Home / Style Guide / Learn About Cabinet / Accent Lighting / Cabinet / Accent Lighting Guide / How to Light Cabinet and Accent Lighting Selection Guide Choosing the right type of cabinet lighting for every area of your home. Our Designers give their top choices. Under Cabinets Best Choice: LED Under Cabinet FixturesLEDs are highly efficient, with low operating costs, minimal heat and long lamp life. LED fixtures also have tremendous light output and quality to match. These fixtures are designed to be direct-wired so no power chord is visible and your outlets remain available for other small appliances.Alternate Choices: LED Tape Lighting is an efficient LED light source that is ultra-thin and flexible. The sleek profile of tape light allows for mounting in almost any location and its efficiency allows for long runs. The drawback to LED tape lighting systems is that they deliver a lower lumen output than LED Fixtures, meaning slightly less task light. Xenon Under Cabinet Fixtures provide light output and quality that are nearly equivalent to LED fixtures, but at a lower upfront cost. However, since they are not as efficient as LEDs, the long-term cost to operate the Xenon fixture is greater. Additionally, Xenon fixtures produce a great deal of heat and the bulbs do not last as long as their LED counterparts. Over Cabinets Best Choice: Tape LightingTape lighting provides a terrific light output to help add light near a ceiling without a harsh spotlight effect. Tape lighting is also dimmable – allowing you to match the intensity of the light to the occasion. Alternate Choice: Hard Strip Lighting Hard Strip generally delivers more light and is easier to keep clean in dust-prone areas. Inside Cabinets or Drawers Best Choice: Tape The low profile of our LED Tape Light is a perfect fit for the small space inside a cabinet or drawer. Alternate Choice: Hard Strip Lighting The durability of hard strips makes them ideal for high-use cabinets. Below Cabinets/Toekick Areas Best Choice: Tape LightingSince this type of lighting is more of an accent than a functional light source, the low wattage/lumen of tape light will help to achieve the desired effect