Hello! I'm really tight for space with my vanity - the vanity is 32" wide (33" with counter) and will be centered in an area between a wall and the toilet - area is approx 39" wide at it's widest. How can I put a mirror above the vanity and allow for side lights? Some of the side lights that I have found are only 5" wide and I can do a mirror that is 22-24" wide... Will this work? Thanks everyone - I'm going crazy trying to figure this out...

I'll be the defending voice. You have a lot of shades with those...shade shade shade everywhere. And then another that does not match in the center? I actually think it's bad design. And with two vanities in eyes view, the lighting for those should match in both style and placement. I'd do the sconces on both and ditch the bar light and look to something non fabric nd non shade for the center...or go with no shades on the sconces...but lose some shades! Too much of a good thing is....well in this case, too much. As to the drum shade idea...I'm assuming that you have checked code? Open fixtures (non water approved like the drum you are looking at) need to be at least eight feet up from the surface of the tub or sinks and three feet out (draw a box in your minds three feet outdated froall water and eight foot up from the faucets). Either way, that drum is cool, but fabric is a mistake and too many drums gets a bit noisy :)

I am trying to figure out how to place my lights as the mirror and sconces for my vanity, are rather large, and it's my understanding that for proper vanity lighting, you should place sconces at eye-level, approx. 60" height. My concern is that it will make the space feel too crowded if lights are placed that low? The space is 63" wide, and the mirror is 40". The sconces are 8" wide. The sconces are rather large, so I'm very inclined to place them much higher so it does not feel crowded? Lights What would you do? I am set on the lights and mirror, so going w/something else is not an option. Thanks.

thank you. that's more helpful than you imagine. you had 8 different bids and every single one of them told you that you needed recessed lighting? And they knew you were using two triple lights?? seriously? never heard of that. Have never even seen it. your two vanity lights have 3 lights each. that's probably 360 watts of light when using 60w bulbs. (is there a window in the room?) while at the vanity, 360 watts is a lot. you could do 75w bulbs for even more lighting. If you need a light overhead, why not do one flush mount, or semi flush light, dead center? you could do a 2 or 3 bulb, like pictured below. that's another 200-300 watts of light. make the one in the shower a 6", LED waterproof, at 100w. so this bathroom may be larger than yours, but it has everything I've mentionedthe recessed is in the back over the toilet, and over the shower. there are no vanity lights, just the sconces. If you're doing makeup in here, sconces are usually a better choice. no recessed light, just a center light and four sconces. both of these rooms are wider than 5'. this room is a 5' or so. All they have is the two triple vanity lights. So to sum it up, your bathroom is only 5 ft wide. You don't see recessed lights in narrow bath when there are already vanity lights over the mirror. In fact, I looked at over 200 pics. Would you believe this is the only one I saw w/recessed lights, with over the mirror vanity lighting in your size bathroom? I saw many more with sconces, but none of the triple light over-the-mirror- vanity lights had recessed lighting. Your vanity lights will put off plenty of light. If your bathroom was 10 feet wide, then you could do the recessed. But putting them at the 2' 1/2' middle mark would make them too close to you at the vanity. It's redundant. So no. The only recessed light I would use is over the shower. If you feel you need more light, do a small flush mount in the middle of the room. If you have a fan vent like this pic, then you can't. For over the shower, you could do a large one or two 4" recessed lights. Forget the ones down the middle. my .02. hope it helps.