Kitchen chandelier lighting ideas

Michelle Berwick Design

We've long believed that the right light fixture can be like jewelry for your home—a glamorous finishing touch that makes every other detail come together in perfect harmony. But even we can admit that kitchens often get the short end of the stick. While formal dining rooms get dramatic chandeliers and even powder rooms enjoy more than their fair share of fun sconces, kitchens rarely get the first-class treatment when it comes to lighting.

But it doesn't have to be that way. Whether. you want an eye-catching centerpiece or you just need a little extra task lighting that's aesthetically pleasing, focusing on the lighting in your kitchen can do a lot. From modern sculptural designs to vintage-inspired chandeliers to understated accents, we rounded up our favorite scene-stealing light fixtures just might make the kitchen your favorite room of the house.

Click through for our favorite kitchen lighting ideas, and soon you'll be seeing your prep space in a whole new light. (Sorry, we had to do it.)

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 Design: Alison Giese Interiors; Photo: Stacy Zarin Goldberg

This clean and cohesive kitchen is what we'd call "new traditional", but we love the subtle nods to more rustic elements—seen here in the unique light fixture, bar stools, and accessories. These small touches add another layer of character to this charming space. The metallic accents on the light fixture help tie the whole look together.

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Mindy Gayer

While we'd obviously never pass up a great brass, copper, or oiled bronze light fixture, a rattan or woven jute option can be a great way to bring the outdoors in—especially if you're leaning toward a Scandi decorating scheme with lots of cane and light wood tones.

This sculptural pendant lands somewhere between Japanese-inspired and subtly nordic—in other words, it's high-design and statement-making while remaining understated.

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Design: Southern Studio Interior Design with New Old Custom Homes

Opposites attract—which may account for why we're so smitten with these vintage-style lantern lights in this muted, contemporary space. Their oversized scale and light-catching brass accents make them the centerpiece of the kitchen, and reference the historic elements elsewhere in this home.

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Design: Cortney Bishop; Photo: Katie Charlotte

There's just not enough time for us to unpack everything we love about this quirky, midcentury space—but the light fixture definitely takes the cake. Its atomic age-esque shape fits right in with these Eames-style chairs, while the natural fiber brings a touch of the organic into this cheery eating area.

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Alvin Wayne

A transformative kitchen lighting design doesn't have to be overly bold. Here, two simple gray pendants maintain the subtle, minimalist look of the rest of the kitchen while still acting as a focal point.

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Ann Living

Sometimes the best lighting ideas are the most out-of-the-box choices. Instead of going for traditional recessed lighting or a pendant over the kitchen island, consider hanging a handful of mini pendants throughout the center of your prep space for a fun, playful lighting idea.

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Ashley Montgomery Design

Who says you need to cover up your lights with shades? Here, exposed bulbs give off a rustic, industrial look and feel and add a lot of interest. You can opt for warm, loft lighting or Edison bulbs to keep the lights from feeling too harsh or bright.

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Ashley Montgomery Design

Less is definitely not more when it comes to eye-catching chandeliers. This multi-bulb fixture is perfect for creating a contemporary focal point in your open concept kitchen/dining room and helps to delineate the space.

If you don't have a dedicated dining room, a statement fixture is a great way to carve out a more formal look and feel in the room.

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Britt Design Studio

Here, a pendant light with an oversized glass shade offers a fun touch to the otherwise traditional kitchen. The wavy, clear glass shade is subtle enough to provide just enough of personality without clashing with the rest of the space.

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Brophy Interiors

Whether or not you are actually close to the beach, you can still incorporate a nautical decor look in your kitchen through the use of lighting. Look for pendant lights made of driftwood or shell details to add a beachy vibe to your prep space.

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Brophy Interiors

If the rest of your kitchen is streamlined and simple, consider opting for more detailed or elaborate lighting to take the focus in your space. A multi-faceted, Moroccan-inspired pendant can not only reflect more light, but the artisanal look provides an elevated feel that's creative and personal.

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Calimia Home

Though the most popular kitchen lighting choices are focused around the island, don't forget the rest of your space. A few modern sconces can help frame a window and add task lighting above the sink where you need it.

