Kitchen Ideas: How to maximize the light in the heart of your home - your kitchen could it be a lighter bright space? This busy multipurpose room should accommodate all heart to heart-and-duties to cook tuna and impromptu dinners, so it pays to shed some light on the subject. Whether you are after a quick fix or plan to reconfigure your space completely, it's time to shine.
Really Nice Gardens
Tear down your wall
for batteries in natural light, try replacing the solid brick with glass. These folding doors mean the entire back wall is virtually transparent - if they are open or closed -. Allow the sun to pull up a chair at your kitchen table
for batteries in natural light, try replacing the solid brick with glass. These folding doors mean the entire back wall is virtually transparent - if they are open or closed -. Allow the sun to pull up a chair at your kitchen table
Northwick Design
Fake it with light layers
Sometimes the sun is in short supply, so make sure your kitchen is equipped with efficient lighting. Just as the lighting of the background, you will need a work light that focuses on food preparation areas. A dining table calls for a soft, flattering light, so hang pendants or a beautiful chandelier to light food without dazzling diners.
See why chandeliers work so well in the kitchen
Sometimes the sun is in short supply, so make sure your kitchen is equipped with efficient lighting. Just as the lighting of the background, you will need a work light that focuses on food preparation areas. A dining table calls for a soft, flattering light, so hang pendants or a beautiful chandelier to light food without dazzling diners.
See why chandeliers work so well in the kitchen
DHV Architects
Say yes to bright white
Banish dark matte shades and lift the mood with an all-white glossy system. Wall tiles and flooring in the units and furniture, bright, shiny surfaces will bounce light around. Choose smooth expanses and introduce texture through accessories - a paper lantern or style clock, for example - also in white, of course
See how to operate in your home white
Banish dark matte shades and lift the mood with an all-white glossy system. Wall tiles and flooring in the units and furniture, bright, shiny surfaces will bounce light around. Choose smooth expanses and introduce texture through accessories - a paper lantern or style clock, for example - also in white, of course
See how to operate in your home white
Chris Snook
Sneak in a slice of mirror
Mounting a mirrored backsplash is a genius idea, and relatively easy trick that will make a big impact. In addition to stimulating light and creating a sense of depth, it is an easy to clean surface.
Mounting a mirrored backsplash is a genius idea, and relatively easy trick that will make a big impact. In addition to stimulating light and creating a sense of depth, it is an easy to clean surface.
Whites Dreamy
accessorize with sparkling glass
Flowers in the kitchen are a wonderful thing, but if you use your window as a display space, make a solid vase does not stand between you and those precious sunbeams. Glass bottles - clear or colored, empty or filled - make light vessels perfect for improving your flowers. And when the sun is out, they form wonderfully delicate shadows on your kitchen wall.
Learn to view flowers like a pro
Flowers in the kitchen are a wonderful thing, but if you use your window as a display space, make a solid vase does not stand between you and those precious sunbeams. Glass bottles - clear or colored, empty or filled - make light vessels perfect for improving your flowers. And when the sun is out, they form wonderfully delicate shadows on your kitchen wall.
Learn to view flowers like a pro
Molly Frey design
Working in the marble
If hi-tech shiny surfaces aren 't for you, consider the Carrara marble. The pale gray veins add beautiful enough to stimulate interest across the room, but the surface is still shiny enough to reflect light. Pendants hanging above a marble expanse ensure its light enhancing properties are maximized around the clock.
If hi-tech shiny surfaces aren 't for you, consider the Carrara marble. The pale gray veins add beautiful enough to stimulate interest across the room, but the surface is still shiny enough to reflect light. Pendants hanging above a marble expanse ensure its light enhancing properties are maximized around the clock.
Stephen Burn Ltd
Go for glass cabinet doors
glass should not be mirrored to provide light reflection qualities. The full implementation of wall cabinets in the kitchen are bright glass, shiny surfaces helping to shed light around.
glass should not be mirrored to provide light reflection qualities. The full implementation of wall cabinets in the kitchen are bright glass, shiny surfaces helping to shed light around.
Mowlem & Co
Be pale and interesting
Period details add real character to the kitchen, but if you are a lover of light, resist the urge to strip back to wood. Instead, all frames and components with complex windows kitchen cabinets white paint to a bright atmosphere, even on the darkest day.
Period details add real character to the kitchen, but if you are a lover of light, resist the urge to strip back to wood. Instead, all frames and components with complex windows kitchen cabinets white paint to a bright atmosphere, even on the darkest day.
John Maniscalco Architecture
cook skylight
skylights pull in more light than vertical, so if you have the opportunity to integrate one, it will drench your food in the sun. The cream walls and light wood in this scheme improves the spokes of a golden mood.
skylights pull in more light than vertical, so if you have the opportunity to integrate one, it will drench your food in the sun. The cream walls and light wood in this scheme improves the spokes of a golden mood.
Bernard Andre Photography
Let it shine
stainless steel is a great way to add sparkle in a subtle way. This backsplash supersized captures the light and casts soft reflections to a space that is bright, but full of nuances and interesting shapes. Accessories such as hanging lamps pick up on the silver theme and add to the fine subtle reflections.
Have you brightened a dark space? Share your tips and photos in the comments below.
stainless steel is a great way to add sparkle in a subtle way. This backsplash supersized captures the light and casts soft reflections to a space that is bright, but full of nuances and interesting shapes. Accessories such as hanging lamps pick up on the silver theme and add to the fine subtle reflections.
Have you brightened a dark space? Share your tips and photos in the comments below.