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Designing a kitchen: Lighting

In most homes, the kitchen’s where most activity (ie actually doing things, as opposed to sitting watching other people do them!) takes place. At the very least, it’s where meals are prepared, and most likely the washing-up afterwards is done there too. In households with larger kitchens, it may also be where some or all of those meals are eaten. And many other domestic tasks are often carried out in the kitchen.

So when it comes to designing your new kitchen, time spent on planning the lighting fixtures is time well spent.

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