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Casa Watkins Living

If you want the lighting (and not the fixture) to steal the show, pick a shade that is understated and almost blends in with the rest of the kitchen. A clear glass cover allows the bulb to be the focus so you can pick a warm light such as an Edison bulb to fill the space with a glow.

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Charlie Interior Design

Not sure where to start with your kitchen lighting? Look for lighting that pairs well with your cabinetry. Matching the color with your cabinets is an easy way to keep a streamlined look throughout the space.

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Charlie Interior Design

Here, simple IKEA pendants are given a fun upgrade to create a custom lighting look that works wonderfully with the rest of the space. Consider DIY-ing or improving on cheap lighting to develop a kitchen lighting plan perfect for your space.

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Charlie Interior Design

If you are a fan of open shelving in the kitchen, be sure to plan your lighting to support the look. Hang a couple of sconces in the open space above the shelves to help fill the walls and add a little warmth.

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Design: Katie Martinez

Photography: Malcolm Brown

Modern farmhouse often incorporates a lot of brass, metal, and other rustic materials. This look is perfect for adding statement lighting that doesn't feel overly formal or too elegant. Opt for more rustic, vintage materials and shapes to give your kitchen that farmhouse edge.

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KG Designs

Have a big space to fill? Not only should you consider the lumens to support your room, but you should also be sure your fixtures themselves can hold their own in the space. Opt for oversized fixtures when you're working with a large, open concept kitchen plan.

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Laquita Tate Styling and Designs

While you may not want to hang actual candles from your ceiling, you can steal the look with a fixture that is reminiscent of a hanging candelabra. This fixture is great for adding a bit of drama to an otherwise understated space.

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 Design: Alison Giese Interiors; Photo: Robert Radifera

Scale is everything—and here's proof. This oversized pendant light brings a whimsical touch to this eat-in kitchen area, and subtly mimics the undulating shape of the tulip table underneath at the same time. This dreamy, midcentury-tinged space proves that even a simple shape can make a big impact if you play with proportion in an unexpected way.

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LeClair Decor

You don't need to focus on just fixtures that feel kitchen-y. If you want to give your kitchen a more inviting warmth, consider a linen shade or brass accents that offer a more elegant, soft feel.

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LeClair Decor

Give your kitchen a touch of pizazz with a gold, scaled pendant light. The touch of Moroccan flair helps to transform this otherwise minimal kitchen and easily becomes the centerpiece of the whole space.

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LeeAnn Baker Interiors LTD

If your sink is on the kitchen island, consider placing your hanging pendant directly above it to frame the space. Not only does this provide task lighting, but it also helps to center your kitchen add scale against the appliances.

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Mary Patton Design

Instead of pendants over your kitchen island, consider. an oversized chandelier. A vintage-inspired brass piece is a great way to add a focal point to your space and help to create a more formal feel if you tend to dine at your island a lot.

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Design: JLK Interiors

The best way to pick the right statement lighting for your kitchen is to first determine what decor style you want to incorporate. If your space is traditional, for example, you can either mix things up with a more modern fixture or keep the traditional feel with a brass pendant with candle-look lights.

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Design: Interior Impressions

Photography: Mackenzie Merrill Photography

On the other hand, don't feel limited by your kitchen decor. It's easy to mix various design styles, especially when it comes to lighting. Here, a more vintage-inspired fixture plays wonderfully with the woven, boho-look bar stools.

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Gillian Segal

Give us a Sputnik-style light fixture any day—it always seems to enliven a space. And the kitchen island is no exception. While we more often see these sculptural, mobile-shaped chandeliers over the dining table or in the living room, there's no reason not to let them take center stage at the breakfast bar, too. (Especially when your kitchen is as sleek as this one.)

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Design: Think Chic Interiors

Photography: Hulya Kolabas

Upgrade your traditional glass pendant shades with a version that will add a bit more visual interest and reflect even more light. Look for fun shapes, interesting facets, and details that will catch extra light and add more depth to the space.

