The best lighting for a bathroom is LED lighting is ideal for bathrooms. Not only is it cool burning, but it also comes in an array of color spectrums. It can literally be colored lighting or you can choose from a variety of white colors. Some LED lighting resembles natural light while other LED lighting can be pure white.

Some Technical LED Bathroom Lighting Advice

LED lights are measured in lumens (lm). Most lighting suppliers will compare lumens to watts on incandescent lights to give consumers a comparison:

• 40w equals 450lm
• 60w equals 600lm
• 75w equals 1100lm
• 100w equals 1600lm
• 150w equals 2600lm

Lumens are important to remember when choosing bathroom lighting. For bathrooms, you don’t want bright lights. 1100lm is ideal according to many interior designers. It’s fantastic as well for putting on make-up well my wife tells me this!. It creates a real glamorous vibe to your bathroom without costing the earth.

Some lighting can be yellow or fluorescent which creates discoloration in your new bathroom. So if you can avoid all costs I would.

My favorite for bathrooms is the concept of dimmable lights that can turn your bathroom into an oasis where you can relax and unwind, as well as accommodate the needs of your daily routine when they are turned up bright.

This simple function adds a sense of luxury to any bathroom and transforms a family bathroom into a calm oasis once the sun sets.

Bathroom Pro Tip – Always ensure your light fitting can be dimmable before installing a dimmer switch as some fittings do not have the capability.

Furthermore to control the ambiance of your bathroom, please make sure your electrician knows to layer your lighting which is king in bathrooms.

This means each fitting can be controlled independently via its own switch, so all lights can be on together to provide maximum brightness, or just one element can be turned on at a time to provide a softer glow or concentrated task light.

Final Thoughts On The Best Bathroom Lighting

So you need to consider the levels of natural light that make it into the bathroom. Where is the bathroom window? The location of the bathtub/shower? Where are the sink and mirror? All of these factors play into creating a well-lit environment that makes use of natural and artificial lighting.

These factors all combine to what is the best bathroom lighting which is LED Lighting and dimmable switches

Still looking for more bathroom lighting tips we have it. Below are two links to awesome breakdowns to all bathroom lighting and real honest advice.

Are LED mirrors worth it?

When it comes to if LED mirrors are worth it, we ask if our LED mirrors are worth putting in your bathroom. The biggest pet peeve clients would have with me over the years was lighting for bathrooms would always struggle with face lighting.

LED mirrors or light-up mirrors as they can be cooled allow for face lighting where before we were limited by wall lights. CLICK HERE OR THE IMAGE BELOW FOR THE FULL ARTICLE

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