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The Importance of Lighting in Remodels
At Kitchen Traditions, we believe that lighting is a crucial element in both kitchen and bathroom remodels. It has the power to transform any space from cold and uninviting to warm and functional. It’s important for Connecticut homeowners to understand that the right lighting can truly make a difference. Whether you’re planning a bathroom or kitchen remodel, we’re here to help you effectively use lighting to highlight and enhance these essential areas of your home.
Tackling Dark Spaces
Many remodels begin because a room feels too dark and unwelcoming. Small windows or insufficient artificial lighting can leave a space feeling cold and uninviting. When you invest time and resources into improving a space, you deserve it to feel welcoming and bright. For your Connecticut kitchen remodel, consider making lighting a top priority. Adding more light can open up the space, making it more inviting and functional. To learn more about the top solution for kitchen and bathroom lighting CT has available call us or visit our showroom.
Natural Light Solutions
At Kitchen Traditions, we know that adding or expanding windows or skylights can drastically improve the light in a room. Even removing a wall can bring natural light from an adjacent room. While cutting into roofs or walls, or removing walls, can be expensive, there’s no substitute for natural daylight. The way sunlight moves through a room highlights different areas at different times, adding life to a space like no artificial light can.
Artificial Lighting Options
Even with ample natural light, you’ll likely use the kitchen or bathroom after sunset or on cloudy days, so additional lighting is essential. The lighting industry has largely adopted LED fixtures across a variety of options, making them the best choice for a kitchen remodel in CT.
Artificial Lighting Options
Even with ample natural light, you’ll likely use the kitchen or bathroom after sunset or on cloudy days, so additional lighting is essential. The lighting industry has largely adopted LED fixtures across a variety of options, making them the best choice for a kitchen remodel in CT.
Why Choose LEDs?
LED lighting runs an electric current through a Light Emitting Diode, causing it to vibrate at a controlled speed to emit a specific color of light. The color can range from a warm amber to a cool white. We recommend an LED of 2700-3000hz for most Connecticut kitchen remodels to achieve the best feel—warm and pleasant yet bright enough to illuminate well. LEDs are ubiquitous, efficient, and inexpensive, making them the obvious choice.
Recessed Lights and Ceiling Fixtures
In remodeling projects, we often start with 4” ceiling cans or recessed lights, specified as dimmable LEDs. It’s advisable to over-light a room slightly, as it’s easier to dim lights than to add more. Recessed lights should be positioned to wash traffic areas and the interiors of wall cabinets with light. Activate these lights with switches at each entrance and egress point. This basic foundation is crucial for good lighting design in a kitchen remodel.
Task Lighting
Ceiling lights can create inconvenient shadows, especially in a functioning kitchen. Task lighting, or under-cabinet lighting, eliminates this issue by placing light where you need it most. Installed 18” above countertops, task lighting makes chopping and measuring much easier and adds a pleasant ambient light in the evening.
Ambient and Task Lighting
Ceiling fixtures are visible and bright, casting light across the entire room, while under-cabinet fixtures wash the space with a warm, inviting glow without creating a harsh spotlight. These under-cabinet lights are perfect for providing subtle, ambient lighting that enhances the overall atmosphere. Besides illuminating key areas, task lighting commands attention at eye level and adds a focal point to the room, making it more functional and aesthetically pleasing. Combining ambient, task, and accent lighting, this layered approach is essential in CT kitchen remodels to ensure the space is practical, comfortable, and visually appealing.
Additional Bathroom &
Kitchen Lighting Options
Kitchen and bathroom remodeling offers more opportunities for dramatic lighting:
- Toe kick lighting along the bottom of base cabinets
- Lighting under countertops
- Lighting inside cabinet drawers
- Lighting the interior of glass cabinets
- Directing light from floating shelves adds drama but is more specific to individual designs
Exploring these options will ensure your kitchen or bathroom remodel in Connecticut meets both functional and aesthetic needs. Contact us today to learn more about the best bathroom and kitchen lighting CT has to offer.