If you are lighting your kitchen, you need to consider how the background lights will work with the lights you have set for food prep and other tasks. Read these 3 tips for harmoniously lighting your kitchen.

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2. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
If you are lighting your kitchen, you need
to consider how the background lights
will work with the lights you have set for
food prep and other tasks, as well as the
lights that are intended to bring attention
to certain features in your kitchen.
Here are some tips for harmoniously
lighting your kitchen.
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3. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient Lights
Ambient lights make up most of the lighting in a
kitchen. The ultimate purpose of ambient lighting is to
make the navigation of a room second nature, and, in
fact, it is probably safe to say that most rooms in homes
have ambient lighting.
Ambient lights can take the form of a simple on-off
switch, and can also be set to a dimmer so that mood
lighting becomes a feature of the room. Diffused white
light is, for most people, the best choice for ambient
light in the kitchen.
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4. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient Lights
You cannot have a kitchen without ambient
lights, whether you choose to use recessed
lighting cans, hanging chandeliers, or other
forms of general lighting.
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5. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Task Lights
Task lights are often a prominent feature in
kitchens. Where ambient lights are important for
making the entire room navigable, task lights zone
in on a particular area.
Because ambient lights often cast shadows that
make it difficult to see what you are doing on a
countertop or at the stove, task lights are an
important addition to the overall lighting of the
kitchen.
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6. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Task Lights
Task lights are the types of light that are usually placed
beneath wall cabinets so that a user can focus on, quite
literally, the task at hand. These lights illuminate a
countertop to prepare meals.
Fluorescent lights are a safe and often used option for task
lighting, but recessed lights are also a functional choice.
Pendant lights can be used to provide both an aesthetic
statement and a practical task light for counters.
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7. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Accent Lights
When it comes to harmonizing the lighting in your
kitchen, accent lighting can add a dramatic flair to finalize
the overall look of the space. Accent lights can also be
placed underneath cabinets for dual form and function.
Think of accent lights as something like a museum light,
which can bring attention to a unique feature of the space
or even flooring with an interesting or unique design.
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8. Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Ambient, Task, and Accent Lights for Your
Kitchen
Accent Lights
Where kitchens often have a lot of hard edges (consider, for
example, rectangular refrigerators, kitchen cabinets, or
granite countertops), accent lighting can serve as a way to
soften the edges.
Whatever the lighting approach, by incorporating a
combination of ambient lighting, task lighting, and accent
lighting, you can create a harmonious and elegant or even a
more modern way to light your kitchen.
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Light Logic aims to help
consumers learn about
residential lighting best practices,
design, energy efficiency and all
topics regarding lighting a home.
Read the full article at:
www.IESLightLogic.org
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