I had a similar issue in my bathroom. The single mirrors placed centered over the sinks didn't line up with where the lights were. So we got a three light fixture for above each mirror. I love the sconce look but it seems like it would be too crowded in the corner.

My second bathroom remodel has a similar issue but I think I'm just going to put a long light bar centered over the cabinet and have one big mirror. These were issues I didn't anticipate when I was picking out the cabinets, sinks and mirrors.

I love your mirrors and I would probably keep the mirrors and just put lights on top without the sconces.

Best of luck to you!

Your bathroom looks beautiful.

Did your contractor install the mirrors and lights without checking the placement? If any rework has to be done he should pick up the cost in my opinion. If your like me having mirrors not centred on the sinks will drive you crazy!! If you place the sconces above the centred mirrors you should be able to keep the 3rd in the middle. I would suggest a dry run before you commit. I think one large mirror spanning the whole wall with the sconces above would look good also. Good luck!

Your bathroom looks so lovely, I'm still trying to think of solutions.... A large mirror with a curve at the top or a hexagon shape might be good - get rid of the middle sconce and not have to fit under the side sconces but still high enough so you can see in it. None of these are quite right, but hopefully you get what I mean:

I like option 3.

One large mirror?

Hey there...Look into a company called Rohle...

They will offer some great options..

I have a few blog posts that can help you out.

www.timothyriversinteriors.com/blog

Happy Designing!

#3 without a doubt

I would remove the sconces entirely. They are too much, to distracting, too cluttered. I'd put can lights in the ceiling instead. I love your bathroom!

I had similar problem in my basement bathroom and did option 3.

Had electrican come out and put the box above center sink, 6-9" from celing and then got a custom mirror framed at a frame shop. But my vanity was 100" I think. Maybe at 60" you'll be able to find something that will fit once the lighting is up.

First thing I would do is find one long mirror the length of the vanity in the appropriate height and see how that looks. If you don't like that, #3 is the best option. You will need to move the light boxes and repair the walls though.

The mirrors look too high, I would lower them. Make sure you mark this off on the wall so you get it right this time!

If we look at a single larger mirror, how long should it be? Somebody said "the length of the vanity", but our light switch is in the way. Would the mirror go above that? That seems weird...

glass is taller can cut out spaces for switches, light fixtures or anything else you can think of.

that should be INSTALLER.

If you want to use what you have, place each mirror directly over a sink. Place one sconce over each mirror. Place the 3rd sconce in the middle of the mirrors on the same line as the other sconces. All 3 sconces will be above your mirrors in a row. Are your mirrors movable? Can you rotate them? If yes, the sconces will have to be clear of the mirror. If the mirrors are stationary, then I would hang them overlapping your mirrors somewhat.

I also thought instead of using your sconces you could hang 3 slim lights from the ceiling half way down the mirrors with one on each outer side of the mirrors and one in the middle, but thought the light closest to the door would get into the way.

Also a large wall mirror with sconces applied directly to the mirror is a great look, but feel your space might not lend itself to this application. What do you think?

Good luck! You have good design sense from what I see. Please let us see your finished room when you are done.

Hi. At the moment the mirrors are above the switch - are they the right height? Make sure the shortest and the tallest people in the house can see in them. The reason I suggested a large mirror with some shape - not just a rectangle - is that it'll detract from the switch/wall/vanity end line up issues because it'll be something interesting to look at.

Have you considered changing the mirrors to a round version of the same style. You could then fudge the placement to line up better with the sinks, but the top of mirror would not be as close to the sconces as they are rounded, thus narrower at top. It would appear less noticeable.
You must draw it out on paper first to see what is best way to work it. You may be better off using a bar light over the mirrors, once you place them over sinks.
I really feel your pain. The vanity is challenging because of the sinks being spaced towards to outside edges.

I think option 2 makes sense. Hard to see from the photo, but I think we just installed those mirrors. They are quite heavy and we added blocking to support the brackets. (after 1 month you could see it was tearing the drywall)

Honestly the three sconces look busy and crowded best option,most practical is number 3 . The lights over your mirror will make your space look bigger and give better lighting anyway. I'm sure you can repurpose those sconces too.

oops yes. Option 3 agreed. 1 large sconce...not good.

I would go with option 3. Those sconces also look a bit bulky for that area.

I found a larger single mirror at PB (the Astor Double Wide mirror), but it's 40" high, which I think would be too tall, because then our sconces would be perched way up near the ceiling. That's not right, right?

Take option 4. Which would have been the best thing. Also the most inexpensive thing. Don't try living with it. If you are not happy. Then change it. Your installer can place your scones right into the mirror. I would kave mirror big enough to cover over vanity. Put scones on each side. Return 3 rd one.

Or lose middle one. Doesn't work. And use your backsplash all the way up wall. It will fool the eye. I would also go different lights something longer, just on ends. Put same tile on side wall too.

I would center mirrors over the sinks and then either get narrower sconces at either end or add a fixture above each. You can also go with one large mirror (which is coming back into style again) covering whole area and add sconces on the mirror itself.

Oh my, yet another option! We currently have the PB Kensington Pivot Mirrors in the regular size, but it looks like there are PB Kensington mirrors (not pivot) that are bigger and would fit on our wall (the large pivot mirrors don't fit). That could work, with double sconces above? Then we would have larger mirrors, not have to worry about the light switch issue with a single large mirror, and have ample lighting...?

Sounds good. I do suggest backing. Like I said, I don't recall what we installed...but they were very heavy and looked the same. After about a month, the drywall anchors started tearing the drywall.

I would replace the vanity top and center the sinks and faucets on the mirrors.

Sorry to cut in with a new suggestion, but how about a full wall mirror from the top of the vanity to the ceiling with cutouts for lighting?

another pic...

What happened with your dilemma? What did you go with?

I agree with the first comment... One large mirror. Don't move the vanity. This is what we did... The mirror was $450. We had hole drilled into the mirror for the lights to be inserted into the mirror.
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Similar to Wendy's pic above, but using the sconces!;

Suggestion.

Vertical Install.

I have a blog post that may help you out.

http://www.timothyriversinteriors.com/blog/how-torenovatebathroomonabudget

I like the horizontal fixtures as well...

We are going through this right now. The mirrors and sconces are all lined up but the vanity could throw it all off. Changing out the mirrors isn't an option since hubby picked them and loves them. We told the GC to wait for the vanity to arrive before installing anything. It's all marked to line up on the wall but without the vanity, we would run into this same issue. He is closing up the walls but we said don't install anything yet.

Don't move the Vanity...

We had a similar situations. We centered the mirrors over the sinks and changed out the lights to double sconces over the mirrors.

Return the sconces and replace them with smaller sconces which hold their lights higher than the electrical box. (Your current sconces are too wide and their lights are mostly below the electrical box.). Move the mirrors lower and center them over the sinks or, much better, get one long mirror. The person using the left sink doesn’t have sufficient space to the left when raising arms to do his/her hair, so that person will step to the right while grooming and may no longer be in front of the left mirror.

I know this is an old post and I'd be interested to know what they did. There is another option. Guess this would be #6. Rotate the Mirrors 90 degrees and center them over the sinks and lower them so the distance between sconces and mirror AND sconces and backsplash are equally spaced or mirror an inch or 2 higher than equally space - if that makes sense. This way you keep everything! Mirrors would be centered over sink, center sconce would be centered over the middle and outer sconces would be centered over the outside edge of each mirror.

Number 3, even if it is marked 1.
Planning, measuring and drawing it out on graph paper may have helped you avoid this mess.

What did you do to fix it? Photo, please.