Please help with vanity lights and proportions, etc.
HI All,
My indecisiveness is holding up the GC. I'm renovating the masterbath and am losing sleep because I can't decide! Sounds familiar? :)
The room is 11'x6'. A set of pocket doors from the bedroom open up to the bathroom where the whole vanity can be seen from the bedroom. The vanity takes up 6' on the 11' wall. I've decided on a floating walnut vanity, 2 undermount sinks. To the right of the vanity, on the same 11' wall is the walk-in shower. The shower will be about 5' x 3', to be covered in Maxfine large format porcelain, White Calacatta. The floor will be a gray porcelain (matte, urban/cement look) 12" x24". Paint will be SW Pure White since the space is so small and there's no window in the bathroom. Will have can lights as shown. Going for minimalism and trying to open up the space as much as I can since it's pretty tight.
1) does the size/proportion of the mirror look right to you? 3' high x 6' long with the bottom of the mirror at 3.5' and the top is it is at 6.5'
Pic #1 shows a mockup with Stix bar light, also the dimension/placement of the mirror
2) I can't decide whether to use a bath bar over the mirror or mount 3 mini pendants from the ceiling. If 3 mini pendants, which do you prefer?
Pic #2 shows a mockup with 3 disc pendants. Should the pendants be lower?
Pic #3 shows a slimmer style pendants
The following photos are the bar light and pendant lights that I have selected. Any and all suggestions/critiques would be appreciated. Thank you all in advance.
Edited to add 2 pics of the calacatta porcelain that will cover the shower. Gray flooring will be similar to the gray veins. Thanks for getting through this long post.
2nd edit to add pics of my fixtures, Edge by In2Aqua in chrome finish
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srri
5 years agoAppreciate your reply tartanmeup! I agree about overhead lighting and shadow.
- If I were to mount sconces on both side of a mirror and the mounting plate is 4", on top of 4", how much more space away from the wall would this mirror need to be?
- I want to have one long mirror, would 2 sconces, 1 on each side be enough for this span? don't really want to go through the mirror for the 3rd sconce in the middle. I don't think mounting through the mirror is in keeping with a modern/minimalism that I'm going for.
- If I go with pendants I would try to get them down to my height to avoid shadows. My vanity is 24" deep and maybe mounting this 8-9" away from the mirror down to my height wouldn't get in the way. Would pendants be considered modern/minimalism?
I think if I go for pendants, I would use these. I think I have ruled out all the pendants above. At lease this one won't direct the light downward.
srri
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5 years agoHaving the vanity light mounted through the mirror can be done effectively regardless of your style. The problem I see with your space for sconces at eye level is the tightness between the side wall/glass and sink layout. Only way IMO to make sconces work would be to go with 1 sink. Robern makes wonderful recessed medicine cabinets with integral LED light bars that would have worked perfect for your space but seeing as how your contractor is waiting they would only hold up the process even more. I say go with one long light bar and mount through the mirror. Kind of like this.
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