By Sally Storey, Design Director

Kitchen lighting needs to have the most flexible lighting scheme in the home to reflect the wide range of functions which kitchens are now used for.  Kitchen lighting needs to adapt from a bright, general light for the day, especially in dark kitchens as a supplement to daylight, to children’s tea and home work at dusk, to an intimate light for dining in the evening.

For mood kitchen lighting, consider LED Cazala lights built in the plinth of the central island to light the floor or if on legs, use LED Contour underneath so that it will appear to float.

The key to any kitchen lighting solution is the design:  Forget grids and symmetry and light what is required.  Do not be afraid to get a lighting designer to help as getting the lighting wrong will be costly to correct.  For details for our lighting design service, click here .