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Upgrading your fixtures is one of the surest ways to transform your bathroom from its “factory” look to an elevated design that suits your needs and design aesthetic.
Whether you’re looking for a beautiful upgrade, want better quality light, or need unique solutions to light difficult areas, we’ve compiled a list of high-quality, innovative bathroom fixtures that will meet your needs.
Tip
Fixtures are rated for dry, damp, or wet locations, with increasing resistance to condensation and corrosion. Any light fixture over a shower or tub should be wet-rated. Light fixtures in the same room as a shower or tub should be damp-rated. If you’re unsure, check with an electrician.
Vanity Lighting
A vanity often serves as the focal point of a bathroom and is the perfect place to invest in a special statement piece to hang over your mirror. There are an incredible number of design options, but one of the most enduring is a row of 2 to 5 matching accent lights.
Crystorama
Westbury, New York
Crystorama creates beautiful vanity lights that look like art pieces, featuring gold, crystal, and brushed nickel accents for a luxe look. This wrought iron floral set comes in a gold or silver finish, which would match well with transitional and traditional home styles.
Sconces
Sconces are another great option to illuminate the sides of your vanity and highlight other places in your bathroom. Sconces come in many shapes and sizes, but most commonly in the form of a vertical wall-mounted light. The illumination that comes toward your face, rather than from above, can better light the dimensions of your face as you prepare for the day.
AFX, Inc.
Waukegan, Illinois
AFX creates a range of sconces both modern and with an antique flair. This minimalist LED sconce is perfect for modern homes and comes in black, satin brass, or satin nickel finishes. It can be mounted either vertically or horizontally, so you can always rearrange its position if you redo your bathroom.
Ceiling Lights
Who ever said your bathroom ceiling light needs to be boring? There’s no reason your bathroom can’t feature glorious mounted pendants or even a chandelier. Even simpler options like round flush or semi-flush ceiling mounts can feature an accent design to unify your bathroom’s look.
Hubbardton Forge
Castleton, Vermont
Hubbarton Forge is known for their exceptional hand-blown glass, individually cut crystal, and forged metals. The high-quality materials elevate even the simplest designs. Their ume set features hand-blown glass shades in the shape of plum blossoms with a frosted interior and glossy exterior that provides soft light. Their pendants can be paired with sconces and vanity lights in the same design.
Mood Lighting
Mood lighting can turn your bathroom into a glorious spa experience. Himalayan salt lamps, color-changing LEDs, and candles are long-time favorites. But so you don’t have to carry lamps in and out of your bathroom, consider finding a permanent fixture that doubles as the perfect mood lighting.
Framburg
Bellwood, Illinois
Framburg crafts delicate, old-fashioned candle sconces powered by electric bulbs. Choose from polished brass, mahogany bronze, or satin pewter to match your bathroom’s finish. You’ll be able to enjoy a candlelit bath any day of the week without the hassle!
LED Strip Lighting
LED lighting is valued for being energy efficient, long-lasting, and customizable, with color shift and smart feature options. The light is softer and can be dimmed to suit your mood. Many fixtures incorporate LED bulbs, but another great option is LED strips, which can line the undersides of your cabinets or outline the edge of your ceiling.
Pure Edge Lighting
Chicago, Illinois
Pure Edge Lighting creates high-quality LED mounts and strips in various colors. Strips are flexible and can be attached to a wider variety of spaces, while a mount may be well suited to the edge of a mirror.
Lighted Mirror
Some homeowners prefer to forgo additional lights in favor of a mirror with lighting within the frame. Popular in hotels and the homes of celebrities, a lighted mirror will provide a luxurious, contemporary feel to your space.
Lumidesign
Richmond Hill, Canada
Lumidesign crafts mirrors with polished edges and an anti-corrosion finish on all parts, and they are set with the brightest available LEDs. They make round, oval, and rectangular wall-mounted mirrors that can come with a built-in cabinet or even a TV display! They also create smaller makeup mirrors and standing mirrors, all with built-in lighting.
Simulated Window or Skylight
For a truly unique touch, consider a simulated window or skylight! This is a great option for bathrooms without any natural light or ones with many nooks and crannies. Using digital technology and clever design, a lighted panel can simulate the appearance of a window or skylight, with even a built-in timer to simulate the changing colors of daylight.
Lightglass Lighting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lightglass creates simulated daylight through its LED technology. Their “windows” look almost indistinguishable from how daylight looks coming through frosted glass. You can choose from a variety of shapes and sizes, including skylight options or narrow “windows” you can set near the ceiling. What a clever touch!
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