Look! Ornate Lighting in the Kitchen

Usually the only tech you see in the kitchen is the stuff used to make and store food; refrigerators and ranges and the like. Well, there's obviously some kind of light fixture to illuminate your kitchen. But the name of the game in kitchen lighting is to make it as bright an unobtrusive as possible (My parents still have grade-school-style fluorescents recessed into the ceiling). So imagine our surprise to spot two kitchens who's owners obviously decided to have a little more fun.

In images from the now-dead Domino magazine and Swedish Skona Hem magazine, two very different kitchens with very different styles each find an oversized, more-fashion-than-function chandelier to complement the space.

We did notice that both are eat-in kitchens and that the decorative lighting in each is positioned above the seating area. So maybe this chandelier-in-the-kitchen thing is a rollover from a traditional dining room practice, but modified for modern open floor plans.

Whatever the reason, how do you feel about over-the-top kitchen lighting, Unplggd?

Comments (3)

I have a small silver-and-crystal chandelier (matching the silver ceiling!) in my kitchen, which is otherwise a fairly staid modern white. Task lighting is underneath the upper cabinets.

My only concern with fussy lighting (or fussy anything) in the kitchen is keeping it clean and non-greasy. Every once in a while the chandelier gets wiped down, and the crystals taken off and given a good vinegar rinse.

It's not an eat-in kitchen; it just amuses me.

taryn,

i've got a similar chandelier to the domino post in my kitchen/dining room:
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Unusual and fun, until you think about all the greasy dust that accumulates on things in the kitchen. Unless, like a neighbor of mine, you never cook anything besides coffee or a boiled egg.