How to set up your kitchen lighting

Kitchen lighting isn’t just a question of good general light and proper work light around cooking areas. A few additions can make way for more activities and give you extra functionality, convenience and comfort. It’s also a great way to boost the style of the room. Here are some ideas.

A kitchen with wall cabinets with glass doors and lighting inside, plus pendant lamps over the worktop and extendable table.

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Having integrated lighting that comes on automatically inside your kitchen drawers is like a small surprise party each time you open them. And it truly is a pleasant surprise how easy it makes finding things. Installing them is easy too, no electrician is needed.

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A person opens a kitchen drawer with a matt anthracite front, showing MITTLED LED kitchen drawer lighting with sensor inside.

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General light is a good start

Setting up your kitchen lighting, it’s best to start with well-distributed general light. These ceiling spotlights can be directed to give you even light throughout the kitchen. Install a dimmer and you can finetune them for endless combinations with other lamps to get the right lighting for any activity.

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Video: The light being adjusted on a white NYMÅNE ceiling spotlight with 4 spots mounted in a white kitchen ceiling.

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Proper light for working comfortably

Lighting strips under the top cabinets enhance both atmosphere and function in your kitchen. They can be dimmed for pleasant background light when dining. But most of all, they make preparing food safer, easier and more fun. As the light source is in front of you, no shadows are cast over what you’re doing.

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A white MITTLED kitchen worktop lighting strip mounted under some wall cabinets above a kitchen worktop with various items.

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Illuminating your cabinets

Set a nice mood in your kitchen with LED spotlights inside your glass-door cabinets. With clear glass doors, it’s a beautiful way to display things. With textured glass, the glass itself becomes a part of the display. Just make sure you have glass shelves inside so the light can spread evenly.

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White METOD wall cabinets with shelves and anthracite HEJSTA reeded glass doors with various items and lighting inside.

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The centre of attention

The central placement gives your dining table pendant the potential to be a real statement piece. So, why not choose a design that really adds a bit of personality? Just make sure that it also provides good functional light to support all activities – from enjoyable meals to homework and hobbies.

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A white/light green glass/gold effect metal PILBLIXT pendant lamp over a dark brown extendable table with swivel chairs.

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Top pendant picks for your dining table

Find the pendant lamp that complements your kitchen or dining area perfectly. Explore the whole range starting with these favourite picks.

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Wireless control of light and sound

Setting the atmosphere with the right light and the right sound couldn’t be easier than with everything connected to the DIRIGERA smart home hub. Simply open the app on your phone to take control.