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M Lavender Interiors

While we typically see a lot of hanging pendants and task lighting in the kitchen, there's no reason a beautiful flush mount can't hold its own. Swap out a boring "boob light" for a more visually appealing flush mount fixture to fill a room with light and personality.

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Maite Granda

We love mixed mediums in every room in the house, but incorporating various materials in the kitchen can be a delightful surprise. Consider unexpected materials in your lighting fixtures such as rope, metal, or concete to add interest to the space.

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Calimia Home

One kitchen trend we can't get enough of right now? Artwork. Add a framed piece of art in your kitchen and hang a spotlight over it to give your prep space that museum look and feel. This is a great idea for that awkward space you can't fill or over a coffee nook or pantry.

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 Design: Pembrooke & Ives

Photo: Evan Joseph

So you've found a light fixture you love—now, double it. Two really is better than one, in this case, because repetition in design makes the impact of a statement-style like this one much stronger. Even in a relatively compact kitchen, it's a way to show off your personality and be bold without giving up an inch of floor or counter space.

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Naked Kitchens

Whether or not you have colorful cabinets in your kitchen, a fun bold-colored light fixture is a great way to add a playful twist to your space. Here, powder blue pendants help to frame the kitchen island and give it a fun extra pop of color.

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DESIGN: ASHLEY CLARK/SKOUT

You may associate articulated sconces with reading nooks, but they're handy in the kitchen, too—and they can be an unexpected way to highlight your space without accommodating a low-hanging pendant light. This style can be pulled out to shed a little extra light on the task at hand, whether you're working on your knife skills or watering your succulents.

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Naked Kitchens

There are many ways to be creative with your kitchen lighting. If you don't want to go for an overstated fixture, consider playing with the length of your kitchen pendant light cords. A few simple pendant lights can create an eye-catching piece simply by staggering the distance from the ceiling.

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Design: Michelle Boudreau Design

Photography: Lance Gerber

This mid-century modern kitchen features spherical island pendants that give us major galaxy vibes. They are oversized just enough to create an eye-catching focal point, but not so much that they take away from the rest of the modern kitchen.

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Michelle Berwick Design

There aren't really any rooms in the house we don't love using gold in, but we especially love it in the kitchen. Gold fixtures (cabinet pulls, faucets, you name it) can elevate a kitchen and give it a hotel-inspired feel. Opt for gold lighting fixtures to give your kitchen the Midas touch.

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Kitchen lighting: 30 photo examples of interior design

Contents

• Types of lighting: track, spot, built-in, LED, for cabinets
• Variants of a modern stretch ceiling in the dining room kitchen: 10 examples
• Design recessed lighting in the interior of the kitchen
• Beautiful trendy lamps in the interior of the kitchen

Lighting in the kitchen is very important both in practical and aesthetic terms. In a modern Italian kitchen interior design project, lighting is sure to be multifaceted. For example, spot lighting on the ceiling will be complemented by a chandelier, sconces, countertop and cupboard lighting.

The more different light sources, the more lighting scenarios you will have. By the way, LED strips and spotlights can have different shades of glow, which will help create an intimate atmosphere, for example, for a romantic dinner.

Ceiling lighting in the kitchen is one of the most important details. It is best to choose the option with a trio - a chandelier + LED strip on the edge of the false ceiling + spotlights around the perimeter of the false ceiling.

Types of lighting: track, spot, recessed, LED, for cabinets

The lighting in the kitchen in the photo does not look as important as in reality. In fact, the lighting and the color of the lamps greatly affect your perception of the kitchen. The white or silver glow usually makes your eyes tire quickly, especially when cooking. Therefore, we recommend light yellow, pale yellow and warm yellow shades of lamps for general lighting and gold/yellow/colored red for decorative lighting.

Ceiling spotlights on the perimeter ceiling

Spot lighting in the kitchen is usually created on a stretch or false ceiling. Most often we are talking about round, square or rectangular spotlights, built into one line around the perimeter or over the entire ceiling area. Such lamps can be repeated more often in the area of ​​​​the kitchen set and less often - in the center of the room or at the countertop, by the window. A stretch ceiling with spotlights will most likely be complemented by the main lamp - a chandelier.

