Lighting has to be the hardest thing to choose.


I'm looking for photos or any suggestions people have.

Also if I buy some light fittings, can I simply fit a 3amp plug to them
to get an idea of location ?

wrote:
Lighting has to be the hardest thing to choose.


I'm looking for photos or any suggestions people have.

provide pics of the room, give us a clue.


Also if I buy some light fittings, can I simply fit a 3amp plug to them
to get an idea of location ?

yes, but you need to arrange some kind of cordgrip too


NT

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Lighting has to be the hardest thing to choose.

No, colouring schemes are the hardest thing to choose ;-)

I'm looking for photos or any suggestions people have.

I've done 3 kitchens in last 6 years. My preference is for
bright diffuse invisible lighting. The best scheme in my
view is available where you have wall cupboards over worktops
which don't go right up to the ceiling. In this case, the
kitchen can be lit using under cupboard lighting for the
worktops, and over cupboard lighting bouncing off a brilliant
white ceiling to provide the general room lighting. Any
central ceiling light point is removed (it's about the worse
place to put a light in a kitchen, unless you have worktop
islands). I've done this scheme twice, and it works very
well. If you have some worktops without cupboards above,
lighting for these can be provided by a local wall mounted
uplighter, again making use of the ceiling as a diffuser,
or a ceiling mounted downlighter (although I personally
hate most that you can buy, and have made my own when
required). In a kitchen without the possibility of over
cupboard lighting, it is more difficult. In this case, I
retained the central lighting point and fitted quite a large
diffusing lamp (so it can dish out a good level of light
without any dazzle/glare). Split the lighting across 2 or 3
switches, so you can vary the lighting pattern and level as
required.

Use fluorescents for all the kitchen lighting, and if you
are using different types, make sure they are all the same
colour temperature (3500K would be about right for a bright
kitchen, and 2700K if you need to blend in with filament
lighting or compact fluorescent retrofits).

Hall lighting does not have to be anywhere near as functional
as kitchen lighting or anywhere near the same lighting level,
so this really is much more a case of what goes well with the
decor.

Also if I buy some light fittings, can I simply fit a 3amp plug to them
to get an idea of location ?

If you mean to temporarily test for best locations and
lighting levels, then this is an excellent thing to do,
providing you do it safely. Actually, the last kitchen
I did, most of the lighting points are via wall mounted
Klik lighting sockets anyway, as most of the lighting is
mounted on kitchen units. I did just as you suggested,
to test out the lighting scheme before fitting it
permanently.

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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:58:17 -0000,
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I'm looking for photos or any suggestions people have.

If you are after modern chrome and glass type stuff,

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John Schmitt

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