Today’s kitchens not only serve up meals, but serve as the gathering place in the heart of the home. The modern kitchen is much more than just a food prep area. It can be a quiet area where you relax by yourself, a space where two people casually talk and get to know one another, a desk space where children work on their homework, or it can be an anteroom that is used to support activities in an adjacent living space.
Designing lighting to serve so many needs requires independently operating light fixtures. The modern kitchen styling with clean cabinet lines and smooth finish appliances provides large reflecting surfaces for accent light.
The lighting plan in Cityview on Ridgewood town home kitchens was designed to fulfill all these tasks and allow the home owner to use only the light they need.
Task Lighting
Compact fluorescent (CFLs) under cabinet puck lights were installed to provide task lighting and accent the glass backsplash. CFLs provide a soft white light that is an energy conserving alternative to conventional incandescent bulbs. The blizzard Caesarstone countertops white surface provides creates a bright airy feel to the workspaces.
Day lighting
The above cabinet windows bring in a large amount of daylight to light up the kitchen throughout the day.
General Purpose Lighting
Recessed ceiling mount light fixtures provide large amount of light for general light to fill the kitchen. Recessed ceiling lights can be equipped with CFL’s for even greater savings.
Mood lighting
The kitchen island serves as a focal point and is equipped with dimmable pendant lights above to allow the home owner to create the ambiance they want for that space and the adjoining living area. With a dimmer switch, less is more—more money, that is.
- Dim lights by 25%, increase energy savings by 20%
- Dim lights by 50%, increase energy savings by 40%
You also extend bulb life up to 20 times when you dim a bulb halfway. 
Lutron dimmers are used throughout the Cityview on Ridgewood town homes. Calculate how much you would save by dimming your lights on Lutron’s dimming calculator.
