Bathroom Wall Lights – Bright Ideas
Despite the fact that the bathroom is where most of us start and end our day, most of us seem to pay little heed to the way we light it. For most people, bathroom lighting is something of a postscript to the rest of our interior decorating schemes; in fact, bathroom wall lights may be so low-down on your list of priorities that they fail to register at all! Such lack of foresight and planning is a huge mistake! Imagine how much better you would feel emerging to greet your world from a bright, cheerful and, above all, functionally lit room. Is it over-egging the pudding to say that the correct bathroom lighting can be life-changing? Well, yes, probably but there is no doubt that a few well chosen bathroom wall lights will brighten your day.[DFR::a22ace1a-e3d9-b44d-b0af-a338ef7c22ea-2687-af|align_left_1]
Why wall mounted bathroom lights? Because they offer the combination of ambience and functionality that every bathroom needs – what use is a bathroom that isn’t functional? But, by the same token, who wants to spend more time than necessary in a room that’s starkly lit?
And – worthy of a separate paragraph- make sure you understand the bathroom lighting regulations, which are, quite necessarily, strict on what lights you can have where. It’s been said before but it won’t hurt to say it again: water and electricity do not make good bedfellows!
One of the beauties of wall lights is the fact that for most modern bathrooms, which are on the small side, they will be all you need for both general and task lighting. Link them to a dimmer switch and you’ll have mood lighting too.
Choosing halogen or LED lamps will ensure that the light ‘temperature’ is as close as possible to natural daylight, which will be a great help when shaving or applying make up. However, the really important consideration is how you position these lights – you are aiming to do away with shadows, which, when they fall on your face will a) make you look dreadful and b) make daily grooming tasks more difficult.
To eradicate deep etched shadows beneath your eyes (those cause by inadequate lighting, not those caused by a dubious lifestyle!) light must fall on your face from all directions. To achieve this happy state of affairs you don’t need rows of dressing room lights surrounding your mirror, just site a wall light either side of the mirror, plus one more above the glass. This grouping will be entirely adequate for a small to medium sized mirror. If your mirror is very large, say, over 36 inches wide, you will need to add an overhead pendant light.[DFR::deb03d81-4e7f-e0b5-ba35-b5d1acfd05de-2687-af|align_right_1]
Finally, have your light fittings switched separately so you can change the mood to suit – well, the mood. For grooming tasks, use the lights round the mirror and a wall light then, when you’re in the bath, forget the lights around the mirror and just have on the wall light; if it’s wired to a dimmer switch outside the room, so much the better.
And, when its time for romance, just add candles.
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