Iluminating the Kitchen
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Put in a new kitchen and having trouble iluminating it. It's probably due to the dark floor and worktops soaking up the available light. Started with a 3 way spot light and changed the bulbs to halogens which are bright but concentrated. Now got a single light with 2 x 60watt bulbs but can barely see anything with the shade on it and not much better without. Had I known I would have put lights under the cupboards but too late now. I'm limited to something round due to the pattern in the Artex. Any ideas?
Can you get to the ceiling void via upstairs floor boards...run more lighting cable & more lights.
Likewise with the wall units, can you run a cable from the ceiling void into the corner onto the units & down the back, there is usually a recess behind the unit.
You need to get as much light as you can It'll drive you mad otherwise.
Likewise with the wall units, can you run a cable from the ceiling void into the corner onto the units & down the back, there is usually a recess behind the unit.
You need to get as much light as you can It'll drive you mad otherwise.
Spydaman said:
Put in a new kitchen and having trouble iluminating it. It's probably due to the dark floor and worktops soaking up the available light. Started with a 3 way spot light and changed the bulbs to halogens which are bright but concentrated. Now got a single light with 2 x 60watt bulbs but can barely see anything with the shade on it and not much better without. Had I known I would have put lights under the cupboards but too late now. I'm limited to something round due to the pattern in the Artex. Any ideas?
It might not be too late to get something under the cupboards if we are creative. You will need somethign wee but powerful so give me a call (the number is on the website at www.ecoledlight.co.uk (ask for Guy!) and we can discuss. I can probably cure your woes.Cheers
Guy
Edited by E36GUY on Wednesday 23 March 17:26
Could you not do independant lighting under the cupboards and in the kickboards. The kickboards probably won't provide a whole lot of additional light, but it would be something (and look nice too!).
If you run a cable through conduit the same/similar colour to your cupboards underneath the cornice/pelmet (can't remember which one the bottom one is!), through a series of wall mounted lights hidden under the cupboards and into an externally mounted light switch somewhere near the end/on the end of a cupboard, you could flick that on seperately. That way, you would have the effect of under cupboard lighting without chasing out walls to get to your existing switch. You would also not have to turn the main lights on when it's dusky or first thing in the morning, just use these.
If you run a cable through conduit the same/similar colour to your cupboards underneath the cornice/pelmet (can't remember which one the bottom one is!), through a series of wall mounted lights hidden under the cupboards and into an externally mounted light switch somewhere near the end/on the end of a cupboard, you could flick that on seperately. That way, you would have the effect of under cupboard lighting without chasing out walls to get to your existing switch. You would also not have to turn the main lights on when it's dusky or first thing in the morning, just use these.
How about some kind of track lighting?
A quick google search found this http://homebuilding.thefuntimesguide.com/2008/01/f...
Which looks like the kind of thing you need.
A quick google search found this http://homebuilding.thefuntimesguide.com/2008/01/f...
Which looks like the kind of thing you need.
.........& get back to workGoochie said:
How about some kind of track lighting?
I tried track lighting in my kitchen - well to be precise one of those things with four spots in a line. Utterly useless, because I have a galley kitchen and so wherever you wre working, your head was casting a shadow where you wanted to look.Simpo Two said:
I tried track lighting in my kitchen - well to be precise one of those things with four spots in a line. Utterly useless, because I have a galley kitchen and so wherever you wre working, your head was casting a shadow where you wanted to look.
A valid point. If you don't want to cast shadows then the line where the lamps are doesn't want to be more than 450mm from the edge of the work surfaces (assuming a 30 degree beam angle)E36GUY said:
It might not be too late to get something under the cupboards if we are creative. You will need somethign wee but powerful so give me a call (the number is on the website at www.ecoeldlight.co.uk (ask for Guy!) and we can discuss. I can probably cure your woes.
Guy
If you're going to advertise at least get your own URL right.Guy
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