Help with Kitchen Lighting Design
Hi all,
We're about to finalize our lighting design for a kitchen remodel and would love some feedback before we send it off. Colored are corrections to our designer's light placements.
• Ceiling height: 109" A.F.F.
• Cabinets to be professionally spray-painted by cabinetmakers in a light, soft beige-taupe (think BM Edgecomb Gray)
• Stainless steel appliances, polished nickel faucet
• Non-recessed lights include 3 pendant lights over island, 1 wall sconce, 1 picture light above open shelves, and 1 flush mount at the kitchen entrance; all antique brass finish
Recommendations for recessed light size and model, as well as lumen output would be greatly appreciated!
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doraemon
l'année dernièreDernière modification :l'année dernièreThank you both for such detailed feedback!
Cabinets• Upper cabinets will sit flush with the ceiling.
• Under-cabinet lighting - are these adequate for polished quartz worktop 20" above the counter? Are warm-dim or tunable whites necessary for under-cabinet lighting?
Vent hood• Custom hood, painted to match cabinets
Circulation• We currently have a light switch located in the lower left corner that's sat unused for 13 years so we figured we'd only need switches at the kitchen entrance but I agree that this could be restrictive and am now thinking we'll have another on the living room side of the wing wall in the lower right corner, which is where the living room switch is. We rarely circulate through the pocket doors north of the dining nook.
• A soffit will be installed so [soffit+light] will have the same exact depth as upper cabinets. Shelves are 13"D, upper cabs 15.75"D. I wasn't sure if that's just how it's reflected on CAD drawings.
• Purely decorative, to be installed above beadboard (see photo).
Pendants (3)• Also mostly decorative, bulbs are 400lm each, at 3000K. Would recessed lights be excessive at this point? As @3onthetree mentioned, our goal was to have adequate task lighting without having the pendants on at all times.
• Island is 118"W
• Pendants are 6.875"dia each. We spaced them so the leftmost one is somewhat centered to the counter stool area. I don't think we'll be bothered that it's not centered to the faucet (hopefully).
Flush mount• We'll forego this per @Brilliant! Lighting & Design's advice!
Thank you both so, so much again for all your help! I really appreciate it :')
3onthetree
l'année dernièreAgain not sure, but the drawing shows a "return" in the wall, so if that is prominent enough to be called out on a Kitchen plan (though forced air return is odd to be placed in a Kitchen), then is there a conflict with the cabinet going to ceiling?
My opinion, but as shown the sconce is too crowded if you were to look at the entire view from the Living Room. Looks like a headbanger height too as placing a table/console there would restrict circulation.The picture light you have linked does not look like a good fit there. Even with a slight bumpout from a "soffit" it looks to still not protrude beyond the top shelf, which means the other two shelves are unlit. A tape light would be better either hidden behind a turned face frame or routed inset.
The UCL you have linked seems a bit high on lumens at 369-409Lm/ft, especially with a highly reflective counter (backsplash looks like painted beadboard, at least next to ref). And if you chose this continuous diode (to eliminate dotting) instead of having a diffused channel (by only using the tape to adhere the UCL to cabinet), then over time they will detach. The main issue with high lumens on UCL is your counters will look like lit-up beacons overpowering the rest of the Kitchen lighting (even with a dimmer) - consider UCL as supplemental task lighting for the counters.
The island pendants are deceiving small, like a mini-pendant but with the design of a large one. Not sure how the space looks, if there is a beam at the Living Room, coffers to go with your wainscot style, or what, but agree with Brilliant that scale might need to be considered. Definintely though the 2 recessed are needed, switched separately.
doraemon a remercié 3onthetreedoraemon
l'année dernièreDernière modification :l'année dernièreThanks both for the constructive feedback!
As for the return, it is a pre-existing one that will be cornered and enclosed. It will only affect the depth of the left base cabinets. At the consult of structural and HVAC engineers, this was (unfortunately) the best solution to our gut remodel.
The glass shade sconce will sit above the tallest person in our household and be off most of the time, which I realize defeats the purpose of functional lighting. We wanted to fill the open space between the kitchen and the dining area but a furniture piece would block circulation and decor such as hooks or picture frames would look too cluttered, I think.
Same with picture light. Our previous design with bare shelves left something to be desired, so we decided to place a picture light to fill the space between the cabinet crown molding and the top shelf. "Soffit" will be built with the light dimensions in mind so the fixture protrudes the shelves, but not upper cabs.
I was concerned as well that the pendants may be too small. I'll be on the lookout for larger ones!
I'll also have to rethink our choice of UCL. Is there a range of lumens you recommend?
Thank you both!
wdccruise
l'année dernièredoraemon
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