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Thought this would be the easy part of our new kitchen!
I thought I wanted downlights for our new kitchen (approx 4m x 4m) as I have been more than happy with our choice in the bathroom. Astro lighting's Vanvouver. Photo attached.
I believe they are now considered to be "the devil's work" (halogen!) and I should go for led.
Having read advice to others on here, where a lot of people seem to say don't use downlights because of shadows, I really don't know what to do. I have Googled until I'm blue in the face to gather enough info to make an informed decision but I'm getting even more confused about halogen, led, transformers or no transformers, warm light, cool light etc etc
On one wall in front of a window we have the sink unit and small work area for cooking prep, beside that on the other wall a row of wall units and a small area under one as a breakfast bar with one seat. The wall opposite has a couple of wall units, the cooker, hob and back door. Cooker extractor will have 2 led lights above hob. The remaining wall has a full size door into an understairs cupboard and door into the hall.
Any suggestions for type and number of lights would be very gratefully received. A very comprehensive website for the lay person explaining it all would be great too. I would like something stylish and that doesn't harbour grease and grime. This is my first brand new kitchen in 21 years! Really can't afford to get this wrong. Thanks for reading this far!
I thought I wanted downlights for our new kitchen (approx 4m x 4m) as I have been more than happy with our choice in the bathroom. Astro lighting's Vanvouver. Photo attached.
I believe they are now considered to be "the devil's work" (halogen!) and I should go for led.
Having read advice to others on here, where a lot of people seem to say don't use downlights because of shadows, I really don't know what to do. I have Googled until I'm blue in the face to gather enough info to make an informed decision but I'm getting even more confused about halogen, led, transformers or no transformers, warm light, cool light etc etc
On one wall in front of a window we have the sink unit and small work area for cooking prep, beside that on the other wall a row of wall units and a small area under one as a breakfast bar with one seat. The wall opposite has a couple of wall units, the cooker, hob and back door. Cooker extractor will have 2 led lights above hob. The remaining wall has a full size door into an understairs cupboard and door into the hall.
Any suggestions for type and number of lights would be very gratefully received. A very comprehensive website for the lay person explaining it all would be great too. I would like something stylish and that doesn't harbour grease and grime. This is my first brand new kitchen in 21 years! Really can't afford to get this wrong. Thanks for reading this far!