Vanity Mirror and Sconce Placement

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Need some help please!!!

I'm renovating my master bath. I have a double vanity, so each "sink" area is 36 inches. My faucet is 9 inches high (spout is about 6 inches high). My vanity mirrors are tablet/pill shaped (20x40). I have 3 sconces that are 15.7 inches high and 5.5 inches wide. If it matters, I'm 5'4" and my husband is 5'9". Ceilings are 8 feet.

Trying to decide where to place the mirror (most importantly), and then the 3 sconces. I think the sconces should be centered with the mirrors once they are placed since they are almost 16 inches long. My husband thinks they need to go higher than middle, and my contractor (who isn't a lighting expert) be lower than middle. Unfortunately the wall both are going on is going to be tiled, so I have to commit to where the sconces are going before the mirrors can be hung.

Help!!!

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chispa

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A lot of this is subjective. This is what I did in my master, but not exactly what I have done in other bathrooms. Each space needs to be tweaked for mirror size, ceiling height, faucet height, if it is a medicine cabinet, height of users, etc. Lots of variables.

I figured out the math that worked for us, the fixtures we had and the space available. I have medicine cabinets and high ceilings.

Edit to add photo of the space

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Lyn Nielson
last month
regardless of your petite stature, I would place the sconces centered 64" off the floor

center the mirror(s) over the sink(s) Generally centered with the sconces.

You'll still be able to look into the mirror comfortably, and the light from the sconces will be great. Do you have recessed lights in the ceiling as well?

if the mirrors are not a mirrored medicine cabinet, the height of the faucet shouldn't affest placement. If it is a medicine cabinet, the doors need to clear the top of the faucet.
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Robin Helburn
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last month
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We do have recessed lighting in the ceiling. The mirrors are not medicine cabinets, just mirrors.

I'm using 3 sconces. One in the middle, then to the left and right of the mirrors.

So you're saying center the sconces at 64" from the floor, and center the mirrors around the sconces?
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BeverlyFLADeziner
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Sconces are to illuminate your FACE to aid in shaving and applying makeup. So the position of the light is what's important not the length of the sconce.
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Debbi Washburn
last month
I typically set sconces from 60 - 66" above the floor to the center of the fixture. If you did 65" , then it would be centered on the mirror if you set it about 9" above the countertop.

Because it is a tall fixture, you could go higher but I don't think I would go lower.
Robin Helburn thanked Debbi Washburn
Robin Helburn
Original Author
last month
I should have noted this. The light is the full length of the scone. See photo (not with the mirror I'm going with), so also posting my 20x40 mirror if helpful.
Robin Helburn
Original Author
last month
The mirror is 40 inches tall. 9 inches above countertop seems high for 8 ft ceilings, but I'm not a designer, so expert help is appreciated!!!