Home Lighting – with planning, You can get more light into your bathroom

 Is your bathroom perpetually dark and dreary no matter how many lights you turn on? Don’t despair! With smart planning and clever tips, you can drastically boost the lighting in this frequently used space. Brighter bathroom lighting makes tasks like applying makeup, shaving, and selecting outfits much easier on the eyes. Follow these 7 savvy ideas to let the light in:

Maximize Natural Light

Assess your bathroom layout to utilize sunlight from windows and skylights. Paint the walls and ceiling a bright white to reflect and disperse natural light. Consider adding a new window or enlarging an existing one if possible. Just be sure to frost or tint glass for privacy.

Install Ceiling Lights While many bathrooms rely solely on vanity lighting, centrally installing overhead ceiling fixtures better bathes the whole room in light. Choose waterproof flush or semi-flush mounts for moisture resistance and safety.

Use Dimmers Dimmer switches allow fully adjustable light levels from soft mood lighting to task brightening. Use dimmable bulbs to set the ideal ambiance and brightness for baths versus makeup routines.

Place Mirrors Strategically Hang a mirror opposite windows so incoming sunlight bounces off and travels deeper into bathroom corners. The reflective surface also amplifies vanity lighting.

Try Skylights Though a bigger project, installing glass skylights onto a flat bathroom ceiling maximizes natural light exposure from above. This makes the space feel more open and airy.

Install Sconces Position elegant wall sconces above the vanity/medicine cabinet to provide useful task lighting for grooming. Wall mounts also conserve counter and electrical outlet space.

Get Creative with Lights Use unexpected light fixtures like mini pendant lights over sinks, undercabinet lighting or Narva LED strips to put focus on unflattering areas. Slim light bars mounted vertically can make modest bathrooms appear more expansive too.

By being intentional and innovative with lighting options, it is possible to greatly amplify dreary bathroom brightness. Test out a combination of these hands-on hanging, installing and positioning tips to determine the lighting plan that works best to make everything clearer and easier to see.