Research on lighting my kitchen environment

Upon research on kitchen lighting and the various features available in today's society for lighting I came across this incredibly useful website: http://shop.lightingstyles.co.uk/kitchen-lighting.htm

This website is ran by a company named 'Lighting Styles' and own a studio at Essendine with many lighting fittings on display. All of the staff are lighting experts, that are passionate about what they do. Therefore, I found it incredibly useful to make notes on their advice on how to light a kitchen.

Through research on kitchen lighting I learnt:

There are three main types of lighting to consider in kitchens. Using a combination of both is useful and beautiful for various reasons, the main being for aesthetic purposes.

Ambient Kitchen Lighting:

This is general lighting which should be used for your whole kitchen area. You may wish to use a single pendant (or a group of say three) over your kitchen breakfast bar or table to create an ambient lighting mood. Not only will the lights be practical but there are many stunning designs which can bring together the whole design of your kitchen.

Kitchen Task Lighting:

Task lighting is more focused lighting. You will want to use task lighting over your sink, cooker or other food preparation areas so that you can see what you are doing. You may want to consider downlights, track lighting, under cabinet lighting.

Accent Kitchen Lighting:

Accent lighting is used to highlight features of your kitchen - cabinets, cooker alcoves, or art work for example. Down lights or wall lights can be used plus there are many different shelf lights which can add a real wow factor to your kitchen.

Use under cabinet lighting, kitchen island lighting, pendant lighting, side by side other types of contemporary kitchen lighting. You may be surprised at how much you can change the look and feel of your kitchen by simply changing the type of kitchen lighting that you use!
Use under cabinet lighting, kitchen island lighting, pendant lighting, side by side other types of contemporary kitchen lighting. You may be surprised at how much you can change the look and feel of your kitchen by simply changing the type of kitchen lighting that you use!

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