Following on from last week’s blog on kitchen lighting, I thought I’d offer advice on planning bathroom lighting.
It goes without saying that electricity and water don’t mix and with this in mind, when choosing lighting for your bathroom, you should select lighting which is specially designed for use in high-moisture environments.
When planned carefully, bathroom lighting can be used to create the right mood: too bright and the light will seem harsh and cold, but if it’s too dim you’ll find it difficult to see what you’re doing! Using a ‘layered’ approach to lighting is the easiest way to avoid extremes – the best way to do this is to install spotlights over the bath and shower, with task lighting around the mirror and wall lighting to create a relaxing atmosphere.
These days bathroom lighting is available in a huge range of styles and designs and it’s even possible to install LED lights into the floor or around the base of the bath to create a relaxing mood. Spotlights make effective task lighting whilst warm white LED recessed spotlights can be used over the bath or shower. In addition, by fitting all the lights to different switches you’ll be able to adjust the mood.
When buying bathroom lighting it’s very important to make sure that the lights are suitable for use in a bathroom and to check how far from a water source they can be fitted. Here at Dalec we are specialists in domestic lighting installations and if you would like advice on choosing bathroom lighting, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
