Guest Blogger: Choosing the Perfect Under Cabinet Lighting

Guest Blogger #679, Entry #1610, September 18, 2012

Add under cabinet lighting in your kitchen and you can achieve numerous benefits. Under cabinet lights are real multi-taskers; they add a nice visual aesthetic to your kitchen, making it appear custom and bright, and also acts as great utilitarian way to light up your working space while you are preparing foods.

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However, any form of lighting can heat up your electricity bill, so here are a few great ways to get the appeal of under cabinet kitchen lights without the big monthly bill:

LED:

With the modern invention of LED lighting, every light in our home can now run at a much cheaper and energy efficient pace – even our Christmas trees can be lit up by LED lights. LED lighting is perfect for under cabinet kitchen lighting as it gives off a bright, true light that will really brighten up your kitchen. If you need help with your lighting needs, www.energenie4u.co.uk can provide with lighting ideas.

Battery operated lighting:

Forget about all that wiring and install by using a battery operated light under your cabinets.  These lights come in all shapes and sizes; long tube lighting and small round puck lights, to name a couple. Since these lights run on batteries, you are adding nothing to your energy bill, and if you want to save money on batteries, and then just use the lights for short times while you are working in your kitchen – don’t keep them turned on all day.

What type of undercounter lighting is best for your kitchen?

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Fluorescent:

Florescent lighting has been around much longer than LED lighting, but is also a great and inexpensive lighting choice.  In fact, fluorescent lighting is much less expensive to purchase, with most of their under cabinet lighting choices available at half the cost of the LED versions.  Although, LED lasts longer than a fluorescent bulb so there are some options to weigh before choosing between these two energy- efficient choices.

Whatever you choose, under cabinet lighting is a great choice to add to your kitchen or any room in your home with upper cabinets.  They are multifunctional by lighting up your workspaces and adding an instant facelift to any room in your home. So don’t stay in the dark, add some lighting to your home today!

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