I’ve designed four kitchens in my life, each one reflecting a different chapter in both my style and cooking needs. From my first post-grad two-up, two-down house to our current family home, to which we’ve added a whopping open-plan kitchen extension, I’ve tried every cabinet design, material, and layout trick in the book. But one thing took me far longer to master than I’d like to admit – the kitchen lighting ideas.
In my first kitchen reno, I was fixated on cabinet colours, tiling and worktops, and, above all, how to make it look as impressive as possible on a minuscule DIY budget. Lighting came last.
