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Placement of Master Bath lighting

5 years ago

My bathroom has a lot of natural light. I have almost a 11 ft vanity. I am tiling the entire back wall with marble mosaic tiles. I have 15 inch width upper cabinets on either side of the sinks that will go to ceiling with crown molding(not the ones in picture, they are too small/skinny). I have ordered a couple of mirrors to try out (pictured) and lights that I thought I was going to put above the mirrors (will possibly hang a small pendant over bath tub.


With 9 ft ceilings, 30 W X 42 Inch mirrors above sinks, would you put single scones lights (three total

on wall) or the 3 lights above mirrors? I don't need the lighting for make up, etc.


I have ordered the lights below (can return) but now considering other options :). Always appreciate input! :). Thanks!







Comments (8)

  • 5 years ago

    I have 8-foot ceilings and was able to put in lights such as you have there above some very large mirros. It is tight but still fits. I think what you ordered should work fine. My only question with a space that wide is whether you may have wanted wider fixtures, but it's hard to tell without seeing the sizes all next to each other. I have one 5-light unit over about a 7-foot space in width. So, if you have 6 lights distributed over 11 feet, you'll probably be fine.

    frolessfro thanked Aglitter
  • 5 years ago

    Try putting outlines of painter's tape in the size of the mirrors where you plan to hang them on the wall. Then you can tape in shapes for either light plan. My sense is that if the side cabinets will go all the way to the ceiling that you might like to have the height and contrast of the horizontal lights over the mirrors.

  • 5 years ago

    LD Johnson, thanks for your input...that was what I was thinking that I need the lights on top for scale. I actually have a similar mirror (smaller) in my girl's bathroom so I tried it out. But it will all be different when the wall is tiled, and my builder rightfully so wants to do the electrical (or at least put it in it's place before we tile the whole wall :). Decisions decisions decisions 🤪😉

  • 5 years ago

    Thank you for your reply! I am doing 2 mirrors and have ordered extra lights to see if that works :)

  • 5 years ago

    as an update...I went to polished nickel mirrors (30 x 42) over each sink and similar lights in polished nickel. my latest dilemma is barn closet doors or updated French doors...I like the mirrors, but know they need updating and I feel as though barn doors might be a dying trend, plus I will have to modify my wall to put them in.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    I did a custom barn door on my master closet. I keep it open all the time and have plenty of wall space, so it's not an issue.


    but if you want something diff, you could do two french doors on the sliding hardware. I did this w/my water closet. Found two raw wood doors, added the glass and stained and painted them
    these doors were only 18" each, so w/this option you wouldn't have to have a lot of wall space.


    and the door to the actual bathroom is a pocket door w/single glass


  • 5 years ago

    We replaced our sliding mirror closet doors with modified bi-fold doors. I do miss the mirrors, but really like being able to walk through the center instead of the sides.