Space above medicine cabinets?
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Lighting above surface-mount medicine cabinet?
Comments (0)4" deep medicine cabinet, surface mount 20" x 26" Kohler...looks like it would cause a "shadow" from the vanity lights..because they don't extend out far enough past the medicine cabinet top. There's not a lot of wall space to work with, because it's a basement bathroom with a drop ceiling. I'm hoping somebody has already encountered this situation in the past, and has some solution ideas! We could just stick with a mirror instead of a medicine cabinet, but that tiny bathroom seriously lacks storage space, so it would be really helpful. Thinking it might be good to build some sort of extension "box" to mount the vanity lights on, possibly 4" deep, to make up for the medicine cabinet width?...See Morependants in bathroom above medicine cabinet
Comments (2)If your current soffit lighting is great, I don't see any reason to change to pendants, as I doubt the light quality would change and the look won't be that striking because of the short drop. To improve the quality of lighting at a mirror you would be better off with side-lighting. Overhead light is supposed to be less flattering and casts shadows that make it harder to apply makeup, etc....See MoreMedicine cabinet vs. mirror above sink
Comments (7)We are redoing master bath in home made of cement blocks (it's in FL) and double vanity is placed on outside wall--and there are pocket doors on either side so can't do side-installed ones--can't recess the medicine cabinets w/o BIG expense... We are going with framed-out medicine cabinets in same style as the vanity-- they will project from the wall but since we are going w/more traditional style don't think it will be that out of place... We can't just frame the wall out above the vanity to allow for a recessed look- I asked about that but it would mean pushing the vanity out further from its current depth into the small space-- We love medicine cabinets and would love to have them in our TX house but the counters in bathroom are too deep (poor design IMO) and too tall... we have wall mounted mirrors above those vanities... Personally having medicine cabinets recessed to align w/wall mounted mirror would be ideal to me--lots of reflective light-- and you can get the pressure open-close doors so you don't need knob...See Morependants in bathroom above medicine cabinet
Comments (1)Whether there is enough light depends on the total amount of light produced by the bulb (in lumens / candela) and the amount lost through the shade. LED lighting can be found in various temperature colors (2700k for warm white to ~ 5000k for daylight)....See Moreenduring
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