It’s essential to flood your kitchen with the right lighting—the right kind, the right amount and the right fixtures for your unique situation.

When you think about how much light your kitchen needs, pendant lighting and track lighting are two super popular and versatile options that are designed to brighten just what you need.

Hinkley Lighting 3100

This colorful island fixture from Eglo™ is one large pendant that provides ample light, in addition to acting as a focal point for the room.

Eglo five-light pendant

Pendant lighting is one of the most used lighting fixtures in any home. Why? Because it’s so versatile and comes in two different and distinct looks. The bowl pendant features any number of bulbs (usually maxing out at five or six) to throw light upward and brighten more spacious kitchen areas. This bowl pendant from Kichler™ works great over a dining table.

Kichler bowl pendant

The other pendant style, the mini pendant, is ideal for illuminating a specific area. One light is enough for this fixture, and the down-light feature is great for task lighting above a breakfast nook or the kitchen sink. Pairing multiple mini-pendants is the way to go, as seen in this photo from Tech™ Lighting.

One popular idea is to set three pendants at varying heights to create a visual composition as seen here:

Tech Lighting pendants

Pendants are often playful and textural and can be a great way to brighten up the kitchen with a burst of color. Tech™ Lighting nailed it with this modern kitchen application:

Tech Lighting kitchen pendants

While pendants are a flexible method of lighting, track lighting takes that idea to the next level. It’s the most flexible type of lighting and totally customizable. Just decide what type of lights you’d like and where you want them to aim, and you’re on your way to having yourself a gorgeous track lighting system.

Track lighting from Tech™ Lighting

Bright light, where you want it, that’s what track lighting is all about:

Track lighting can reach multiple areas

Perhaps the best solution is to combine track and pendant lighting together. You get the colorful, playful pendants as well as all of that bright task lighting you need for working in the kitchen.

Pendants and track lighting can work well together

Your kitchen needs a certain amount of lighting—not too much light, not too little, just right. Pendant lighting and track lighting are two fantastic and very different options to help you get just the right light in your kitchen.

Until next time, Happy Home Improving!

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