LED strip along the perimeter of the ceiling in the interior

This stylish version of the LED strip around the perimeter of the room looks very stylish. It futuristically highlights the art deco accent chandelier and floor lamp.

Track profile luminaires

Track lighting in the kitchen or profile rail systems are two types of luminaires strung together in a line. Track lights are an outdoor type where the track itself is visible on the surface of the ceiling. Whereas profile rail systems are built-in long niches, from which even geometric patterns (such as rectangles or more complex shapes) can be composed. Profile systems look especially impressive in contrasting colors (black on white, gray on white, etc.).

Illumination of built-in cupboards in the interior of the kitchen

Stylish lighting of cupboard modules can become the most important decorative element in the interior of the kitchen. Usually it works from a special switch and immediately in all lockers.

Kitchen interior with recessed lighting

The versatility of built-in lighting guarantees a cozy atmosphere and highlights all dark and shady areas in the interior. Built-in lighting is never too much!

Modern stretch ceiling options in the dining room kitchen: 10 examples

Lighting in the living room kitchen is no different from lighting in a separate kitchen, but the ceiling design can be divided into two or three zones. Usually - on the culinary and kitchen-dining area. At the same time, in the kitchen-living room there may be accent lamps above the dining group. The suspended ceiling in the kitchen-living room can be designed on several levels, and in a separate small kitchen, a continuous stretch ceiling is usually used.

Kitchen-living room with central stretch and false plasterboard ceiling

Lighting the kitchen area - its culinary part - is extremely important. Particularly important is the working lighting of the kitchen. The LED strip can be built into the headset or be installed on top of the apron. There are options for spot lighting in the headset itself, if it is provided for in the model of this brand. You also need spotlights on the ceiling directly above you when you are standing in front of the countertop, since the light of the chandelier will be blocked by your back.

Kitchen-dining room with stretch and false ceiling with a rectangular niche

Typical kitchen lighting is usually done in a modern style. In the classics there can be openwork elements, in art deco - geometric, in neoclassical - simple moldings and decor. In general, the design of the ceiling looks modern, although the interior may reflect the fashion trends of a completely different era. Since the decoration of the ceiling is usually white, and we do not often look up, there is no dissonance in styles. Lighting in a small kitchen can be completely strict and minimalistic.

Simple stretch ceiling in a small loft style kitchen

Lighting in the kitchen with a stretch ceiling can be very different. Track lighting (and profile busbar systems), built-in spotlights, chandeliers, LED threads around the perimeter are possible here. A stretch ceiling can have zones with suspended plasterboard elements with a variety of lighting. Remember that the white kitchen needs lighting too!

Plasterboard step for built-in lighting along the set

Lighting above the kitchen - either directly above the cabinetry or at the top (crown) of the upper cabinets - can be very useful for accentuating the design of the fronts of the kitchen cabinet. It is too far from here to the countertop to consider such lighting useful for the work area, but it can be very beautiful nonetheless.

Suspended ceiling with perimeter spotlights and chandelier socket

Lamps create a safe zone for cooking, which is why proper lighting of the kitchen worktop is so important. In addition to the chandelier, we recommend spotlights at the bottom of the upper wall cabinets or an LED strip in the same place.

Design suspended ceiling with bionic shapes in contemporary style

Now consider table lighting in the kitchen (or island). The most common option involves using light from the main lamp or spotlights on the ceiling + a couple of sconces on the wall in front of the table. The option with an accent lamp (paired or even triple) right above the table can also be very interesting.

Stylish false ceiling with rounded edges and LED strip

In the interior of the futuristic kitchen in the visualization above, we see several elements of built-in lighting and super-fashionable spherical lamps on a gold frame at once. Finishing the facades in rose gold-tone metal looks simply gorgeous here!

Kitchen-living room with stretch and false ceiling with LED strip in silver

The LED strip in a silver glow on the ceiling complements this green interior with a Venetian terrazzo floor in a futuristic way.

