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from Inspired House January/February 2006 (#14)

Light Your Kitchen Right
Choose a mix of sources and fixtures for the most-used room in the home
by Peter Lemos

Peter Lemos, author of Kitchens for the Rest of Us (The Taunton Press 2005), introduces the basic concepts of ambient, task, and accent lighting and discusses kitchen lighting needs one by one, including lighting for counters, islands, tables, pantries, and cabinets. Lemos also talks about why having an overall lighting scheme is important. A sidebar illustrates an example of a lighting plan typically used by architects and designers.


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PHOTOS, LEFT TO RIGHT: BRIAN VANDEN BRINK, ERIC ROTH, JEFF MCNAMARA