Those who have a “studio” (about 20 sq m), when the passage room is combined with the kitchen, the designers advise to remember an important point: where the dishes are prepared and dined, the light should be brighter than in the recreation area. Since the kitchen is the place where they work, they cook, the lighting should be bright enough, but such a backlight will be annoying over the sofa.
Proper lighting of the kitchen-living room of any area - this is multi-level lighting
For the surface of the cutting table, this option is suitable: luminescent lamps built into the ceiling, as well as a lamp integrated into the wall, which illuminates with a light, fluorescent hue and unobtrusively reflects on the cutting table, above the stove, above the “apron”.
Let's look at more options for highlighting these zones.
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A large chandelier, like the lighting in the living room kitchen, looks very beautiful, but it is not hung in small studios, especially if the room is quite narrow. This interior involves the use of small light sources, highlighting each individually defined object. Imagine a store with a huge crystal chandelier and small racks. After all, you will want to consider the goods in it last.
A chandelier suspended above a table can illuminate only the dining area.
The design of the chandelier is selected based on the style of the interior
To well illuminate the seating opening, you can use the LED strip.
As already noted, in a studio of any size, the best small-sized option is a ceiling light. Lamps should illuminate the area that is in front of the person’s gaze, and not behind his head, otherwise there will be no sense from their use.
For the interior to come out harmonious, the palette of light must meet the color scheme of the room
To make the kitchen comfortable, all fixtures must have equal intensity
Most of the dining rooms have the same layout, which allows you to buy a lamp for headsets in advance, before starting repairs. It fits so that the shadow does not fall on the work surface during cooking.
Combined lighting in the living room combined with the kitchen involves a floor lamp and light bulbs in one kitchen-living room. There is no need to attach a floor lamp to the center of the ceiling; such lighting will be ineffective and uneconomical. A floor lamp or chandelier in the center of the room is not needed even if the dining table is rarely used. In no case should you hang the chandelier directly in the center of the table, which is laid out, since in the unfolded state only one edge of the table will be lit, which will upset the color balance.
The main task of overhead lighting is to maintain a bright atmosphere in the evening
Several spotlights ensure even distribution of the base light throughout the kitchen
It’s better to illuminate the rest room even with large sizes using local sources, for example, using a pair of floor lamps, large candles, sconces.If the design of the room involves the use of sconces, and the center point of the space remains insufficiently bright, you can use additional light sources. For example, buy a strip of LEDs for this (although the method is costly).
The more intensively an area is used, the more contrast it should be illuminated.
Given the wide functionality of the kitchen-living room, the approach to choosing the lighting of each zone should be individual
The light above the surface for cooking should be bright, but not annoying, and more saturated than the one that gives the main source. Elements that illuminate the kitchen should beautifully complement other things on it: furniture, apron, accessories. When choosing a small lamp, you can also focus on the walls above the work surface.
Kitchen worktops are the place where lighting should be of the highest quality.
Luminaires for the work area can be overhead or recessed, the installation of the latter is often provided by manufacturers of kitchen sets
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Light bulbs for the area where lunch or dinner takes place should not shine very brightly, and there should not be a lot of them. Firstly, it is simply unprofitable from the point of view of financial expenses, and secondly, too bright lighting above the table is annoying. Many people prefer to enjoy their meals in a relaxed atmosphere with a soothing, light backlight.
A low hanging lamp will create a cozy atmosphere in the dining area for a pleasant stay
A kitchen with a low ceiling should not be overloaded with complex lighting forms
Since fashionable stoves are already sold with built-in lamps above the burners, you do not need to think about buying lights for the stove. The built-in lighting above the stove is used only if you need to cook breakfast in the morning without waking the household. To do this, you can also choose an LED strip located under the countertop, receiving not only a soft light source that does not distract from brewing tea, but also saving on the kitchen decor, creating unobtrusive zoning.
To illuminate the hob, in most cases, enough fixtures built into the cooker hood are enough
In addition to installing elements that give light over the dining and “working” areas of the kitchen, you can decorate a niche, shelves with lamps, highlight some objects that your heart loves, and combine flat surfaces with LED strip: the space under the tabletop and the edges of the cabinets. This will give the room a festive look. The multi-colored “tape” of LEDs looks gorgeous.
Among modern decorative lighting solutions, one can distinguish the illumination of a glass apron
Before you make a redecoration of the room, you need to imagine what the location of the backlight will be most convenient. It is also necessary to calculate their approximate number, highlighting the most “active”, functional parts of the kitchen-living room.
Optimal lighting is when evenly distributed light pours softly and plentifully from the ceiling
There are several rules that you must follow in any case:
For cozy home interiors, lamps that generate warm or neutral white light are better suited.
Cooler white light is appropriate in minimalist interiors.
There is artificial, from power sources, and daylight, from windows. The first prevails in the evening and is divided into background (general), covering the entire space, local (aimed at any object) and decorative (they like to use this in museums.)
Plan the location of the fixtures in advance, the most suitable moment - when you have decided on the location of the zones and the arrangement of furniture
With the help of all these sources, the living room kitchen is illuminated by zones, which allows to make the design as comfortable as possible for staying indoors.
Lamps located in the midline of the ceiling visually extend the room
The lamps located on the edges of the room, on the contrary, will make the space more square
But now the backlight allows you to not only highlight or combine zones, but also play with light. Using the angle of direction and the brightness of the light, you can give the guest room a special, warm atmosphere.
Many people ask the question: why do you need to carefully approach the layout of the dining and living areas with a combination? A person understands that the money to buy lamps, floor lamps and their installation was wasted, because an extra floor lamp hangs above the table, which is not needed there at all, since the table is sufficiently illuminated by a local sconce, and conversely, there is not enough light above the stove.
It is useful to provide the ability to control the level of lighting
The main criterion for choosing a luminaire configuration is how well it will look in the interior of the kitchen
When lighting is selected on the ceiling, one cannot be guided only by the principles of symmetry, especially if the room is quite large. Otherwise, a person receives evenly lit areas that he does not need, since only certain points of the room need to be highlighted. At the same time, he would never get a full-fledged backlight, which would allow him to do any important thing: read, etc.
The light source for the combined room is a set of ceiling lights. It can also be a floor lamp fixed by some original string at the base. You can "come off" by choosing a ceiling, the most unthinkable design that will pleasantly surprise visitors to a room for dinner or lunch.
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