We are building a new kitchen/diner space. It will be mainly all vaulted ceilings, though there will be a bit of a bulkhead area, under the new bedroom. There will be fitted kitchen base cabinets along one wall. No wall cabinets. A moveable island/butchers block in the middle of the room and a dining table on the other side, maybe with a dresser on that side too. Lots of rooflights, three on one side and two on the other.
If I understand it correctly, we can't have recessed spotlights in the vaulted parts of the ceiling. I think we will have spotlights in the bulkhead bit.
We are thinking some pendants down the middle of the room, in the apex. Though how do they fit the ceiling roses in the apex?
Maybe an uplighting lamp in the corner by the dining table, but this could be added later, as it will just plug in. Have thought about pendants over the dining table but not sure where to put them given that we don't know how big or where our table will actually go. Though I guess we will be limited a bit by the location of the roof lights. Same goes for lighting over the island, as we won't buy whatever we buy until the extension is done (i.e. we may start out with the ikea moveable island but keep looking for the perfect old butchers block, which we won't buy until/unless we find exactly what we want). So hard to commit to lighting locations now.
Main question really, if you have made it this far, is what does one do for task lighting when you don't have any wall cabinets? Most websites talk about under cabinet lighting but this is obviously not an option.
What else do people do for task lighting in the kitchen? Will need to light worktops and sink. Hood will have some lights in it, I suppose, so that will help for the cooker.
Thanks in advance for any help.