Choosing Lighting For Your Bathroom

It's important to have the right light for the rooms in your home

. And that's especially true for the bathroom. And the best bathrooms have multiple sources of lighting.

You can't find a better kind of light than natural light to use in a bathroom. Typically the natural light originates from either an overhead skylight or a big window in one of the bathroom walls. Natural light flooding into a room gives that room a sense of spaciousness.

If you decide to have windows or skylights in your bathroom, the biggest thing that you have to worry about is keeping it weatherproof. You want to be ensure that the seals are airtight and that the "R' value is sufficient. Especially, in cold weather climates, you don't want cold air drafts spoiling the time you spend in the bathroom.

A second kind of lighting is the ceiling bathroom lighting fixture. This nearly always is the standard lighting in a bathroom. You can choose between a flush mounted fixture or a chandelier or other hanging type of fixture. Your own personal sense of style should inform your choice of fixture.

When choosing a fixture, keep the size of your bathroom in mind. For example, in a tiny bathroom or one with low ceilings, a chandelier fixture may take up entirely too much room and look out of place. Conversely, in a large room, a flush mounted fixture may not provide enough light for the room.

In the modern bathroom, it is just about a necessity to have so called vanity lighting. Most women especially love this. The presence of vanity lighting makes the whole process of putting on makeup so much easier. Overhead lighting is a standard, and is usually hanging from the main ceiling fixture. Side lighting on the vanity in addition to or instead of lighting on the top of the vanity eliminates the shadows that people with just overhead lighting. In addition, vanity lighting gives you light where you most need it - in the area above the sink. To lessen the frequency of changing your vanity lights, it is more than worthwhile to seek out long lasting bulbs for your vanity.

If your bathroom is larger than normal, recessed lighting can give you that extra lighting without detracting from other fixtures in your bathroom. Plus, recessed lighting can add a bit of elegance, style, and flair to the room. The biggest problem, however, will be wiring the ceiling to contain the recessed cans. A decent alternative to recessed lighting, is track lighting. The look will not be quite as clean, but the cost will be considerably less.

One thing that you should provide for all of your bathroom lighting is dimmer switches. You will be glad you did. This lets you adjust the mood of the room for those romantic times that you spend in the bathroom or sauna with your partner.

Choosing Lighting For Your Bathroom

By: Jerry Shearier

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