Bathroom Lighting, Bathroom Fixtures and Bathroom Vanity Lighting
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Not only will your choice of lighting be important but the placement of your fixtures will set the ambiance for your environment.
The right lighting has to illuminate your space in order for you to see how to shave, whether it’s your husband shaving his face or you shaving your legs. Although waxing your legs is a much better process.
The important thing is that the lighting has to give you the right coverage so that you can see what you’re doing without cutting yourself.
Not all lighting has to come from a bulb. The natural elements of the sun, large windows and skylights offer you lighting that can give your space brightness and an open feeling.
Your bathroom is the first place you see in the morning and the last place you see at night. And if you’re like most people who drink too much liquid you’ll see it during the night.
Adding Lighting in Layers
Let’s take a look at bathroom lighting and see exactly what fixtures belong where. Having layers of lighting will work through a lot of lighting challenges.
Task lighting: These are lighting fixtures that are mounted on your walls flanking your bathroom vanity.
This type of lighting covers things like, shaving, applying make up and picking those chin hairs that you should not touch.
Ambiance lighting: This form of lighting is used to soften shadows that can occur from lighting.
This type of lighting fixture mounted so that it can bounce the light off the ceiling. Positioned correctly its been said the ambiance lighting can make you look 10 years younger.
Decorative lighting: Chandeliers, wall scones and ornately designed fixtures add luxury to your bathroom environment.
Creating a Scene for Your Bathroom Lighting
Design your lighting layout as though you’re setting up for a stage play. You’ll want certain areas to be on dimmers. This way you’ll be able to control the amount of light and mood that it projects.
Morning light would be bright, where as lighting for night trips to the bathroom and relaxing soaks in your tub would require a much softer light.
If you find that your bathroom is located on an interior wall and adding windows or skylights are out of the question, then plans for your bathroom lighting will warrant an even more careful planning strategy.
Your bathroom fixtures, the bulbs that bring forth their light, their shapes and finishes, sizes and colors all add to the ambiance that’s created when providing light for your bathroom oasis.
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