Sconce lighting is IDEAL as long as it is at face level. You want the light to reflect evenly on your face if at all possible. So, lights on either side of the mirror, or, mounted directly over the mirror are ideal as long as they are at eye level. Bathroom bar lighting is unflattering and doesn't provide an accurate lighting for your face. Hope that makes sense. I'm not in anyway promoting RH sconces, this is just meant to give you an idea of the ideal type of sconce for the bathroom. You can also check out the National Kitchen and Bath association recommendations for lighting in a bathroom. A web search of "National Kitchen and Bath Association" will bring up their site. Here is a link that might be useful: Sconce

Squirrel, thanks for the compliments! We have not progressed in the DR much other than properly framing out the archway to the LR and adding another archway to the staircase. Not typical, but it lets so much light in and also allows a view of the fireplace (formerly in the LR, now the foyer). I work at RH now, and might get one of the lanterns there but really like one from PB so that may be my next job! I do love the RH chairs though, an investment for sure. The table will be the last thing since ours works just fine and is long, just too airy for the room. I might try to deepen the maple with a get stain if we do go for the chairs. My concerns with the DR were mostly due to that rug, which I love but if you recall had really rich golds, ambers and reds. Works great with my house, but as a good friend of mine says, sometimes with these old homes you need to let them breathe, which to me means using a lighter rug like sisal or seagrass and doing the walls gray, and using window treatments sparingly. So we'll see. For now we still have the wallpaper and the rug. Heavy! I did get lots of different opinions about the tower and I'm still not sure I made the right choice, but I stuck with it full height, just made it narrower by 3 inches and made it only 6 inches deep. Considering mirrored doors if they won't (further) break the bank!

Hi and thanks again for posting. I found my old post (which I should have done in the first place, to find the exact dimensions! Duh) and your reply. Sorry, but we moved out for a bit to avoid the messiest part of the renovations and I'm thoroughly disorganised now. None of the things i mentioned (sink, mirror,vanity, sconce) are installed which makes it harder to see how things would look. This morning I marked the wall with painters tape with the various dimensions and am hoping that this will help me get a better sense of which mirror and sconce to go for. I think the 13" sconce will work best for the space but need to decide on the mirror. The bathroom is small (ceiling height is 7' 11"; space is 5' 7" x 6' 2". The sink/mirror will sit on the wider wall. I think the 12" mirror might be better now that I've marked it out, but am still considering the 17" (actually it is 17 11/16"!!!! Math and precision are obviously not my forte!) since a bigger mirror is always nice...but of course don't want it overwhelm everything else, as Patricia said) Thanks everyone, for bearing with me and my questions! Amina

Well, we settled on mounting the center of the fixture (the round part that mounts to the wall over the electrical box) at 63", which then puts the very top of the fixture at 70" and the center of the light source at around 67". I sure hope I made the right decision. The contractor/designer's suggestion was 5" taller than the 63". That just seemed too high for me. The electrician has set the electrical boxes and the piping for the wiring, but I'm still second guessing myself. Yikes!!!