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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from Diane Decor.com
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In this video, we're going to talk all about lighting ideas for kitchens with no kitchen islands
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Hanging those beautiful pendant lights above a kitchen island is one of the best ways to add
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style to your kitchen. But if you don't have a kitchen island, you might be wondering, how can I upgrade my lighting
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how can I make it look really beautiful without that particular feature
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Well, this video I'm going to share with you seven different ways to light your kitchen when you have no kitchen island
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Let's get started. While having a kitchen island may seem like the norm nowadays, there are lots and lots of homes that do not have them, especially if you live in an older city or an older home
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The kitchens may be smaller, especially if you're in maybe the New England area
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you may not have the space to put this big beautiful island in all these stools
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Instead, you may have an L-shaped kitchen, or a U-shaped kitchen, or a galley kitchen
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You could have a peninsula, or you could even have a single-wall kitchen
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These are sometimes forgotten about when we look at all the beautiful pictures online when I on Pinterest and I on Instagram it seems like everyone has a kitchen island
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And they have those big, beautiful pendants that they can swap out, that hang over the kitchen islands
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and give the space a lot of beautiful decoration. But this video is going to focus on all of those other types of kitchens that don't get a lot of buzz
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So we're going to go through seven different decorative lighting options for your kitchen that has no
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Kitchen Island. Let's start with number one. Number one is the center chandelier. So consider swapping
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out your standard large overhead light for a chandelier. You can add some supplemental lighting to
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this if you'd like, but a center chandelier is just going to add a lot of design and character
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to your space. So you don't have to have that standard, you know
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almost fluorescent bright over the head kitchen light you can swap it out for a beautiful decorative
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chandelier what makes chandeliers a really easy pick is that one they come in so many different
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styles that you definitely going to be able to find something that going to match your design scheme in your home So whether you want something that modern industrial or maybe a
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little boho or you want something super sleek and metallic, there's going to be something for
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everyone in an affordable range for chandeliers because you can find them everywhere. Home Depot
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Lowe's, Wayfair, Amazon, Target, Walmart. Everyone sells chances. nowadays and because everyone sells them, they're really very affordable nowadays
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And you can go on sites like Thumbtack or TaskRabbit to help find someone to install that for you
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for a really good price. So don't shy away from swapping out that big overhead light
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because you're concerned about one, the price of a chandelier or the price of insulation
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because it really is reasonable nowadays because we have so much access to other people and
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products and things like that. So consider getting a center chandelier for your kitchen that has no kitchen island
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Another way to add a nice decorative element to your lighting is to go with an over chandelier So instead of having the big center chandelier in your kitchen you can instead offset it and have a smaller decorative chandelier
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over just your sink area. Because usually, if you don't have a kitchen island
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your sink or your stove is going to be your next focal point
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So depending upon the other elements that you have going around in your kitchen, it's going to draw the eye
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So let's say you don't have a stove with that big beautiful hood
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or a decorative back splash and you don't have a pot filler hanging off the side
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and you instead want to draw some attention to your sink because maybe you have a beautiful window there
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A big large window that's looking out into the backyard and you can see the trees and you've got cabinets on either side
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That would be the place to create a decorative focal point in your kitchen
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by adding an over-the-sync chandelier. So these are a little bit smaller than what you would use for the center of your kitchen
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You can also use pendants here as well. So just like folks with the kitchen island may use pendant lights to hang down over the island
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you can do the same and hang it over your sink
