Brighten Your Kitchen with Under Cabinet Lighting
Keeping your kitchen sparkling and spotless is a never ending task. Food crumbs, spills, and spatters just seem to get everywhere. If this room isn’t well lit, all that wiping, sweeping, and scrubbing may still leave debris behind. This is one good reason to add under-cabinet lights.
These shine a spotlight on your food prep surfaces making it easier to achieve the highest standards of cleanliness. Of course, extra lights also help during cooking. They can make it easier to read instructions in your cookbook. Being able to see your cutting board more clearly might save you a finger as well.
Unfortunately, you can’t just plug under-cabinet lighting into a standard wall outlet (it’s not safe). You need to draw power from another source. If you are comfortable working with wiring and transformers, you can install these lights yourself following the manufacturer’s instructions. Otherwise, hire an electrician to help you out for an afternoon.
Types of Lighting
The 3 most popular types of bulbs are fluorescents, xenon, and LED. Fluorescent bulbs can look like regular task lamps - a long bulb of whatever length you require. Xenon and LED lamps are usually circular “pucks” that offer spot lighting. With many brands, you can connect these pucks in a series to illuminate the entire length of your cabinet from a single power source.
Most under-cabinet lights for kitchens have a slim profile that makes them virtually invisible after installation. Others are designed to be recessed. In this case, you will need to cut holes in the bottoms of your cabinets as part of the installation process.
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