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Conseils pour l'éclairage de la cuisine

To do well lighting the kitchen, the ideal is to combine different sources of light: direct or indirect. We will instead use direct light to illuminate architectural details or items that you want to highlight, while the indirect lighting will be used to achieve all corners of the room.

1. indirect lighting
2. Lighting Direct

indirect lighting

• Wall: to spread thinly around the room. The sconces are suitable for diffuse lighting and are preferred fluorescent or incandescent.


• Suspensions and globes globes are easy to clean and it is possible achieve multiple and directional lighting with recessed spotlights. The suspensions walls constrict and shrink the room.


• ceiling of 220 volts: for general lighting in the kitchen


• ceiling Benefits: Powerful without being blinding, to spread light evenly throughout the kitchen you can choose a ceiling provided with a glass dome or Acrylic


• Halogens: choose a halogen if you want natural light. The halogen light may enhance the warm colors. However, the color of the walls can be altered by halogen fluorescent blue or pink. So these colors should be avoided with halogen incandescent or yellow if you do not want to effect "Christmas tree"


• White: gives an impression of space and extends the play, mostly for open kitchens


• The choice of colors for light generates a feeling of warmth (light yellow or red) or cold (blue or white light). Similarly, light walls reflect light instead of dark walls that absorb it.


• To enlarge the room better light bathing the walls. Similarly, ceilings benefit from being illuminated by a beam upward


• To enjoy the true natural light opt for blinds or curtains that let the day. Mirrors can also reflect and illuminate the kitchen.

Lighting Direct

• preparation area: prefer light without heat transfer: types of fluorescent, fluorescent tubes along the backsplash, light shining through spots equipped lamps with incandescent bulbs or halogen dichroic light Further under the wall cabinets




• Zone Cooking lamps integrated into the hoods + beam spots outside the catchment area of the hood and directed toward the cooktop



• Water Points : fluorescent light strips sweet and stable oriented sink and worktop, other low-voltage lighting, fixed or adjustable options: halogen lights and spotlights directional



• Zone meals and island: for the atmosphere , recessed lighting, narrow beam of light toward the side to avoid reflections mais donner du relief aux surfaces polies ou luisantes