: Adds a warm and inviting glow to your new kitchen.



Versatility: Available in various forms, opening up possibilities and creativity when designing your new kitchen.

Pendant Lights


Pendant lights are hanging fixtures suspended from the ceiling adding character and warmth to your home.


Stylish: Available in a wide range of designs to match any kitchen decor.


Functional: Provides focused task lighting or ambient lighting, for areas such as dining tables in open-plan spaces and kitchen islands.



Versatile: Can be used individually across your kitchen or in groups to differentiate areas in your home.

Combining different types of lighting is key to creating a well-lit, functional, and aesthetically pleasing kitchen. We will evaluate your kitchen space and find the best lighting solutions to help transform your kitchen into an inviting and homely kitchen space.



Visit our showroom to see how we have made use of a variety of different light fixtures in different settings to get inspiration for your new kitchen and a chance to speak to one of our design experts.

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Isla Thompson • September 5, 2024

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