Big Ideas for Small Kitchen Lighting

In any room in your house there are usually three different types of lighting; general lighting, task lighting and accent lighting. This concept should not be any different for your kitchen. Establishing sufficient small kitchen lighting is important to brighten up your kitchen and make it seem bigger than it really is. Using the different types of lighting, you can easily see how each performs a different task and helps lighten the kitchen as a whole.General LightingGeneral lighting is the first step in small kitchen lighting. When preparing food you need to be able to see what you are doing. You also need enough light in the correct places to be able to navigate the room. This is the task of general lighting. Oftentimes you may see a Kichler fixture in the form of a ceiling fan or larger light that provides your general lighting. Some of your general lighting may come from a window or skylight as well.  Just do not rely solely on natural lighting to give you the general lighting you need.Task LightingThe second step in small kitchen lighting is the task lighting. You may have a darker corner of the kitchen but that is where you make coffee or it is the largest area so you chop fruits and vegetables there. Sometimes this area is away from a window and your back is to the general lighting. This is where task lighting comes in handy. The light can be in the form on a mounted fluorescent light underneath a cabinet. This gives you the light you need for the task but you are able to turn it off when not working in that area. Some mounted microwaves come with built in light so that you can turn it on when working on the stove. This allows you to see what you are doing when you are cooking, but once again turn it off when it is no longer needed.Accent LightingThe last step in small kitchen lighting is accent lighting. While accent lighting is not necessary in every home and may not even fit in all kitchens, it is a good idea to look into. Accent lighting brightens up dark holes in the room and helps to illuminate the room by bouncing the light off ceilings, glass or shiny surfaces. Once example is the Kichler fixtures rope lighting. It can be placed inside cabinets with glass fronts to create a warm glow within the cabinet and out through the glass. When you open the cabinet more light will shine out allowing you to see everything in the cupboard but it also creates a pleasing effect throughout the room.Using each of these types of small kitchen lighting will help you successfully achieve the brightness you are looking for in your kitchen. Strategically plan how you will use each type of light so it will work to its highest performance.