Breezy- I am glad to help. We have tons of natural light in our new house, which I only know because we don't have power yet. So we rely on the natural light when we are over there all the time. I went against what others have recommended and did both recessed and sconces on the vanity for two reasons- 1. I wanted really good light for makeup, etc. 2. The recessed cans can sometimes be really warm when I am getting dressed and drying my hair. For that task, I wanted sconces only so that I could turn off the recessed lights. 3. I wanted the recessed because I didn't want to be able to see the sconce lit up on the wall from our bed (if we were to leave it on during the night) Hope that helps. Your electrician should be able to help you too. I told them where (for kitchen and bath) I wanted to have recessed and they helped more than anyone else in measuring distances, etc.

Cbusgirl41:. Sorry for the delay in my answer. My vanity is 72" wide and inset into a nook. The thing that threw me off in my planning was that I didn't plan on having to align the sinks into the middle of the base cabinets, not getting to choose where to place them on my own, so that was why I ran into the same side sconce alignment challenge you are facing. In the close up photos, you can see my 36" wide frameless mirrors are slightly offset from the center of the sinks (again, the sinks!!!!) Apparently, the lesson learned and advice for everyone is to be mindful of the sinks!! Nothing that a few strategically-placed accessories can't fix! The frameless option with the arch gives it sort of the pivot look without the extra baubles. I was going to frame oval custom made mirrors, and, in the end, I love the simplicity of what I now have. I do NOT have supplemental overhead lighting in the vanity area; however, those on a dimmer would have been a nice addition. It's not a problem, because even at night, I have plenty of light and it's rather soothing. Plus, the drywall was already in and finished so I didn't want to have more extras! There is a lighted, heated fan light over in the middle of the room by the shower/tub combo which is to the right when looking from afar towards the vanity. May_Flowers: I am personally obsessed with the side sconces for their ability to "flatter" now that I am reaching a certain age ;-) I am trying to add photos (hopefully not upside down this time!). Hope you can read the dimensions and see the scale. The tape measure in the photos starts at the left wall.

If you were to do 2 separate mirrors, will you have enough space between the wall and the mirror for a sconce without making the mirror too skinny? The RH photo has plenty of wall space on both sides to mount the sconces so they could afford to have a nice width to the mirrors, width of the mirrors is almost the width of the sink bases. Note how the sconces are mounted outside of the vanity space whereas your drawing has a wall with not much space to the sink. The wall mounting plate is at least 3-4 inches that would cut into the width of the mirror on that side and to make the mirror symmetrical, you will need to trim the mirror on the other side too to have the mirror kind of center on the sink base. The mirror might end up pretty skinny and won't have the look in this RH photo like this mock up below. These mirrors are centered on the sink base but are really skinny. I have the same dilemma. My vanity is 72 inches with similar configuration as that RH photo, 2 sinks and drawers in the middle. don't have space between the wall and the sink so I did these mockups to see how the mirrors would look if I were to trim only one side of the mirror to retain as much width as I can. You can see that the mirrors are not centered to the sinks at all. I wanted to maximize my small space also so I explored the option of hanging pendants with one large mirror, like this below. I have another thread asking for advice but haven't gotten a response. I'll be watching your thread to see what others think. Let me know what you think. Edited to add: If you are ok with sconces mounted through the mirror then one large mirror is a good option to maximize your space. I think you might have space between the wall and the sink on one side and there's plenty of space on the other side where the toilet is if you were to do one mirror. Good luck!

I recently remodeled and changed the double sinks for one sink plus a nice area where I can sit down for my ablutions. I wanted the increased counter space as well as the increased storage space. I don't spend that much time over a sink anyway so I don't see what the big deal is to have one sink. I especially think it is ridiculous when I see two sinks crammed into a small vanity with a tiny bit of counter space - so big deal you have a dysfunctional bathroom space but you have two sinks. I remodeled for my needs and my aesthetic vision. I am not planning to move and if someone doesn't like it, they can fairly easily just reconnect the plumbing and add the second sink. In terms of mirror treatment, I did a ceiling to counter wall to wall mirror but then put two different mirror treatments above the sink and the "grooming area". The wall to wall mirrors lightens and enlarges my rather small space and the two different mirror treatments differentiate it as well. I also have two Art Deco style sconces above the sink and a version a makeup lighting above the grooming sit down area.