I need your kitchen-lighting advice
We are finalising the install of the kitchen. (Will be 7 or so weeks due to delays !!)
Have installed downlights and also a feature light but there is some indecision if this is the right choice.
There are still doors to go on pantry and the fridge space plus the timber floors will be stained and polished.
What do you think of the feature light? Too big? Too low? Too bright? Just plain wrong? Or perfect/great/fantastic?
Any opinion will be welcomed.
While I have you...thinking of adding bulkhead over right side pantry/oven/fridge with cornices? Yes OR No.
Thank you...thank you for any help.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoJust plain wrong. Feature lights should be over an island preferably. And that style of lighting is most preferred for a hall way or entry way also
The lights shown below with a curved edge would be better suited as your kitchen is squarish enough.
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Here is an example of that style of lighting in the right position imo...
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6 years agoThe light is all wrong. You need large statement lite if you want it in the middle of the room.
- 6 years agoIf you want some lighting above the work bench try something like this in multiples 2/3.
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6 years agoYour floors sound beautiful, if you did decide to hang a few pendant lights these could look stunning, very minimalist, go with your floors and not block your view
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I have drawn up a rough idea of your kitchen, showing both with or without bulk head/soffit but I have been unable to make the cornice run around the bulk head/soffit so you will have to imagine it. I have added a narrow cabinet beside the fridge to help me build it in but your cabinet maker should be able to install a matching panel. The space between both rows of cabinets is a bit too wide and I would suggest that you have a small island type bench so that you have something to easily put things out onto from both the oven and fridge.
Please excuse my pendant lights they are floor lamps and the only ones I have, so once again imagine, if these lights are hung at the correct level they will look great also keeping in mind that door. There's nothing to block in the kitchen and two lights together towards the end of the Island should work for you. cheers
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Thank you Siriuskey. Ceilings are 3.1m high so the bulkheads are quite big (710mm) hence our thoughts on it would bring the room in a lot. There is also a messy part at the end of the upper cupboards that will look untidy due to the beam. We would end up with a small gap. Sometimes so called kitchen designers have no practical or functional sense and tend to just move boxes around on their computers !!
- 6 years agoLovely light but I agree with others. It’s not ideal one for your kitchen, more suitable for a hallway. Your kitchen looks similar to mine and I have hanging lights above the bench.
Bulkheads, definitely but both sides.
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the 710 above the existing cabinets could be made up of another row of cabinets with the cornice built out above them. Or as in my drawing open shelves for cook books or to display things you love and a bulk head above which would be the same depth as the beam, the bulk head and beam would both have cornice on them as per the cornice on the RH side of my drawing, which I can't get my program to draw!!
- 6 years agoI agree with installing bulkheads above all cabinets. If you install higher cabinets, how accessible/safe would they be? Also remove central pendant light, replace with down light. Remove down lights from bench and replace with two pendant lights.
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