Lighting: Brighten Up Your Small Oasis By Installing Bathroom Lights
November 29th, 2010Our bathroom may be the smallest room in our home but we spend quite a bit of time in here. We use our bathroom in everyday of our life and it is something to take into consideration. Your bathroom lights are one of the main priorities in building your place of comfort so loosen up and get a hold of amenities that suites your taste.
Bare bulbs in pleated shades and pressed glass bulkhead lights are the thing of the past. Down bathroom lights can be used in all locations (including the shower), Semi-flush and flush fittings can illuminate the ceiling as well as the walls and floor and you can illuminate bathroom mirrors and cabinets with lights above, beside or even behind the glass and have shaving mirrors that are backlit and fog free.
Think about having more than one light in your bathroom lighting. Brighten up your bathroom a bit. A single fitting in the centre of the room will give good illumination to the centre of the room but not much else. The bathroom mirror deserves special attention and a wall light on either side will provide good illumination of the face. If you put in too much light into a room you can always lower the wattage of the lamps used.
Dimming your bathroom lights is now an option with a pull-cord dimmer. This will let your bathroom be bright and invigorating in the morning and soft and subdued in the evening. A ceiling fixture is a good idea for general lighting and many modern styles are available allowing your bathroom decor to be as unique and personally yours as any area of your home.
Any bathroom can be a wellness oasis, a place for starting the day on a cheerful note or ending it on a relaxing one. Creating the right atmosphere here is largely a task for artificial lighting – whether there is a window in the room or not.
You also have to set in your mind that there are at least two components (general and mirror lighting) needed to ensure lighting comfort in your bathroom. General bathroom lighting recommends surface-mounted ceiling bathroom lights or recessed ceiling luminaries such as down lights. What is important to remember is that the amount of light required depends on the design of the bathroom. Dark tiles reflect less light, so more luminaries or more powerful lamps are needed to achieve the same brightness as in a bathroom with light-colored tiles.

