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Kitchen lights – glowing ingredients for the perfect lighting recipe

What lights do we need in the kitchen?

Are kitchen lights dimmable?

What style do kitchen lamps come in?

Can you use LED lights in the kitchen?

Tips before you buy

  • Switch from hectic mode to relaxing mode – a dimmer provides the right level of brightness
  • A real must-have: light for the work surfaces
  • Change the luminous colour and set lighting scenarios with smart home lighting
  • Avoid fabric lampshades - kitchen vapours and odours would stick to it

So, do you now want to know more about kitchen lamps? Read more here !

Kitchen lights – glowing ingredients for the perfect lighting recipe

Kitchen lighting allows for countless possibilities, even if it sometimes appears to be tricky. But rest assured, it is worth it! And not just for ambitious amateur chefs, but for everyone who wants to make the kitchen a comfortable place – a place for more than just making sandwiches!

What lights do we need in the kitchen?

Kitchen ceiling lights

“General lighting” is one of the main ingredients for a perfect lighting menu in the kitchen. A kitchen without general lighting is... like cooking pasta without water! You won’t get anywhere. The easiest way of generating general lighting within your own four walls is with ceiling lights.

Do you prefer a Scandinavian, modern or industrial style? Round, square or with so many corners that you cannot even count them? In white, black, antique brass or whichever colour suits you best? The choice is yours!

LED panels for the kitchen

LED panels: The new star in the kitchen light sector!

  • LED panels are ceiling lights. As such, they fully box off general lighting in a cool and practical way.
  • They are really ultra-flat and do not take up more space than they absolutely need. This is a real blessing especially where there are low ceilings and limited space.
  • LED panels are modern. On the one hand, they have a cool, modern and minimalist design. On the other hand, they use modern LED technology - and you know about its benefits already. Have they slipped your mind? Check them out here.  

Our tip: Select an LED panel with a remote control. Turning the light on and off and adjusting the luminous colour and the brightness does not get easier than this.

Kitchen hanging lights

Pendant lights in the kitchen are a great fit for over a dining table or over work surfaces. Here is a little tip from us: When installing the pendant light, make sure that you can still see the person opposite you at the dining table.

Stylistically, you have free reign. However, please keep in mind that fabric lampshades are not recommended due to kitchen vapours and odours.

Hanging lights provide a focused light – you guessed it – downwards. This means your feast will be lit up beautifully, both when it is a work in progress and when it is ready to eat.

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Spotlights in the kitchen

Would you like your kitchen lighting to be flexible? Does your lighting equation currently look more like too many corners and angles, but definitely too little light? Don’t worry. There is a solution: spotlights. These are available as one-bulb versions as well as with several bulbs.

Multiple-bulb spotlights can be flexibly rotated and pivoted, making it easier to achieve the perfect light - in all the corners of the kitchen!

Under-cabinet lights for the kitchen

Is that a potato or a tomato? Where is the power switch on the mixer? If you are asking yourself these questions and you know it is not because you have only just discovered cooking for yourself, then you should definitely do something about the lighting on the work surfaces in your kitchen where direct light is needed. No more shadows, no darkness and no glare.

Under-cabinet lights or furniture lights are perfectly suited to this. The former are stuck or drilled to the bottom of the wall unit. The latter are embedded into the wall unit directly. Surface-mounted spotlights on the wall cabinets or downlights in the ceiling above the island unit are a good choice for lighting in the kitchen too and will ensure that such questions need never be raised again.

Our tip: Do you want to find out more about under-cabinet lights, e.g. if you can get them in wireless versions with a battery? Read more here!

Kitchen wall lights

Unless it is a case of a batten light under the kitchen units, wall lights are more often found in a combined kitchen/diner. Is this your situation? Then snap up an attractive kitchen wall lamp which underlines the charm of the dining room and kitchen alike. It should, of course, provide a basic level of brightness.

Please ensure that wall lights near the sink have the right protection against moisture (IP code) and do not use a model with a fabric lampshade. You would soon want to subject the lampshade to thorough cleaning because dirt and kitchen odours would stick to it, which is why you should keep this cosy lighting solution for your living room.

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Are kitchen lights dimmable?

Yes, your new kitchen light is dimmable, if that is what you want. This could be a great feature when you are sitting at the dining table and you want to switch from hectic mode to relaxing mode – you may find it comfortable to not always have the same level of brightness in the room.

There are a few things that you have to bear in mind with regard to “dimming”. Not every kitchen light is dimmable and it can vary greatly from model to model.

Perhaps you want ...

  • A kitchen lamp with replaceable light bulbs.

    In this case, you need a suitable external dimmer as well as a light bulb that can be dimmed. For LED bulbs you simply have to check in the product details to see whether it says “Dimmable – yes”.

  • A kitchen light with built-in LEDs.

    In this case, simply look in the product details of the light to see whether it says “Dimmable – yes” and “Dimmer – included”. Then you can start dimming to your heart’s content. If it says “Dimmable – yes” and “Dimmer – not included”, you need an external dimmer.

    • A kitchen lamp with “easydim” technology.

      In this case, you can order, install and start dimming. These lights are simply dimmed using the normal wall switch. 

    • A kitchen light with smart home technology.

      In this case, you have a large range of options. With Philips Hue, for example, you can not only dim the light produced by the lamp, but also change the luminous colour and set lighting scenarios. For this, you need a mobile phone, WiFi and a wireless bridge between the two components. 

    Where can I check whether the lights are dimmable? What happens if my kitchen looks like this or that and I need some dimmer or other?  Question upon question. Simply pick up your telephone or send us a quick message. We are always pleased to hear from you. You can find the contact details below.

    What style do kitchen lamps come in?

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    Perhaps you are a massive fan of retro and vintage and dismiss our modern ceiling lights page faster than you can even say the two words? Or is your entire house a real designer work of art? Anything that is not a real  Louis Poulsen or Artemide hanging light won’t make it into your shopping basket – let alone into your house? It doesn’t have to! You can choose your favourite style – from a modern or country-house style to vintage, retro, Scandinavian or designer lights: we have it all.

    Besides your taste, it depends on the kind of kitchen light you are looking for. With regard to LED panels, there are primarily products in a modern design. Under-cabinet lights, batten lights and recessed spotlights are mainly discreet and functional. The kitchen light itself recedes into the background, whilst the emitted light takes centre stage in the kitchen.

    Can you use LED lights in the kitchen?

    Of course, this is one of the best ideas that you can have. LEDs are not only the future of lighting technology, but... yes, you’ve guessed it, the present too! You can choose between lights with replaceable light bulbs and lights with built-in light bulbs.

    In the first case, it is very easy for you to screw in LED bulbs – so-called retrofit bulbs – thanks to the standardised sockets and bases. In the second case, the LEDs are already built into the light. This means that they cannot be replaced. Built-in LED printed circuit boards are really compact and have made very streamlined designs possible. What do you think the ultra-flat LED panel would look like with traditional light bulbs? Not the same – you can take our word for it.

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    Have you put all the “ingredients” together for your new kitchen lighting or is there still something missing that you would like to discuss in person? No problem. Simply call us on +353 1 699 2138 or send us a message.

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