Kitchen Task Lighting

Kitchen Task Lighting

The American Lighting Association identifies 3 types of interior lighting: Task lighting, ambient lighting, and accent lighting.  I would add a fourth which falls into several categories, but I would call mood or stage lighting.   I don’t mean dramatic stage lighting, I mean setting the stage in a home for a mood or an event.    When my family eats dinner in our dining room, we light a large candelabra and it sets the mood for a fun dinner.  The candles do provide ambient light, but the mood they create is more important than the light they provide.

When I walk into my kitchen first thing in the morning, I can’t get enough light.  We have task lights under the cabinets, high hats in the ceiling, a decorative chandelier with 6 bulbs, and several sconces.  As we get older we need more light to see well, and I am squarely in that camp.   Whether you are chopping up an onion, with a sharp knife, or threading a line through your fly rod, bright, focused, task lighting is critical.

Mood lighting sets the stage for your life.  It can be indirect lighting from the ceiling, candles on the table, or any  other light that lives in the background but sets the mood of the moment.    As long at the light enhances the space, I personally do not care which category it falls within.  Most importantly, lighting should be beautiful and fun.

Task And Accent Lighting

Task and Accent Lighting

Mud Room Task Lighting

Mud Room Task Lighting

Mood/Accent Lighting

Mood/Accent Lighting

Dining Ambiance Lighting

Dining Ambient Lighting

Art Accent Lighting

Art Accent Lighting

Decorative Lighting

Decorative Lighting

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By Published On: April 23rd, 2017Categories: Miscellaneous0 Comments on 4 Kinds of Home Lighting

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James M. Crisp has been an architect for well over 30 years. His architectural firm, Crisp Architects, designs projects throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. In April of 2007, Taunton Press published 'On the Porch' by James M. Crisp and Sandra Mahoney.

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