Bathroom Lighting Ideas - Ambient Lighting For Your Bathroom

 When it comes to creating a functional and stylish bathroom, many people focus on getting a new suite or adding colour to the walls. However, one of the best and most appropriate measures you can take to add appeal and ambience to your bathroom is to focus on the lighting. 
Why is bathroom lighting so important? A bathroom is one of the most functional rooms in the home, where grooming and beauty routines are applied and performed. For this purpose alone, it is essential that you have decent lighting to be able to see what you are doing. Ambient lighting can give your bathroom the functional appeal it requires, as well as allowing it to transform the room into a haven for relaxing.

What is ambient lighting exactly? 

 It is a term used to refer to lighting fixtures that work together to create illumination. Ambient lighting is a flexible way to add lighting to any room, as it enables you to choose different styles of lighting, sizes and areas of the bathroom to focus on. 

You might need to be creative in deciding where to place your lighting. Ambient lighting doesn't just need to be fixed onto the ceiling, but you can consider placing it on walls, above vanity areas or mirrors. Task areas used for grooming and beauty routines will need to be well-lit, so consider cross illumination when installing lights as this ensures no shadows are created. Avoid placing single overhead lights above a mirror as this can cause shadows on your face, thus making grooming and beauty tasks more difficult. 

Consider how much natural light you get in the bathroom, and incorporate this into the room as much as you can. Allow light to shine through window spaces by cleaning your windows regularly, removing net curtains, if you have any, and de-cluttering your window space. If you can't get much natural light into your bathroom, then choose energy-efficient, eco-friendly fluorescent bulbs which replicate natural light.

 If your bathroom is very much vintage dominated, with classic gold fixtures and fittings, then choose lighting that blends in well with this style. You could probably opt for something a bit more contemporary, such as lighting with coloured rings or reflective surfaces, if your bathroom is aiming for the more modern approach.
By having this, you can adjust the level of lighting according to the specific mood you want to set in your bathroom.