Kitchen-dining room with LED lighting around the ceiling

Another kitchen option with LED lighting, two neoclassical chandeliers and a pair of sconces in the dining room.

Design recessed lighting in the kitchen interior

The lighting in the kitchen under the wall cabinets can be silver, pale yellow, gold or even colored - the choice is yours. By the way, the apron itself can be supplemented with lighting. Backsplash lighting, often used for onyx or marble, looks very impressive.

Recessed lighting in kitchen hood

Some household appliances have their own built-in lighting: hoods, refrigerators and freezers with glass doors, ovens (in active mode), espresso machines (in active mode), etc.

Accent ball-shaped cascade lamp above the bar

In the photo above, we show a variant of the cascading ball-shaped lamp with a gold base.

Luxurious kitchen cupboard lighting

In the visualization above, you can see a modern-style kitchen set with beautifully illuminated cupboards.

Peninsula accents and shelf lighting

Another trendy version of the double cap lamp above the bar. Pay attention to the LED strip in the design of the shelves on the side.

Design lighting for decorative shelves in the kitchen

You can see a stunning design option for shelf lighting in the design of the futuristic headset in the visualization above.

Beautiful trendy lamps in the interior of the kitchen

The chandelier chosen by the designer for your kitchen can be especially luxurious. There are several types of popular pendant lights suitable for kitchen interiors.

Luxurious French white chandelier with classic silhouette

For example, French classic chandeliers with crystal are one of those.

Neoclassical chandelier with gold-tone crystal elements

Blown glass chandeliers are popular in luxury interiors, especially in dining rooms.

Art Deco Triple Spot Lights Over Peninsula

Also in fashion are art deco lamps, which are often made of glass with refraction, gold, metal and crystal. They usually have a geometric shape, pronounced and technical.

Parametric lamps above the kitchen island

Another popular style is modern contemporary with parametric elements. Such lamps or chandeliers can resemble the details of a spaceship and have repetitive parametric elements: circles, grids, geometric shapes such as rhombuses or others.

Neoclassical crystal chandeliers on metal steel frame

Such a neoclassical style chandelier with art deco elements will look great in any pro-French interior.

Parametric style scalable chandelier in the center of the room

This unique version of the scalable lamp will look organically in the interior with any laconic kitchen set. A modern kitchen deserves such a gift!

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155+ (Photos) Options and Ideas for Design

Lighting in the kitchen is different from lighting in other rooms. It should not only please the eye, but also meet purely practical requirements: be bright enough to be comfortable to work with, soft enough not to hurt the eyes, and at the same time be properly positioned. One light bulb under the ceiling is definitely not enough. Consider the materials of the fixtures and their location, and the result will definitely be good.

Content of this article:

Content:

• Location
• Materials of Lamps
• Conclusions
• Photo Gallery (more than 155 photos)

Location

The basic rule to follow is that all zones should be lit separately. Your own light in the work area, your own light in the dining room, a couple of decorative lamps.

Proper kitchen lighting requires creativity

Even in the smallest kitchen, one ceiling lamp will not be enough - although no one forbids hanging it anyway, as a designer decoration, highlighting the dining area or an additional background light.

Small kitchen in white

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Illumination of the work area

You need to start with the illumination of the work area - it will set the general tone, and besides, you simply cannot do without it. Cooking in the twilight is below average pleasure.

It can be located in different ways:

• On the bottom of cabinets . This solution is relevant if you even have hanging cabinets above the work area. An LED strip is stretched along their lower surface, its light falls exactly on the countertop. As a result, you will not be able to block the light for yourself, plus there will be a pleasant overall impression.
• On the wall . If there are no lockers, or if you are not satisfied with the tape, you can always place a lamp on the wall above the work area. It can be something purely utilitarian - spots, for example, which are not distinguished by beauty - or it can be an elegant antique sconce. The main thing is that the light is directed down to the work surface.

Illumination of the working area

All other ideas for the location are not valid - you can not place the lamp so that the light falls from behind, you cannot make the light soft and diffused.

