Best of the Week: 22 Bathroom Vanity Lighting Ideas
Make sure you have the right lighting in your bathroom with these great vanity light ideas
The quintessential Hollywood makeup mirror is a good illustration of the best lighting for grooming/makeup needs but it looks out of place in home bathrooms. Nonetheless, you can distill it down to an overhead light and lights flanking the mirror to light your face evenly. Get some vanity lighting inspiration from these examples from Singapore and around the world.
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Don’t forget that you can get more details of a project and see more of a professional’s work by clicking on the photo.
2. Location: Singapore
Designer: Three-d Conceptwerke
Features: Overhead spot lights double their illumination thanks to the large mirror.
Designer: Three-d Conceptwerke
Features: Overhead spot lights double their illumination thanks to the large mirror.
3. Location: Chicago, USA
Features: A pair of low-set wall sconces for when seated and a matching pendant for other times.
Features: A pair of low-set wall sconces for when seated and a matching pendant for other times.
4. Location: Singapore
Designer: Space Factor
Features: A soft glow from below the mirror to provide ambient lighting.
Designer: Space Factor
Features: A soft glow from below the mirror to provide ambient lighting.
5. Location: Orange County, USA
Features: Minimalist sconces flanking a mirror and window combination.
Features: Minimalist sconces flanking a mirror and window combination.
6. Location: Austin, USA
Features: A set of clerestory windows for daytime lighting.
Features: A set of clerestory windows for daytime lighting.
7. Location: Asheville, USA
Features: A modernist pendant that reflects the glass mosaic tiles.
Features: A modernist pendant that reflects the glass mosaic tiles.
8. Location: Singapore
Designer: Distinct Identity
Features: A combination of stylish pendant light in front of the vanity mirror, and recessed lights in the ceiling.
Designer: Distinct Identity
Features: A combination of stylish pendant light in front of the vanity mirror, and recessed lights in the ceiling.
9. Location: Orange County, USA
Features: Side-by-side brass sconces with a matching towel holder.
Features: Side-by-side brass sconces with a matching towel holder.
10. Location: Singapore
Designer: Mr Shopper Studio
Features: A bright globe light brightens the entire powder room, reflecting light off the white tiles and other fixtures.
Designer: Mr Shopper Studio
Features: A bright globe light brightens the entire powder room, reflecting light off the white tiles and other fixtures.
11. Location: Minneapolis, USA
Features: One large overhead light fixture that matches the width of the mirror.
Features: One large overhead light fixture that matches the width of the mirror.
12. Location: Houston, USA
Features: Rather than make the mirror narrower to accommodate a wall sconce, why not mount the light onto the mirror?
Features: Rather than make the mirror narrower to accommodate a wall sconce, why not mount the light onto the mirror?
13. Location: Singapore
Designer: Architology
Features: A super stylish globe pendant hung low enough to light the face.
Designer: Architology
Features: A super stylish globe pendant hung low enough to light the face.
14. Location: Milwaukee, USA
Features: Get around a narrow small powder room by mounting the scones on the adjoining walls.
Features: Get around a narrow small powder room by mounting the scones on the adjoining walls.
15. Location: Singapore
Designer: Architology
Features: A combination of overhead recessed lighting and an under-cabinet light.
Designer: Architology
Features: A combination of overhead recessed lighting and an under-cabinet light.
16. Location: Singapore
Designer: Ming Architects
Features: LED strip lights vertically inset into the mirror.
Designer: Ming Architects
Features: LED strip lights vertically inset into the mirror.
17. Location: Singapore
Designer: Brewin Design Office
Features: A set of three pendant lights as a feature over the vanity.
Designer: Brewin Design Office
Features: A set of three pendant lights as a feature over the vanity.
18. Location: Irkutsk, Russia
Features: Even lightflow around with LED strips mounted around the mirror, across the wall and even along the ceiling.
Features: Even lightflow around with LED strips mounted around the mirror, across the wall and even along the ceiling.
19. Location: Toronto, Canada
Features: Double overhead pendants over the vanity with an additional feature pendant over the bathtub.
Features: Double overhead pendants over the vanity with an additional feature pendant over the bathtub.
20. Location: Singapore
Designer: Chapter B
Features: A stunning light fitting dripping with crystals is not something you’d expect in a bathroom but the effect wows.
Designer: Chapter B
Features: A stunning light fitting dripping with crystals is not something you’d expect in a bathroom but the effect wows.
21. Location: London, UK
Features: Victorian-inspired sconces with up-to-date Edison bulbs.
Features: Victorian-inspired sconces with up-to-date Edison bulbs.
22. Location: Singapore
Designer: Design Intervention
Features: Not a pair but one single decorative sconce.
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Designer: Design Intervention
Features: Not a pair but one single decorative sconce.
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Features: A combination of down lights and a stylish pendant.