5 Reasons Why Lighting is Essential to Your Kitchen Design
With kitchen lighting increasingly easy to install for you, and growing in demand for homeowners, here’s the 5 reasons why it is essential to your kitchen design.
Good lighting design could be the single factor that distinguishes you from a competitor.
With the demand for integrated kitchen lighting growing rapidly, illuminated spaces have been bumped up from a ‘wishlist’ to ‘must-have’ for homeowners.
1. The new essential; the home office
Heard enough about the rise of the home offices yet? Possibly, but it’s the gift that keeps on giving for designers like you.
With 40% of Brits planning on working from home permanently, designing a multi-functional living space is more important than ever.
For your home-working customers, 89% identify lighting as the most important design factor in their home office.
Thinking about lighting at the start of the design process will help ensure your project not only looks great, but functions flawlessly for every day requirements.
2. Less time, more money
Lighting can be easy to retrofit, but if you can do it at the start of the design process, why wouldn’t you?
Re-visiting a project without integrated kitchen lighting is a great opportunity but could cost you time. It’s no secret in the trade that your time is your money, so save yourself both by thinking about lighting from the start.
This will help bolster not just the sale of your kitchen but also the finished output, with a ‘wow factor’ finish.
3. Creating a memorable experience for them, and more business for you
A great experience is a great word-of-mouth opportunity.
Good lighting creates not just a great experience for a homeowner, but also their guests.
When pitching your ideas to your client, think about the atmosphere that lighting can create and the senses that your lighting design will evoke in them;
how will your lighting make them feel?
How will it make them see the space?
The emotions these senses will evoke as a result of your design will be felt by anyone stepping into this living space. This experience is likely to create a talking point for any guests and a great opportunity for a word-of-mouth recommendation for your business.
4. Showcase your craftmanship
When it comes to kitchen design, the proof is in the pudding.
Great craftmanship deserves to be shown off and your customers are likely to want to do this too.
Consider including ‘showcase’ areas in your kitchen design. What do you want to highlight the most?
Are there any areas that your customer particularly wants to show off?
Often, for both of you, these can be bespoke design elements can show the personality of the homeowner and draw attention to your craftmanship.
Highlighting these areas shows your clients that you’ve listened to their needs, as well as leaves a lasting spotlight on the quality of your work.
5. The ongoing wellbeing of your client
Have you noticed wellbeing coming up in any of your conversations with your customers?
It’s a factor that is getting more and more attention, and rightly so.
With homeowners spending an increasing amount of time at home, it’s more important than ever that their environment helps their wellbeing.
Lighting has a direct affect on the wellbeing of us all.
You may not be able to control the natural light of the living space you’re designing, but keep this on the agenda when working on your lighting design – how can good lighting help your customer?
So, to summarise, thinking about lighting at the start of your kitchen design will help you stay ahead of developing trends, save you time and money, generate recommendations for your business, improve the wellbeing of your customers, and be a great way to showcase your craftmanship.
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