Only bright, precise illumination. Can be used for it:

• LED strip . It looks very simple, but bright and lasts a long time. An additional plus is the ability to adjust the saturation of the light flux, as well as start a remote control that will turn on the tape from a certain distance.
• Spots . Small lamps, more like spotlights, are an excellent solution for illuminating the work area. Moreover, they can be directed in different directions, depending on current needs.
• Sconce . Tape and spots do not fit into classic interiors, but sconces fit perfectly. They can fit snugly against the wall, they can look like a lampshade on a curved leg - all ideas are good, the main thing is that the sconce has a bright enough light bulb.

Classic kitchen style

Tip

In addition to the worktop itself, you can also illuminate the stove. But the light bulb cannot be placed over an open fire and the best solution is an LED strip stretched along the outer edge of the hood.

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Lighting for the dining area

If lighting should be primarily practical in the case of the work area, then beauty comes to the fore in the case of the dining area. Here, the lamp not only illuminates the table and the contents of the plates, but highlights the area and serves as a decoration.

LED strip for work area

It can be placed in different ways:

• On the ceiling. Often the dining area is located in the center of the kitchen and then ceiling lighting is best suited. It will provide soft diffused light, highlight the table and at the same time illuminate the rest of the space. In addition, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling cannot be knocked over during dinner or filled with juice.
• On table . A table lamp is a good solution if the dining area is not located in the center of the interior and does not require a constant emphasis at all. The main thing is that the table for the lamp is large enough, otherwise, while eating, someone will definitely touch it and you will have to repair it.
• On the wall. If the table is close to the wall, lighting it with a wall lamp is not a bad idea. The light can be directed both downwards and upwards.

Creative solution

Various lamps can be used to illuminate the dining area:

• Ceiling chandeliers . They have a variety of designs, as well as colors. There is something suitable for any interior - with a paper lampshade for Japanese, with a flower for Provence, with crystal "drops" for shabby chic. Interestingly, there can be several chandeliers - this makes sense if you have a long rectangular table or bar counter.
• Table lamps . They can be made from different materials, differently designed - for each style there is a solution. Metal with glass for English classics, pure metal for high-tech, wood and paper for Chinese. The main thing is that the lamp is stable enough so that it does not break from one careless movement.

Provence style

• Wall lights . LED lamps, spots or sconces - the choice is unlimited. The light in the dining area can be directed in any direction. Here it does not have to be bright, since its main purpose is aesthetic.

Tip

The ceiling chandelier should be hung so that it cannot be touched while eating.

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Additional lighting

in order to highlight the accent in the interior. It could be:

• Niche lighting . In this case, in the niche itself, you can place a funny figurine, a favorite photo or a poster of a group that your child is going crazy about.

Separate dining area lighting

• Surface lighting . An LED strip stretched under the tabletop near the table or cabinets looks magical - thanks to it, the furniture seems to be floating in the air. The effect looks especially interesting if you make the tape colored.
• Cabinet lighting . Here, the purpose is not only design, but also practical - looking into the illuminated closet, you can always easily determine where everything is and whether it's time to clean. Such a backlight looks interesting if you make a glass door in the closet - then it will look like a showcase illuminated from the inside.

A small lamp can be placed on the window sill to illuminate the colored curtain from the inside. And you can install glass shelves in the room and make them illuminated.

Beautiful room with lots of light

Tip

The main thing is not to overload the interior with light. The kitchen should be well lit, but there should not be too many accents, and the light should not hurt the eyes.

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Luminaire materials

It is important not only to place the luminaires correctly, but also to choose them correctly. They should be beautiful, stable and last more than a couple of months.

Base material

The bases of any fixtures are usually made of either plastic or metal. Sometimes there are designer lamps with bases made of glass or wood.

Suspended ceiling in the interior

Each solution, of course, has its pros and cons:

• Plastic . The plastic base breaks easily - this is its main disadvantage. If such a lamp falls, the base will crack or bend. In addition, it will fade over time, is afraid of cleaning chemicals and does not look too chic. But plastic is cheap, it comes in bizarre shapes and its colors are bright.
• Metal . A metal base can last for years - for example, spots and spotlights that are installed in metal serve for a long time. Doesn't break, doesn't rust, looks just fine, can also be bizarre shapes. The only negative, except for the price, is that such a lamp will be heavy. If it falls on a child or pet, injury cannot be avoided.

