Kitchen Décor | Under Cabinet Lighting

There may be several ways you’re looking to add attractive design elements to your new kitchen so that it’s more than just the corner of the world where you prepare meals. One element you might consider is under the cabinet lighting.

Benefits of Under Cabinet Lighting

This stylish detail brings allows showcase accents in your kitchen that emphasize your personal design style, such as:

• Bringing out the beauty in your granite countertops and tile back splash
• Adding dimension to the more typical lighting options
• Spotlighting decorative items displayed along the back of the counter (flowers, accessories, etc)

Under cabinet lighting is a great way to make a small kitchen seem larger too. Or, if your kitchen has limited window light, under cabinet lights can brighten up the place during meal prep and make the kitchen more inviting for countertop discussions and laughs.

And, something you might not even think about, under cabinet lighting provides a great nightlight so your teenage son can accommodate a midnight snack without turning on blinding lights. Of note, be sure to install the switch for your under cabinet lights in the same place as all of your other kitchen switches. If they’re switched individually or under the cabinet, you’ll forget they even exist. Putting the switch on the wall with the other lights is a convenient reminder of your awesome bonus feature.

Types of Under Cabinet Lights

There are several options when it comes to the types of lights you can install under your cabinets. Most require wiring, which HA Construction typically runs in with the display lighting for glass cabinet doors, hidden out of sight, of course. Some under cabinet lighting options include:

• LED Tape Lights – Look to spend around $50 a linear foot, but you’re getting that green-friendly, long-lasting benefit of LED.
• LED Puck Lights – This is a battery powered option, and an inexpensive one at that. At approximately $10 each, pucks are a great way to create a spotlight effect.
• Flexible Strip Lights – You’ll get a few color options with this product: warm white, cool white, green, blue or red. Most are customizable and they run about $15 a strip.
• Enhanced Incandescents – Available at around 60W, these typically come in two foot strips and run up to $50 each. Of note, they do get somewhat hot, so keep that in mind when planning what goes underneath them.

One of the kitchens in HA Construction’s portfolio had no less than 17 under the cabinet lights in its redesign and, as Andy himself said, “It looks like a million bucks.” So, if you’re looking for something to kick your kitchen design up a notch, under cabinet kitchen lighting may be just the thing. Contact HA Construction to start planning your layout!