LED backlight for kitchen

With the help of lighting, you can visually increase the room of the kitchen, divide it into zones and create a pleasant atmosphere for cooking and eating. Gone are the days when for lighting used one ceiling chandelier in the center of the kitchen. The easiest, convenient and economical way to create lighting for the kitchen is LED lighting.

Main advantages of LED backlighting

1. It consumes little electricity, and it can be called economical. There are tapes with different consumption - more or less.
2. In operation can be 10 years or more - this is a fairly long service life.
3. Ceilings with LED lighting - very impressive look. The tape can repeat any bends and turns.
4. The tape is cut into pieces of the required length.
5. They have a wide choice of colors and do not fade and do not change during use.
6. If compared with incandescent lamps - it does not contain mercury and its heating is insignificant, hence, LED strips are more safe.

Lighting in the kitchen with LED strip

Not every LED strip is suitable for the kitchen. In this room, the air usually warms up more, and the humidity is higher. There are tapes designed for such conditions. They have some varieties:

1. Open - it is not hermetically sealed, so moisture easily penetrates into it. It is not recommended to use in the area of ​​the cooking area.
2. One - sided - sealing is only on one side.
3. Two - sided - a tape, sealed on both sides, it is suitable for the kitchen more than the two previous ones.

For the original LED lighting of the kitchen, a color ribbon is suitable. If you just need to light up any zone, a white LED strip is recommended.

LED Ceiling Lights

1. Scattered outline lighting - LEDs are on the bar and point at the ceiling, forming a solid strip of light.
2. Directional lighting. The backlight is located at the edge of the ceiling, and the light comes along a strip along it.
3. Spot lights, bulbs scattered all over the ceiling, light directed down.
4. Figured backlight. LEDs are in plafonds, mounted in the ceiling.

LED lamps are often used for ceilings from plasterboard and on tension ones.

Application of LED lighting for kitchen design

Consider the main recommendations for the application and location of LED lighting.

1. If the room is small and the cabinets look cumbersome - place the tape around the perimeter of the kitchen modules - at the top and bottom. This will visually increase the room, and furniture will look easier.
2. Your kitchen set has open shelves - they can be used to fasten the LED strip on the bottom edge.
3. Very beautiful looks glass top with dot lighting. Lamps are installed in the curbs under the lid or along the walls, sometimes under the ceiling or a short distance from the floor.
4. When the flooring is glossy - the lighting looks beautiful, located on the bottom edge of the kitchen furniture.
5. Backlight apron in the kitchen. This is one of the easiest, fastest and affordable ways to decorate a kitchen.
6. Classical cuisine can be highlighted no less interesting. For example - to accent decorative elements of furniture or to illuminate cabinets from the inside.

Modern cuisine should be original and stylish. In such a situation, the mood always rises, there is a desire to create real culinary masterpieces. LED lighting is a unique tool for transforming the kitchen.