Minimalist

• Glass . Fragile, but very beautiful material that looks magical as a base. Not afraid of anything but blows. Expensive.
• Wood . It is rare, but it looks good - polished, carved wood fits well into eco-interiors. Doesn't work well with incandescent bulbs. Over time, it may require restoration - replace the varnish, repaint.

Tip

If your design doesn't call for wood or glass, go for fixtures with a metal base. Metal is expensive, but fully pays off. In addition, it fits perfectly into modern styles.

Hi-tech style

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Shade material

Not all lamps have a lampshade, but those that do have it, its quality largely depends on the material. It could be:

• Plastic . If it is made poorly, it may start to melt and smell unpleasant, therefore it is better to buy lamps in a store where you can complain. But it can look interesting, be of any color and have any shape.
• Glass . The materials are fragile, even more afraid of careless handling than the base. There may be problems with cleaning - if washed without skill, stains may remain on the glass. But it is not afraid of anything and can beautifully refract light if you choose a lampshade with patterns or relief.

Glass is fragile but beautiful

• Tiffany glass . A separate type of glass, which is most similar to stained glass. It looks elegant, the light not only refracts, but also paints in different colors. Looks great in classic interiors - for example, on a table in colonial classics.
• Metal . Metal lampshades are beautiful, reliable and long lasting, but heavy and expensive. If you drop such a lampshade on your foot, bruising will be the best possible outcome.
• Wood . Lampshades are rarely made of wood - yet most lamps heat up during use. But such lampshades look very interesting, they are suitable for eco-style interiors and, as a rule, embody a certain design idea.
• Fabric . Fabric lampshades are a kind of classic. You can make them with your own hands, if you have a penchant for this, and then no one else will have such a lampshade as yours. The fabric looks nice, looks good in classic interiors, but collects dust and fades over time, especially if the sun's rays fall on it.

Fabric lampshades - a classic

• Paper . A rare solution that is usually used to make Chinese or Japanese style lamps. Such a lampshade serves for a long time, since the paper is specially processed. But over time, it fades and, if dropped, is likely to break.

Tip

Choose the lampshade material according to your style. So, Provence will not do without a flowered fabric lampshade, and high-tech without a simple metal one.

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Bulb

And, of course, we must not forget about the light bulb - it depends on how the light will be:

• Incandescent lamp . Gives a warm pleasant light of the yellow spectrum, can have any shape and look interesting. But it warms more than it shines - only five percent of the energy consumed is spent on light. It burns out during power surges, it can burst, scattering fragments around. However, it has the lowest price.
• Halogen lamp . They look like incandescent lamps, but inside the flask is filled with iodine or bromine vapor. As a result, the efficiency is increased three times, the light can be of different brightness, as well as the shape. Minus - they do not work in closed lampshades, because they quickly burn out. They can only be installed with gloves, because they cannot stand contact with sebum.

Using neon light

• Fluorescent lamp . It can give light of different saturation - three thousand gives soft yellow, six - bright white. The flask is always the same shape, require special disposal. But they serve for a long time and are five times more efficient than incandescent lamps.
• LED lamp . A novelty in the technological market. It is expensive, but it can serve up to twenty years, and it consumes very little electricity. The main thing is to buy from a trusted seller, as low-quality lamps flicker, which harms the eyes. The most annoying thing is that you can only see the flicker through the camera of the mobile.

Tip

Halogen lamps are still the most balanced solution in terms of price / quality.

Choosing the right lighting is not only useful, but also interesting. And besides, the result can always be redone if it does not suit you.

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Conclusions

The light in the kitchen should be as pleasing to the eyes as possible. Consider all the needs for your interior. After all, it is also an important component of comfort.

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9 Total Score

Choosing the light for the kitchen

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Pros

• Proper lighting will reduce the load on the eyes and you will feel better;
• interior design will look interesting and fresh;
• you can try your hand at interior design by selecting and combining lamps.

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