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Bathroom Lighting Design

Do you find yourself not wanting to look at yourself in your bathroom mirror in the morning? It may simply be because you have poor lighting. Lighting naturally creates shadows and if you don’t have your lighting properly planned, you may find that your newly remodeled bathroom isn’t the happy place you thought it would be.

I’m writing this article as a result of numerous questions from my neighbor who is remodeling. Being a lighting professional, they have lots of questions for me regarding their bathroom lighting. It really seems to be a daunting task for them. In Bathroom lighting design, there are many decisions to make. From design and placement to what fixture to use to what light bulbs are best. I’d like to take you around the room to give you a rule of thumb when planning your own bathroom lighting design.

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Bathroom Lighting - Function Is Your First Priority

Home lighting means providing beauty as well as light, but unlike other rooms, your bathroom lighting should be first and foremost designed for function. But keep in mind that it can be beautiful as well.

The bathroom is where you and your family prepare yourselves to greet the world and so it needs the right kind of lighting. At the same time the modern bathroom is also a place to relax and where you go to read a book or simply to lie and wash away the cares of the day. Doing it right means achieving a balance between these two things - on the one hand a bright light for practical uses and on the other a softer light for more relaxing moments. In other words, combine task lighting for those practical moments, ambient lighting for general use and accent lighting for when you want to highlight certain areas..

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How To Provide Good Bathroom Lighting

Proper lighting is the key for a more versatile and hospitable bathroom environment. For a long time, our bathrooms were clad only with simple overhead fixtures. However, newer bathrooms are becoming huge and luxurious. These new changes have paved a way to the creation of more improved lighting. The new lighting schemes create more adaptable and friendly atmosphere.

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Illuminating Bathroom Lighting Options

Bathroom lighting is one of those home remodeling jobs that no one ever seems to get around to completing. When you’re in the bathroom, you just might not notice that your lighting is less than decorative or you might not realize what a difference the right lighting choices could make. However, you do have options when it comes to bathroom lighting: lots of options.

How your bathroom is set up will determine many of the possible bathroom lighting configurations you can use. For example, the smaller the bathroom, the more compact you want your lighting to be so as not to take up unnecessary room. For these kinds of smaller bathrooms, you might want to look into overhead lighting that will allow the room to look brighter in all areas, which then makes it look larger. Or you can use track lighting that is installed on the walls, giving you lighting without additional space being needed.
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