How custom decorative lighting can transform your kitchen cabinets
The kitchen is more than just a place to store food and prepare meals. These kitchens have become central gathering areas for home entertainment events, and they are much larger than ever. Over the years, kitchen cabinet lighting has evolved to meet increasing demands for higher-quality illumination and comfort. A custom cabinet lighting system must also address aesthetic concerns such as color rendering, lighting color and brightness, interior design color rendering, and light intensity that is not too harsh on the eyes of guests and homeowners.
Custom Kitchen Cabinet Lighting
Do you prefer fluorescent under cabinet lights to puck lights?
While they can still be useful in some cases, their dominance in custom kitchen cabinet lighting is starting to diminish. Many homeowners are now replacing their generic countertops with marble and ornate granite, which are reflective surfaces. While fluorescent undercabinet lighting is protected from glare by using frosted fixtures, it lacks the color rendering capabilities required to match an ornate countertop. Puck lights can be too intense for most kitchens. They reflect a lot of light outward in every direction.
Phantom Lighting’s 12 volt Undercabinet Lights are made to counter reflected light. They have proprietary shielding on their linear light strips, and feature directional lighting control that directs light away from the eyes.
What type of bulbs can be installed in custom kitchen cabinet lighting?
The phantom strip can be attached to lamp housings that have an incandescent, LED, or xenon bulb. Xenon will produce color that is almost identical to sunlight. It can dimmable and low voltage and will highlight the deep reds of granite and multi-dimensional colors of marble. It was until recently the most popular festoon for custom kitchen cabinet lighting. New 2800K LED festoon lights have just been introduced to the market. They offer a color rendering capability equivalent to xenon at a fraction of the price.
What kinds of festoons do you prefer for interior shelf lighting?
The best kitchen cabinet lighting is usually provided by incandescent festoons. They produce a white light that makes every part of the interior easily visible. They don’t take up much space than puck lights since they are under cabinet light systems. The cabinet can be opened with guests in a balanced way, so there is more storage. Because Phantom low voltage cabinet lighting is very easy to maintain, it’s also much easier to clean shelves.
Are your cabinet lighting fixtures made in America?
Yes. Our lighting manufacturing facility is in Houston, Texas. We have professional lighting sales representatives located all over the United States.
Where can you find more information about Phantom custom kitchen cabinet lighting strips?
Contact a Phantom Agent to learn more about all these LED under cabinet lighting options. Call us to request literature online at 800-863-1184. You can also visit our lighting blog for more information about Phantom custom lighting products.