The backlight of the kitchen - a bright design decision!

Orange corner kitchen set with light

Kitchen set today is in almost every family. It is convenient, capacious, makes the work in the kitchen rational and efficient. But it is equally important that the room has good lighting: here it is especially necessary. However, the current realities, with their high prices for electricity and low quality of incandescent bulbs, make us think about finding more efficient and cheaper ways to obtain it.

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The result has been the increasing spread of energy-saving lamps, as well as the use of LED lighting. Many homegrown Edison went even further: and now, to save electricity, point sources of light are proposed, vividly highlighting certain parts of a room or furniture.

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Advantages of kitchen lighting and disadvantages

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To create the most favorable working conditions in the kitchen, the lighting of the kitchen unit will be effective. It allows you to create a special atmosphere for the hostess and discovers a number of factors confirming the feasibility of its use. Among them:

• full lighting of the working area;
• creating an atmosphere of comfort and attractiveness;
• the ability to light not the whole kitchen, but only the necessary part of it;
• a variety of luminaire models of various configurations and mounting methods;
• saving family budget.

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As for the shortcomings, the main thing is considered to be a fairly high price for this type of product.

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Types of lighting: the pros and cons of options

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The convenience of working in the kitchen depends not only on its size and the correct placement of furniture, but also on the choice of lighting devices, their quality, price and location. In this regard, it is important to consider all types of used light sources, presenting their advantages and disadvantages in the table.

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What especially to pay attention to when choosing lamps and fixtures

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For the choice of light sources to be successful, it is important to take into account some of the nuances that make it possible to select the most high-quality lamp or lamp that is effectively used for lighting the room and kitchen furniture.

1. If the kitchen is dark, with a low level of daylight on 1 square. m of space need a lighting device with a capacity of at least 25 watts. It is easy to calculate the required volumes of energy by using artificial light: it’s enough to multiply the area indicator by 25. It would be most appropriate to place not one high power lamp, but several placed in different places.
2. The next point to pay attention to is energy saving. The most effective in this regard, LED lamps, which consume it almost five times more than incandescent lamps. In addition, their service life is much longer than usual.
3. A special role is played by the color scheme of the kitchen design. Depending on the area of ​​the room, its location and the amount of daylight, the lamp color should be chosen:

• if the kitchen is small in size and has weak daylight, and the kitchen set has dark shades, you should use white devices that will visually expand the space and brighter light it;

Beautiful modern kitchen of dark color with bright white lighting.

• a fairly spacious kitchen is best lit with lamps of different color shades; while on the headset you can glue the LED strip, both on top and along the bottom edge;

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• a very large space with a high ceiling will give a feeling of comfort if placed in different places of the lamp in a warm yellow color; furniture lighting is also better to issue in warm colors.

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4. A peculiar color, warmth and “homeiness” give the room textile shades made of materials with a variety of colors, including contrasting.

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Important! Properly selected lighting of the working area or kitchen set should be as safe, durable, economical, protected from moisture and fat.

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What are the features of the lighting of the kitchen, and how to apply them in the interior

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Highlight furniture in the kitchen can be in different ways; LED backlights and LED tape are the most effective. It is important to highlight the most significant areas of the working area and furniture without spending a lot of electricity. Lighting can be done with:

• recessed fixtures that provide the necessary brightness in the worktop area or near the cabinets; they do not take up much space, if properly installed, fit organically into the interior;

Lighting in the kitchen with recessed lights

• overhead lighting fixtures that create an atmosphere of comfort, are easy to use and are installed on the kitchen set;

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• The use of LED strips gives a special distinction to the design of the room, as they can be placed in any part of the kitchen and furniture, have different color shades, are strengthened around the perimeter or width of the cabinets.

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Choosing and installing their own hands

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The use of conventional incandescent lamps does not allow to illuminate the working area in the room or cabinets at the desired level. The most convenient way to do this is to use LED lights or ribbon. In this case, not only specialists can equip them: the installation can be carried out with your own hands, taking into account the features of the installation.

1. Basic devices for lighting the work surface and kitchen set:

• fluorescent lamps;
• LED strips and lamps;
• other special devices.

2. It is important to determine the type of lighting device.
3. To illuminate the kitchen, you can use a spotlight, which will highlight:

• cooking place, lighting the stove or hob:
• working area where the hostess works;
• dining area.

4. To illuminate the kitchen set, the tape will be more appropriate, so you need to calculate the length of the entire product or area to be lit.
5. To mount the LED tape, you need a power supply, and you can use up to fifteen meters of tape on one device. Wires must be insulated by passing them into a heat shrink tube.
6. To glue the tape along the length of the kitchen set, it is necessary to remove the protective coating from the self-adhesive side.

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Experts believe that the best option is the backlight, presented in the form of energy-saving modern LED lamps, they are increasingly preferred in comparison with other sources of illumination. They evenly distribute light on the table top and in selected areas.

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The choice of size, type of lighting depends on the importance of using a particular kitchen area.

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Council A prerequisite for success when sticking LED strip will be a careful preparation of the surface: putty or primer, as well as degreasing.

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Finishing the conversation about illumination, it is worth recalling that it is not only narrow-functional equipment for lighting the working area and kitchen unit, but also has become a fashionable trend that brings a touch of decorativeness to the interior design.

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