Kitchen Lighting Ideas

There are many kitchen lighting ideas for your new build home or your existing home. If you are building a new home a lighting plan for your kitchen before the walls are put up is the best time to implement. Wiring and electrical boxes can easily be installed at this point to ensure you have all the required points of contact for your fixtures. If you have an existing home and want to add accent or additional lighting, planning the electrical needs for your new fixtures is very important.

There are different types of kitchen lighting that can enhance your kitchen experience. Pendant lighting over your kitchen island or breakfast bar can accent your sparkling new counters as well as give you work space illumination. Various types of pendant lighting to match your décor are available and choosing a fixture can be easy. Lighting stores and lighting departments in retail outlets and home improvement stores can give you a hands on visual of what is available for you to choose from. Online stores also offer many of the same choices as well as some hard to find custom lighting that is also available.

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Contemporary-modern lighting offers blended metals and glass for a sleek and streamlined fixture that will match those stainless steel fixtures. Tuscan and Mediterranean lighting can include brushed and antiqued copper and brass pendants for any rustic kitchen themes. Crystal and Tiffany lighting offers elegant and sometimes multicolored fluted and textured glass domes in their designs. Mini pendants can offer an energy savings and create additional diffusion of lighting and ambiance through multiple fixtures.

Under the counter lighting will give you counter top illumination for task work and also function as a night light for middle of the night trips to the refrigerator. These light fixtures are small like a hockey puck and mount under your wall cabinets. They are very easy to install with minimal electrical needs. Led and Halogen bulbs are the energy efficient source for most of these lighting fixtures.

Track lighting is a great way to light your existing kitchen by utilizing a single electric box and string various track to hang designer lighting from. As you can see the many types of electrical fixtures can accentuate your beautiful kitchen as well as add beauty and value to your home. There are lots of kitchen lighting ideas available to you and it can be very exciting as you plan the new kitchen of you dreams.