KITCHEN LIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 942, 8 April 1930, Page 5

KITCHEN LIGHT

SHADOWS AND GLARE THE PROPER LAMPS The bulk of the work of a home is carried out in the kitchen, and the importance of proper lighting in the kit'chen is worthy of emphasis. In many homes the housewife tolerates the discomfort of glaring light from a clear lamp with only a conical opal shade as protection. A moment's thought will show that most of the work in tho kitchen is done facing the wall—at the stove, table, or sink. The inefficient single lamp, suspended from the centre of the room, is invariably too low, and compels the worker to "stand in her own light." Shadows thrown on the stove or pastry slab are the cause of many culinary calamities. A great improvement may be effected by the substitution of an obsoured lamp in a small, deep opal shade, suspended at a height of not less than 7ft 6in from the floor and preferably (ixed to the ceiling itself. The modern kitchen unit is fixed close to the ceiling, and consists of diffusing glassware, which entirely encloses the lamp, making it dustproof. Not only is the light comfortable and free from glare, but the diffusion eliminates hard, dark shadows. Any shadows will he light, and not dense enough to be a hindrance. In the scullery a bracket fixed over the sink at the junction of the draining board provides efficient lighting for washing up. It Is also desirable to use a suspended lamp in a reflector over the stove. The essentials of kitchen lighting as.indeed, of all classes of lighting are to have sufficient points for light to be wherever it is wanted, and at the same time to avoid glare.