No kitchen remodel is complete without a bold, beautiful light fixture hanging right over your island or dining room table. Whether you’re looking for simple and elegant or colorful and sassy, the right fixture can light up your room (in more ways than one!) and wow your guests. If you’re looking to install a new light fixture, take these new trends into account:

Art Deco

If you really want to make a statement and set your kitchen apart from your friends’ and neighbors’, mid-century modern and Art Deco are the way to go. Think strong geometric designs, sharp lines, and natural shapes. A Sputnik chandelier is an obvious example, but a design involving countless small bulbs of light looks trendy as well.

Minimalism

If you have complex designs or powerful statement pieces in your kitchen, a neutral and relaxed lighting fixture might work better for you. Try soft colors like beige or white, simple geometric designs, or clean line cannisters.

Back to Nature

Want to embrace an eco-friendly aesthetic and invoke the feeling of relaxing inside a wood cabin? Try out lighting fixtures wrapped in wood fibers. You can also consider other natural materials like cotton, metal, or seagrass.

LED Lighting

While incandescent bulbs shine brightly, they’re considered to be very wasteful based on the amount of heat generated. LED lighting is more efficient, environmentally friendly, and long lasting than traditional incandescent bulbs. While the initial cost can be a downside to an LED fixture, the lower annual operating cost and long life can outweigh the higher initial investment