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Our Under Cabinet Lighting Installation in New Jersey (NJ), process starts in the background, literally. Cleanest upper cabinet interior wiring between cabinets with no runs on the surface. Channels are routed or cut as necessary with connections made inside the cabinet box and not hanging underneath. New LED lights are installed as replacements for under-cabinet lighting by removing the old puck lights or removing the old fluorescent strip and rewiring the run correctly, instead of patching the old wires that are failing. All under-cabinet task lighting installations we do will be lighting directly at the surface of your counter-top, no hot spots, no dark spaces, just light on the counter-top surface, throughout the entire length of the space.
Our Under Cabinet Lighting Upgrade in Bergenfield, Tenafly, Englewood, Paramus, Teaneck, New Milford and New Jersey (NJ) is more than just changing the fixtures; it’s a whole system approach. Cords are exposed and coverage is inconsistent with old plug-in strip lights and puck setups. Under cabinet lighting replacement provides hard wiring all the lights to a dedicated switch or dimmer – no outlets required. The LED strip or bar size is precisely matched to the size of each cabinet section, preventing the light coverage from being cut short at cabinet corners. An appropriate under-cabinet lighting system upgrade is also one that includes the right color temperature, which is usually 2700K–3000K for a kitchen area to create a warm and natural look rather than washed out or clinical.
The difference between a professional Under Cabinet Lighting Specialists in Bergenfield, Tenafly, Englewood, Paramus, Teaneck, New Milford and New Jersey (NJ) and a handyman install is the detail that everyone won’t see. We placed fixtures behind the front of the cabinet so the light source itself is not visible — it’s the effect that’s visible, not the fixture. Our under cabinet lighting remodeling service providers can install the lighting fixtures without opening the cabinet boxes, make a clean light hole and install the wiring in the interior cabinet shelves. We are under cabinet lighting experts, and have installed every type of upper cabinet to floating shelves, corner wraps and open bracket lighting, all with varying methods of mounting and wiring that had to be performed cleanly and permanently.
The one largest issue with kitchen lighting design is the shadows that are cast directly onto the kitchen preparation surface from the overhead lights. When you’re chopping, reading a recipe, or working detail-heavy tasks, that shadow is coming from your own body blocking ceiling light. It can be totally eliminated by using under-cabinet lights by placing the light source inches above your work area. They also reveal backsplash tile, stone and grout detail that overhead lighting can’t. They’re great at night as low level ambient lighting – they’re useful, they’re saving energy and they’re just as good as the overall look of the kitchen.
The cleanest modern installs use slim LED aluminum channel profiles mounted flush to the cabinet’s underside — the channel diffuses the strip light so there’s no visible LED dot pattern on the countertop. Motion activated lighting under cabinets is good for late-night kitchen lighting for when you’re not looking for a switch. Most people don’t realize that color temperature can be an important aspect of a light fixture, and that 3000K is warm and residential, while 4000K is clean and contemporary, and neither is wrong, just that it should match the color of your cabinets or countertops. Angled bar fixtures will wash the surface of open shelving as well as display items but without eye level glare.
Home Plus Designs provides the lighting installation services to Bergenfield, Tenafly, Englewood, Paramus, Teaneck, New Milford, NJ homeowners in an effective way. We have done under cabinet light projects in every type of kitchen we've ever worked in — new construction, upgraded kitchen in an existing home, and kitchen full remodels. No outsourcing, no rushing and no leaving exposed wiring or sloppy finishes. All jobs are treated equally; clean wire routing, appropriate connections and fixtures properly level and secure. We're known for doing our job the right way, at the right price, and we stand behind all of our installations with the service that keeps our customers coming back.
Hard-wired looks cleaner with no visible cords. It runs off a proper switch and handles daily use far more reliably long-term.
We recommend 2700K–3000K for most kitchens. It keeps countertops looking warm and natural without making the space feel like an office.
Absolutely. We route wiring through the cabinet interior so nothing is exposed on the outside — existing kitchens are no problem for us.
Yes — we install dimmer-compatible LED systems. Dimmers let you go bright for cooking and low for evening ambiance without separate switches.
Most kitchens with standard upper cabinet runs are completed in 3–4 hours. Larger kitchens or complex layouts may take a full day.