We all know that with the help of lighting you can create this or that atmosphere in the room. Kitchen, this is the place in the apartment where we are most often, so a cozy atmosphere is especially needed here. After all, we have a kitchen, a living room , a dining room, and a place for cooking. Therefore, to cover this part of our home should be taken seriously enough. Fixtures in the kitchen are part of its interior, and at the same time they should perform well their own direct duty - to create good lighting and a working area of the kitchen and dining table where family dinners or gatherings with friends are held.
Only general lighting in the kitchen, of course, is not enough. For cooking, the place above the stove and the table where you are cooking should be well lit. In the hood above the stove, there are usually built-in point lights , but this is not enough light. Therefore, additional lights are installed to illuminate the working area of the kitchen. Over the dining table will be appropriate chandelier, and in other areas you can make a built-in lamp. A good option, when the lamps are attached to the bottom of the upper cabinet. One lamp must be above the sink. The lighting inside the lockers will look original. It will not only serve as a decoration, but will also allow you to quickly find the desired object on the shelf without turning on the top light. Modern designer shelves-lighting or lighting on the lower cabinets will make your kitchen original, light and light.
Lamps for kitchen
To illuminate the kitchen used lamps of various types: incandescent, fluorescent, halogen and LED lamps:
- Invented many years ago, incandescent lamps give warm light, are inexpensive, but their service life is very short, and the energy costs for lighting are large. Such lamps are used in luminaires of reflected light, but they have another drawback - they are too hot.
- Fluorescent lighting for the kitchen , using fluorescent lights, gives even light, but it has one drawback - the lamps often blink and hum, especially with poor installation. Energy such lamps consume less than usual. From the inside they are covered with colors of various colors, and the lamp turns into decorative.
- Neon lights with halogen lamps for the kitchen are rarely used. This is a more festive kind of illumination. Such lamps work long, but consume a lot of electricity.
- Now the fluorescent and halogen lamps are gradually replaced by modern LED lights , which more harmoniously fit into the interior of the kitchen. Such a luminaire for lighting the kitchen is compact and in the off state is almost not noticeable. The lamp body is made of aluminum, so it is not afraid of moisture or dust, and it lasts much longer than other lamps. Using an LED strip, you can create unusual lighting, for example, lighting on the edge of kitchen shelves. You can also use such an LED tape to highlight the entire kitchen.
Modern designers have developed many ways of LED lighting for the kitchen. Today, the kitchen, highlighted in blue - it's beautiful and fashionable. This color does not strain and does not irritate, creates a slightly mysterious atmosphere. This backlight can be installed under the bar (if you have one). It looks beautiful blue or green light, pouring from under the kitchen cabinets. In the design of the kitchen, you can create a dotted LED backlight - this will be unusual and stylish. And even such a highlight can illuminate the top of your kitchen headset. Alternatively, special diodes can be built into the crane in the kitchen, and multicolored water will flow from the tap. In general, include imagination and create unusual lighting for the kitchen and your guests will be pleasantly surprised.
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