Light Up Your Kitchen with Bamboo

Slip into some serene, soft silvery green. Add a generous helping of honeyed amber wood tones. Frame it with creamy vanilla and you have a kitchen that soothes the soul. Critically place matching chocolate silk-trimmed, bamboo-shaded pendant lighting fixtures where you need some singular ambiance and your guests will be reluctant to wander to any other room. Why should they when you’ve created a Zen-filled welcome that invites them to linger.

Good lighting is like jewelry

Pendant light fixtures are not only beautiful, but functional and fun. Hundreds of choices are available, and, no doubt, make it difficult to purchase just one. Though these pendants are drum-shaped with a bamboo shade, the variety of pendant lighting shapes, sizes and materials offered today may make you feel like a toddler in a toy store. From ultra modern fixtures such as these, to dazzling chandeliers, pendants add character, class or couture.

Look at the pendant in the kitchen. It provides comfortable task lighting as well as inviting light to breakfast by at the counter. Since the lighting from the window, the ceiling fixtures and the under-cabinet lights are more general, they would not be sufficient light for the island. So, the pendant provides additional illumination exactly where it is needed. The dining room pendant is hung just high enough to wash the table in light without glaring harshly into the eyes of the guests.

As a guide, hang the pendant 30-to-35 inches above the table or counter. As a general rule, the light should be centered over the counter or table so the perimeter extends 12 inches past its diameter. A diffuser is optional, depending on your preference, but would soften the effect.

You will need to know the measurements from the ceiling to make certain the length of the drop rod adequately reaches the hanging point.

How do you get the look?

If you’re starting with lighting, you may like to know where to find these pendants. They were designed from the captivating choices offered by Alluminare. You can design your personal light story, too, at http://www.alluminare.com