The Best Ways To Use Recessed Can Lights In The Bathroom
Using recessed can lights is a great way to illuminate your bathroom. You can either use it as a supplement to your vanity lights, or have them stand alone. In this post I want to explain how both of these situations work, and using can lights to your advantage it both. It’s very simple to do, and will make a huge impact in your bathroom’s feel and appearance.
Before we go any further, this is the point where I recommend that every bathroom light should be on a dimmer switch. It doesn’t matter what style of light fixture you have, you have to be able to control how bright it is. If you’ve never had lights on a dimmer, you don’t know what you’re missing! Being able to turn on the amount of light that you’re sleepy eyes need for a 4 AM bathroom break is one of the nicest luxuries, and is very easy to install!
When recessed light fixtures work with the vanity light there are a couple of circumstances where this works very well. For those with bathrooms that have sharp angles or dark corners, simply installing a can light in there will resolve the problem quickly. In the bathroom, it’s important that you seal the lights to make sure that they are waterproof. Steam from showers can cause many long term problems with recessed lights.
If you don’t have vanity lights, it’s important that you have light colored walls and counters. Without these, your lights are not going to reflect around the space, and it will feel very dark. This requires the installation of more lights, and a higher cost. If you have dark counters and walls, use both vanity and recessed lights. Installing can lights down the center of the bathroom, and then in the rest of the dark areas is the most efficient way to get this job done.
Recessed lights work great in the bathroom. They provide the light that you need, where you need it. Use the ideas shared in this post to get your bathroom lit up perfectly (don’t forget the dimmer!).
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