Lighting the kitchen-living room in a modern style

Lighting in the kitchen-living room has a number of features that must be understood before choosing light sources and their location. With the help of lamps, you can not only provide comfortable conditions for your stay, but also zone the space and focus on its individual sections.

Lighting plays both a practical and a decorative role.

The principles of organizing lighting in the kitchen-living room

There are several recommendations, using which it is easy to avoid mistakes and organize the right lighting. Everything is quite simple here, you can figure it out in a few minutes, then it will save a lot of time, since it will be clear on what principles the equipment is selected and located. The tips are:

1. Project location of fixtures and outlets are made in advance. Therefore, it is necessary to think over the functional zones, their sizes and features of use.If everything is ready, during the repair it will not be difficult to properly lay the wiring, then you will not have to spoil the finish and redo the work. The project should be approved by the supervisory organization in order to eliminate errors and violations of electrical safety requirements.
2. It must be remembered that sockets and switches should not be placed closer than 60 cm from a sink or other source of water.
3. Thinking through amount light sources. In no case should there be only a chandelier in the middle. Most often, backlighting is used as additional lighting. working surface and dining area. Also in modern rooms they often put sconces or directional light and install led strip in lockers. You can highlight niches, or use other decorative lighting options.
4. By choosing the position of the fixtures, it is easy to hide the shortcomings of the room and compensate for them. For example, in a narrow kitchen-living room, it is worth placing light sources on only one side. If you put a few chandeliers or shades in the middle, it will stretch the room. Wall lights pointing upwards will lift the low ceiling. A massive chandelier fits perfectly with high partitions.
5. Colorful temperature determines the comfort of staying in the kitchen and in the living room. When choosing light bulbs, it is better to give preference to soft yellow or natural light. The cold version is only suitable for the work area.
   The color temperature should be calm in order to tune in to rest.
6. To be able to adjust the brightness, it is best to put LED lamps and connect them through a dimmer. With it, it is easy to adjust the lighting in different ways and change it if necessary.In the LED strip, the shades are also adjusted.
7. It is especially important to illuminate small spaces well. Due to the light they will become more spacious. But at the same time, you should not use too many lamps, this has a bad effect on the perception of space and the comfort of being in it.
8. The style of the room design is taken into account. For a wooden house, stylized options made of wood or ceramics are suitable. Lighting the kitchen-living room in a modern style can be implemented in different ways, there are hundreds of options.

It is worth adhering to a single style when choosing equipment for different functional areas.

Types of lamps for the kitchen combined with the living room

When choosing, you should proceed from functionality and comfort. Depending on the size of the room, its shape and zoning, different solutions can be used. But the most common options are:

1. General chandelier can be used as the main light source in a small room. If the sizes are large, then two or more chandeliers are hung, this option is now in fashion, so it is becoming more common. In this case, lighting can be combined in one switch or made separate for each piece of equipment.
2. light led panels suitable for modern interiors and give a soft diffused light. Instead of them, you can use shades, usually they are put in several pieces to ensure normal illumination.
3. Hanging plafonds over the dining table are a classic solution. They are usually positioned lower than chandeliers to provide accent light. It is important to determine the optimal height so that there is no interference with movement. Models with adjustable height are often installed, which is very convenient.
4. Built-in lights can be placed both in the ceiling (preferably stretch or drywall), and in niches. Often, these models are built into cabinets or illuminate cornices with them.
5. Track systems. A convenient solution, which is a rail of any length, on which any number of luminaires are placed in suitable places. Convenience adds that the ceiling lamps rotate 360 ​​degrees and can illuminate a large area.
   An excellent solution with a track lamp along the entire length of the room, reflected light creates a comfortable atmosphere.
6. Wall lights well suited for a small room, they can be used near the dining table so as not to take up space. There are many options, it is better to take models with reflected or diffused light so that it does not hit your eyes.
7. LED Strip Light appeared recently, but the lighting of the living room combined with the kitchen is hard to imagine without this view. It is easy to install the backlight on your own in any place - in a niche, cabinets, above the work area, on the lower edge to create a floating effect. Also, this option can provide soft lighting if placed around the perimeter of the room.

When using a stretch ceiling, you can install a special profile with a diffuser. If you stick several rows of high-brightness LED strip into it, it will provide normal basic lighting.

Distribution of functional areas with the help of light

If you have to combine different functional areas in one room, it is very important to correctly position the lighting. If you do not think over this moment or put the lamps at random, the effect will not be the best. To rule out problems, it is worth remembering a few recommendations:

1. General light in a small room (especially Khrushchev) is easiest to combine for all zones due to one chandelier. It is better to choose an option with an evenly distributed diffused light of a warm or neutral shade.
2. For spacious rooms, 2 or more general light sources are used. They can work both together and separately, which is very convenient.
3. Separate lighting is always done above the working area. Most often, brighter light is used there to ensure good visibility. Now the most convenient option is the LED strip, it is easy to install, you do not need knowledge and experience in electrics.
4. The dining area should be allocated separately. There can be either one or more lamps above the table, or point or wall light sources. When receiving guests, this part of the room should be highlighted brighter than the rest of the area.
5. If there is a soft set or a separate easy chair in the living area, an additional light source should be placed near the furniture. There are many options - from a table lamp to a wall lamp or a floor lamp. The main thing is that a small area is illuminated and the light does not interfere with others.
   Each functional area should have separate lighting.
6. To zone the space more clearly, a bar counter is often installed between the kitchen and the living area. In this case, you can hang several ceiling lamps above it or put spotlights. Then you get a kind of border that separates one zone from another and at the same time provides convenience to those who are located behind the bar.
7. Often the height of the ceiling is made different in order to distinguish between separate parts of the room. Here it is worth considering lighting, since level differences impose certain restrictions on the choice of suitable equipment.A good option would be lighting in places where the ceiling drops, with its help the contours of the zones are emphasized and an interesting decorative effect is created.

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