Bathroom Lighting – Advice On Getting The Right Bathroom Lights
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Lighting in the home is an exciting thing to install, bathroom lighting though poses some further issues that i will try to help address with this article. Bathroom lighting needs to be dual purpose at the end of a long day you do not want to blasted with a strong light, a soft ambient light is what you require to ensure complete relaxation, but, on the flip side of this the light in your bathroom needs to be good enough to make the daily cleaning and preening ritual easy to see and do.
The majority of houses built in the last 30 years will have just the standard central ceiling light which is fine it serves a purpose but there is a huge array of other bathroom light fittings available that will create your own little boudoir, i will try to cover some of the bathroom lighting available in this article.
The bathroom ceiling light is probably the simplist and quickest of improvements you can make to your bathroom lighting scheme manufacturers have seen in recent times that the bathroom lighting market was somewhat lacking in style and have decided to fill the gap with a huge array of superb contemporary and tradtional bathroom ceiling light designs.
So the easiest, the bathroom ceiling light is dealt with, lets take a look now at what other lighting is available for the bathroom and how best you can use these lights.
Ok so you have got that standard bathroom ceiling light but fancy something a little different in your bathroom. How about downlights? These will give your bathroom great lighting coverage with excellent task lighting as they will be spread around the bathroom ceiling. This option may not be suitable for all as it will require a certain amount of work to cut holes in the ceiling an lift floorboards above but the end result is worth it.
Bathroom wall lights are something that are used widely in other areas of the home but often not considered for the bathroom lighting scheme. Bathroom wall lights offer lighting for the bathroom tasks but also add some interest to the bathroom walls. Be warned though that to comply with electrical regulations you should only use wall lights that have been deemed suitable for use in a bathroom.
Bathroom mirrors are present in nearly all bathrooms and it is an area that does require sufficient lighting, standard bathroom lighting can often cause shadows around the mirror which isn’t great when making yourself look pretty. Choices for bathroom mirror lighting includes lights on the wall around the mirror, shaver lights which also offer somewhere to charge a razor or toothbrush and mirror cabinets with integrated lighting. The only thing that can sometimes hold you back is your current electrical wiring situation and how much money you have available to spend.
All of the bathroom light fittings I have talked about above must be suitable for use in either zones 1,2 or 3 of the bathroom otherwise you may put you and your family at risk of serious injury with electric shocks, I know it’s a basic thing to remember but water and electricity do not mix!
