Photos via Brian Wolk

No, not my kitchen, but I finally found photographic evidence of what the end result of an under cabinet installation of the white Ikea Dioder strip lights looks like. I’ve been toying with doing a similar installation myself, but I didn’t want to proceed until I had a good idea of what to expect, and from what I can see, the end result is quite nice.

Of course, going with the multicolored lights was also an option, as shown in this video here. Those lights can cycle through the spectrum, or be color selected, but even tho’ there’s a white option (as shown around the 20 second mark), it’s not the kind of pure white I’m interested in. Luckily the pure white strips clock in at 50$, a full 30$ cheaper than the multicolored lights, so it’s a win/win.

Like these folks, I’m going for a superficial installation as well, and don’t plan on having these installed professionally behind walls and into outlets.  That’s why I’m not thrilled by the idea that each light strip is wired independently, since, as you can see in the first shot, that means that multiple wires will likely be bundled together at some points in the installation.

I also can’t get any conclusive information on where exactly the switch for these lights appears on the path between the light strip and the bulb, but I’ll probably figure that out soon enough, since I hope to have these up within a week or so. Who knows, if it works nicely, I might buy a second set and do some above cabinet lighting as well.