Home Front: Light at the end of the tunnel

Lighting can make or break how your kitchen looks, feels and functions. Lighting is equally, if not more, important as cabinets, countertops, appliances, backsplashes, flooring, sinks and faucets.

Simply placing flush-mounted or recessed fixtures in the center of your kitchen ceiling can provide functional light, but that type of lighting may do little to beautify the space, create a mood, evoke favorable emotional responses or provide the necessary amount of light that makes meal preparation, reading, doing homework, composing emails or for other common tasks that are now performed in the kitchen easier.