Tips For A Successful Bathroom Lighting Scheme  

Lighting 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.

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.

As we have already covered the ceiling light is something found in the majority of bathrooms, bathroom ceiling lights of old were nasty looking fittings that you probably wouldn’t entertain in any other rooms of the house. But in recent years bathroom lighting companies have realized that there is a gap in the market and have begun to produce some superbly stylish bathroom ceiling lights. Out of all the lights available it is probably the easiest to do and it normaly requires no drilling or cutting just a qualified electrician to connect the cables.

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 lights that are not often considered and really have only become popular recently are the bathroom wall light, these lights offer great general lighting in the bathroom but can also be toned down to provide a soft mood lighting using a dimmer switch outside of the bathroom as with the bathroom downlights. You will need to be careful when choosing bathroom wall lights as they must comply with the current bathroom lighting regulations with regards to safety, NEVER use wall lights meant for use in other areas of the home as these will pose a serious safety risk.

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!

Duncan Munday has a lifetimes experience in the lighting field and is passionate about lighting design his website of bathroom lighting has a wide selection of bathroom lighting designs along with useful advice with a free guide on bathroom lighting regulations.