Whether you’re starting a significant kitchen remodel in your Seattle home or just giving your current kitchen an update, LED downlights can pack a serious punch to take your kitchen to the next level. Here are some ideas to help illuminate your kitchen that can work for a variety of kitchen upgrades.
- Under-Cabinet Lighting: Seattle residents are foodies and it’s much more enjoyable to prepare food in a well-lit work area than enduring poor lighting. Fitting LEDs to the underside of cabinets is a great way to illuminate work surfaces and provide a more localized light than just using the overhead lighting. LEDs compliment ceiling lights, providing interesting areas of light and shadow throughout the room.
- Interior Cupboard Lighting: Enhance glass cabinets with better lighting. Placing LED lights inside glass-fronted cupboards highlights the cupboard’s contents and is great for showing off crystal, glasses, or decorations. It also softens the ambience of the light as it’s reflected off the cupboard contents, adding a warm, atmospheric glow to the area.
- Mixing and Matching: Not every light in the kitchen suddenly needs to be LED downlights. Creatively mixing traditional lighting with LED downlights allows for a lot of flexibility. Take, for example, a dining kitchen. Use the main ceiling and spotlights for bright lighting, then use softly-lit alcove lighting and the light directly above the table to create a more relaxed, intimate atmosphere for dining.
- Pendant Lights: Although LED downlights are mostly fitted flush with the surfaces they’re mounted to, there are other mountings available. Pendant light fixtures provide an unusual but impactful change to specific areas of your kitchen. Try hanging an LED pendant fixture over the kitchen table to improve lighting and add some perceived height to your decor.