Apply adequate lighting
to highlight certain areas e.g.: directional lighting to a series of kitchen
columns; lamps hanging or ceiling-mounted above the kitchen island, which can
also visually separate it from the living room; built-in lighting located in the
middle of the "corridor" between the kitchen columns and the island,
etc. options. Toronto furniture installation are
the experts in this area.
When you have a plan,
you can position the lighting so that there is no conflict when opening the
doors to upper cabinets.
Conflict
of hanging lamps with doors on upper cabinets or columns
This applies especially
to hanging lamps, but also to ceiling lighting, which protrudes from the
ceiling level, and you have cabinets up to the ceiling.
To avoid such conflict,
hanging lamps should be at least 100 cm from the wall where the kitchen fixture
will be (next to the most prominent part of the lamps) - this distance takes
into account the depth of the cabinet plus the maximum width of the door when
opened. For close-standing wardrobes, this distance is at least 130 cm to the
most prominent part of the lamps.
Poorly
positioned lighting above the dining table
Often the distribution
and size of the kitchen composition determines the location of the dining table
and its possible size. So, once you know where the table / center of the table
will be, you can also determine the location of the lighting outlet above it
and make sure that the cable will not be bridged afterwards.
Consider also what
lighting to your liking and what will fit the shape of the table - chandelier,
round, rectangular, how long it will be, how many points of inference will be
needed. And to plan the location of the table relative to the kitchen composition,
use these universal dimensions: it takes 60cm for one person to sit on the
table, and 60 + 30cm for the ends, so that it can sit on its short side. There
should be a distance of 80 cm around the table for chairs - this allows and can
be passed behind them.
Make enough new
contacts, don't just rely on existing ones - above the kitchen counter: for
small appliances, on the walls - for a vacuum cleaner, TV, music system, etc.
Not enough contacts in
convenient places, the presence of uninterrupted old installation
Make enough new
contacts, do not rely only on existing ones - above the kitchen counter: for
small appliances (coffee machine, water heater, blender, toaster, microwave),
on the walls - for a vacuum cleaner, if you have a TV, music system etc. And
why not provide an opportunity for contact inside a kitchen counter, where
small appliances will be stored, thus freeing up the hob.
If there are any
remaining old projecting pipes from the previous kitchen in the area behind the
dishwasher or washing machine, cut them to the wall level. Otherwise, the
appliances will not fit into the standard depth of the kitchen (60 cm).
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