Bathroom Vanity Lighting: Getting It Right
Making sure that the lighting on your bathroom vanity is correct is one of the
most important jobs you will do when it comes to designing your bathroom
lighting. One of the major mistakes that many people make when putting the front
lighting over the vanity is to use a fluorescent tube over the washbasin. This
kind of lighting can shed a lot of light, but unfortunately it is the wrong type
of light -- a type of light which makes using the vanity more difficult rather
than easier.
The first thing you need to remember is that lighting on your vanity should not
cast any shadows whatsoever. If the light does cast shadows you will find it
very difficult to complete tasks such a shaving or applying makeup. Good
bathroom vanity lighting should cast no shadows whatsoever and the color should
be pure white. The lighting should not come from above -- or at least not solely
from above, and should be offset by other types of lighting around the bathroom
mirror.
The best type of lighting for a bathroom vanity should be on both sides of the
mirror, and should be at the height which equates with the middle of the face --
usually about 6 feet above the floor. The light should also cast an equal
brightness over the surface of the mirror, and this is best accomplished by
making sure that the light source is an equal distance from the mirror's center.
A popular option nowadays is to use a couple of sconces -- great for a light
source that demands attention to a detailed task -- while another popular option
is to use a couple of lamps at either side of the mirror.
Although having the light directly above the mirror can make for shadows on the
face, it can be fine to install one once you have the proper side lighting
installed. This is because the above-mirror light will add more light, while any
tendency to throw shadows will be counteracted by the side lighting. If you have
some other lighting in the bathroom, this can also be good to add a bit of extra
illumination for the mirror.
Whatever type of lighting you choose, you should make sure that the light is
pure white light, as this is the best to enable you to see exactly what you are
doing. Many people choose fluorescent lights for this, though in recent years
the use of halogen light has become popular due to the fact that the light is
very pure.
The overall advice when choosing bathroom vanity lighting is to make sure that
the lighting is functional. The last thing you want is to choose lighting that
looks elegant but which throws deep shadows on your face, making it impossible
-- or at the very least very difficult -- to put on makeup or shave. Follow the
advice above to choose your bathroom vanity lighting with care and you should be
able to get the type of lighting which looks good and enables you to a good job
of the grooming you need to do in the bathroom.
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Planning the lighting in your bathroom is one of the most important tasks you
will do in your bathroom. Other rooms can suffer from lighting which is not too
great -- but not the bathroom. Get the lighting design wrong in the bathroom and
you will have a bathroom that is extremely difficult to use, since the bad
lighting design will make it all but impossible to do things such as apply
makeup or have a shave. This article will
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