Bathroom lighting illuminates your bathroom and shower or bathtub for different moods. Sometimes the lighting can be used to enhance a romantic and relaxing bath or to create a practical space for shaving, brushing your teeth, and other necessary tasks. Bathroom lighting options include the bathroom vanity lights, recessed water-proof lights, skylights, windows and candles. These various options can be combined in any number of ways, leading to a near infinite combination of styles. The most important concern is providing enough light for basic functions. Everything after that is up to your personal preference.
Instructions
1. Take down the measurements of your bathroom using the tape measure, paper, and pencil. Be sure to mark the height of the walls as well as the span of the ceiling. Include the placement of the tub, the toilet, and the sink in your diagram of the bathroom. If your bathroom is not built yet, consult the specifications you have drawn up for the dimensions of the bathroom as well as the placement of the bathroom features other than the lighting.
2. Decide where the basic functions of the bathroom will take place. You'll need to illuminate the bathtub or shower, as well as the sink so that you can see yourself in the mirror. If your bathroom already exists, check where the electrical boxes are in the bathroom. There should be one above the bathtub as as well as above the sink.
3. Figure out if you need lights other than those in the ceiling. Keep in mind that a ceiling light has a standard 4-foot spread. If your bathroom is much larger than 8 feet across in either direction, you may need an additional source of light other than a ceiling light. Most bathrooms have a ceiling light in the center of the ceiling, as well as vanity lighting above the mirror and at least one window.
4. Decide whether you wish to have your ceiling light in the center of the bathroom or above the bathtub or shower, or whether you need to have more than one ceiling light due to the large size of the bathroom. Ceiling lights in bathrooms are recessed lights covered with waterproof lenses to prevent moisture from the bath or shower filtering into the rooms above the bathroom.
5. Choose whether you wish your ceiling light to be a circular bulb or a tubed-fluorescent bulb. A tubed-fluorescent bulb takes up more ceiling space and can easily illuminate the entire ceiling. However, it cannot be put on a dimmer switch. If you wish your bathroom to have darker mood lighting, do not use a tubed-fluorescent recessed lighting fixture.
6. Consider adding candle holders or sconces in . These provide mood lighting and can be placed on the wall within reach from the bathtub. They provide low lighting for romantic moods when the ceiling light and vanity mirror lights are turned off.
7. Match the styles of the trim for the recessed light, the blinds on the window and the sconces or candle holders on the walls. There are many styles to choose from, including bamboo or matte finishes, or metal finishes such as bronze, nickel and chrome.
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