Bathroom Lighting – How to Choose the Best Lighting For Your Bathroom

Bathroom lighting has some interesting challenges, it needs to be bright enough to show you in the best light first thing in the morning making grooming a simple task. But bathroom lighting also needs to be soft enough to let you relax in a bath at the end of the day.

There are a lot of bathrooms out there that just have a single central light fitting but there is so much more that you can do with a bathroom lighting scheme, with wall lights, mirror lights, illuminated mirrors and shaver lights.

The bathroom ceiling light which features in the majority of bathrooms doesn’t have to be a standard boring light there is now a huge selection available with some ultra modern styles along with some traditional designs that even include impressive chandeliers. The central ceiling light should be considered to be the main task light of the bathroom giving good all round illumination.

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.

The central focus of a bathroom is often the mirror it is certainly one of the most used items. A well light bathroom mirror makes those daily grooming chores considerably easier. There are a number of options that will enhance the lighting in and around the mirror area, these include mirror lights, shaver lights and illuminated bathroom mirrors. These will all aid good bathroom mirror illumination the only restriciton is your budget.

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!