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off center sink and vanity light

7 years ago
I have two vanities on each side of the shower. One vanity is much longer than the other. On the longer vanity the electrical for the vanity light is centered over the vanity which means mirror and sink will be off center from light. On the other vanity the electrical is directly center with sink and mirror. Can you come up with a creative solution to make the longer vanity side flow? I was thinking maybe piece of artwork? Let me hear your ideas! I was going with frameless round mirrors. This is my vanity light! Like minimalistic look which makes this harder.

Comments (14)

  • 7 years ago
    The electrical box should always be centered over the sink, not the vanity. Have the electrician move it. Did he have the vanity information, including measurements and sink placement for both vanities before he did the wiring?. If so, it should be free of charge to move it. If he did not have the proper information, you get to pay again.
  • 7 years ago
    I hope you also have recessed lighting in the ceiling, because your minimal style vanity light may cast minimal light on your face. If you don’t have recessed lighting planned, you may want to consider having the electrician add it while he is fixing your other problem.
  • 7 years ago

    You better check all your proportions. Will the mirrors be too high because of the narrow light fixture? Will the mirror placement on the small vanity not be ideal because of the electrical outlet?

  • 7 years ago
    The electrical was put in before cabinets. There was no particular order we are first time renovators and are doing what we can diy. It’s been chaos. This is not the way I wanted it to turn out but it’s what I got!
  • 7 years ago
    We do have recessed lighting
  • 7 years ago
    Good questions need to revisit this
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    electrical put in before the vanities is fine, but you must have exact measurements of where the sink will fall. why? because you end up w/what you have.

    Mirror over sink, light over mirror. everything should line up or it's going to look like crap. bite the bullet and call back the electrician to fix it. No way around it. someone will have to patch the drywall, prime and paint.

    since you're doing this yourself, did you wonder if the light and sink were going to line up? or did you not even think about it?

    those lights you posted, what is the length of them? what do your mirrors look like?

    if using lights like you have, you may want to lower them. the height you currently have is fine for a light fixture that points downward. What is the distance between the top of the cabinet to the light box? This is why I asked what kind of mirror you're getting. if you're getting one that is 30" tall, how much space does that leave between the top and your light? you don't want a huge gap there.

    or, is this the look you want?


  • 7 years ago

    Yeah, move the electrical rather than designing around it. Whoever has the long vanity will go nuts trying to get ready with only side lighting on their face. Center light over sink and then add art to the side.

  • 7 years ago
    Well it’s unanimous my husband is going to kill me lol. Since everything will be pushed to the left I will have to get creative on right hand side. You said artwork. Anymore ideas? I was going to go with 28” round mirror but would a different mirror be flattering? We messed up bad. Had cabinets made and did not specify to have sink centered. First timer and we are renovating a full house. Learning as we go...many hours on houzz discussions
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    please get your mirrors first before you call the electrician back to fix it. you want to make sure you have the correct spacing w/the light and mirror. don't make another mistake.

    round mirror if fine if that's what you want. just hang them and then mark where you want the light.

    any other questions you have at the moment?

  • 7 years ago
    Oooh what beautiful tile! What is the size? It’s porcelain right?
  • 7 years ago
    It’s porcelain 12x14 thank you!
  • 7 years ago
    12x24 excuse me