In our last house the powder room had about the same sqare feet as yours does, just different dimensions. We had three halogen lights above the mirror and that was plenty of light for everyday use. I don't remember the actual bulb we used as we haven't lived there for almost a year. Just look for sconces that allow a brighter bulb or that use two bulbs in each sconce. I would use the lumen formula davidtay posted above. That will help you decide if the sconces you like will be bright enough. We did have a bathroom fan with a light installed above the toilet. That helped for when I wanted to clean the bathroom, or needed a brighter light for removing slivers, etc. as the bathroom was where we kept our first aid kit, but we could have gotten along fine without it as the light from the vanity fixture was enough for the room.

Ok, I think I'm going with centred over the night tables! I did some experimenting with bulbs and heights and should get enough light if they're in that location. Thanks everyone for your pictures! Beagles, the room I was thinking of painting blue is smallish, orthern exposure, very little light. Sigh. Oh well, the nice thing about being in the military is you get to move a lot! Maybe our next house will have a suitable room for blue? Cyn, thanks for the link! Annie, the lamps are going in the room you suggested usimg BM bone white as a trim color--I love it! Once the lamps, pictures & curtains are up, I'll be able to post pictures!

You can't just push them back in the wall unless you find the other end of the wire and disconnect it. Most likely that's the switch. An electrician can figure out for sure and do it safely if you don't know how to do this. You could leave the wall switch there or you could remove it and put a blank plate over the box. Or you could have the wire that feeds the switch deactivated and completely abandon the box (drywall over it). I presume there are other lights in the room? One thing I've done is move the wiring from sconces to other fixtures (fortunately, the attic above game me access to pull the wires up out and fish them down into a new location). Oddly enough a few years later my wife redecorated again and I had to fish the back to where they were originally.

Currey and Company burnished silver-leaf sconce