10 Types Of Kitchen Lighting To Brighten Your Space: Smart Lights to Pendants

Kitchen takes precedence when it comes to integrating smart lighting into your home. With voice-controlled functionality, you can effortlessly manage lighting, adding a layer of convenience to your busy kitchen routine. Even in the midst of culinary endeavours, a simple voice command toggles the lights. This modern grey ceiling light from White Teak Studio accommodates three smart bulbs (included with your purchase), guaranteeing optimal lighting precisely suited to your needs.

One fantastic kitchen lighting design idea involves integrating lighting above your countertop. While LED strip lighting is a popular choice for this purpose, we particularly like this lighting panel designed to snugly fit below your cabinets, providing an evenly illuminated and shadow-free workspace. This light from Ikea features energy-saving LED lighting, reducing consumption by an impressive 85%.

Pro-tip: If you love Ikea's lighting, we've got some really cool options for you here. 

If you're up around midnight, odds are you'll find yourself in the kitchen, scouting for a snack. That's where these ingenious drawer lights come into play, making those midnight runs easy and swift. These LED lights from Ikea are minimal, and seamlessly fit inside your drawers. They activate through a sensor, and also enhance visibility, allowing you to effortlessly access and locate items, even at the back of deep cabinets.

Recessed Lighting involves installing a lighting fixture within a hollow area of your ceiling, creating a seamless, flush appearance with nothing protruding out. This design provides a clean, minimalist look to your space. These lights are exceptional for offering ample illumination to a room while also being energy-efficient as they're mostly LED lights. 

On one of our visits to India Design, we got acquainted with a brand called Magppie. They have a stellar collection of lighting and one that we really loved was called Sunroof that came about after 8 years of extensive research and development.. Their entire philosophy centres around the idea of wellness and how lighting can cultivate it further. Their idea is to create sunroof lighting for indoor spaces that mimics natural light in its softest form. There's no one currently that we know of that can create the same product as theirs right now, so for sunroof lighting in your kitchen, we'd recommend Magppie. Their impressive clientele includes celebrities like Ranbir Kapoor, MS Dhoni, and businessmen like Sunil Bharti Mittal.

Pendant lights are stylish hanging fixtures suspended from the ceiling, typically by a cord, chain, or rod. Pendant lights are versatile options to illuminate kitchen islands, dining tables, or create ambient lighting in a room. We really liked these unique handmade natural woven pendant lights from Clay Mango as they're calming and add a distinct feature to any area they're placed in. 

One of the easiest and most fun ways to personalise a space through a kitchen lighting design is by adding a neon LED signs. We'd recommend going for one that says 'my happy place' or better, get one customised for your kitchen.

Statement lights are best suited for bigger areas, they're eye-catching light fixtures that serve as an artistic focal point in the room. Currently, we're seeing lots of minimal designs that feature twists, turns, and geometric patterns of a single line of light, like you see in the picture above.

A tube light is basically a long and narrow tube that emits light, so much so that a single tube light can light up an entire room. These types of lights are commonly used in Indian households for many rooms and are a great pick if you're looking for an economical kitchen lighting idea that won't take away too much from the room's aesthetic.

Wall sconces are fixtures mounted on walls, serving both functional and aesthetic lighting purposes. When considering wall sconces for your kitchen, we recommend opting for something distinctive and appealing, such as this Terra Wall Sconce, crafted through the slip-casting process. It's offered in three distinct finishes, and our top pick is the dual-tone variant, adding a touch of sophistication to your space."

Pro-tip: Need more options? We've got plenty of wall lighting ideas here.