Tuscany Homes, your friendly builder of custom homes in Vancouver WA, offers some kitchen lighting design tips and ideas.
Kitchens used to be strictly for food preparation. Now, with the prevalence of open floor plans, kitchens are big deals and places to hang out before, during, and after a party.
Since kitchens are so important, you’ll want your new one, the one in your custom home, to be well lit. Experts recommend that you light your kitchen in layers.
Here are the four layers they recommend:
- Task
- Ambient
- Accent
- Decorative
By using these four layers, and properly blended them, you’ll create a welcoming environment and a charming atmosphere. It can be the perfect light for cooking, entertaining, and dining.
Four layers of light sounds complicated, but it’s actually quite simple. What lighting experts recommend that you don’t do is try to light your entire kitchen with one fixture. This generally doesn’t work and instead creates one giant “glare bomb.”
Experts also suggest that you put all four layers on dimmer switches. This will further allow you to control the mood of your kitchen lighting.
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