Getting the Perfect Lighting for Your Kitchen

Even when you've picked out all the design selections to create the perfect kitchen design, you can still be unhappy if you choose the wrong lighting. 

We spend months crafting the perfect design when we decide to remodel our kitchens. We go through several design plans to ensure the new layout fits our exact needs. We carefully sift through design selections to ensure that each piece matches our design inspirations perfectly. Then, when all the work is finished, and you're admiring your beautiful new kitchen, something still doesn't seem right. How could your perfectly crafted kitchen still not look right even when you've spent months curating the exact look you wanted? The answer is your lighting. 

The one design choice that most homeowners often forget or overlook is lighting. While your lighting selections may seem minuscule compared to other design selections such as countertops, cabinets and backsplash, they can significantly impact your home. When choosing the lighting for your kitchen remodel, it's essential to make your lighting selections with the same level of attention to detail as you would for your other design selections.

There are two ways to think of lighting, how much lighting you're getting and the temperature of your lighting. If you're doing a kitchen remodel that features bold, beautiful colors, but your kitchen has the wrong kind of lighting or not enough lighting, it doesn't carry the same stunning impression as when you first saw it in the showroom. Every detail, from the size of your lighting pendants and can lights to the placement and type of bulb, can significantly impact your kitchen design. If you have improper lighting, it can cast unwanted shadows, or you may have trouble seeing in certain areas of your countertop space. 

Improper lighting can also cause contrasting lighting temperatures, throwing off the room's ambiance. When you have a cool temperature light for your under cabinet lighting, a warm temperature light for your can lights in the ceiling, and ambient lighting for your decorative kitchen pendants, it creates an unpleasant atmosphere in your kitchen. When you have the wrong lighting temperature in your kitchen space, it can make your home feel more like a commercial space than residential space. It's essential to select lighting temperatures that complement each other to create a cohesive and welcoming atmosphere in your kitchen. If you need a bright light over the main prep area in your kitchen and want soft ambient lighting throughout your kitchen, you can include a dimmer in your light switches to give you the best of both worlds. 

When you have the right amount of lighting and the right lighting temperature, your kitchen can look and feel like the true masterpiece it is. Every detail in your backsplash, countertops, and cabinets will stand out, giving you that same stunning impression when you first fell in love with your design selections. If you enjoy cooking and posting your meals on social media, your food will look rich and vibrant! You'll never fall out of love with your kitchen design with the proper lighting. 

At KM BUILDERS, we have designers committed to getting every detail just right, including your lighting selections. If you're ready to remodel your kitchen and have someone guide you along the way to design your dream kitchen, call our team at 210-680-5626. We're in the business of crafting the best possible remodeling experience so you can enjoy a quality design.

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