Choosing bathroom lighting fixtures can be a tough gig.  There are hundreds (thousands if you’re looking online) of choices, and they all are vaguely similar.  How do you choose the ones that work for not only the bathroom, but for your entire home?  This post is hopefully going to answer that question for you and help make it clear (or at least narrow it down) the choice that you should make.

Most homes have a “feel” or theme that permeates through every room.  This theme is a reflection of you and your family’s personalities that makes it not just your house, but your home.  Many homes have bathrooms that feel like you stepped into a strangers house and there is no continuity from the other rooms.  This is incredibly important to keep in mind when shopping for bathroom lighting fixtures, your bathroom should feel like every other room in your house.

If you’re having trouble figuring out what the theme is of your home, look at it like you’ve never been there before.  Look up, down, left, right and make a note of everything that you see.  There will be some common themes, or at the very least, common shapes and materials.  If many of the fixtures and bedroom table lamps in your home are silver, make note of that.  If round fixtures and lights are your thing, note that as well.  If your wall mounted shelves are of a modern look, make note of that.  These different qualities of the stuff in the rest of your home will help you determine what will go into your bathroom.

After you have an idea of your home’s theme, or at least common characteristics, write all of them down.  Those qualities are going to become your shopping checklist for your next bathroom light fixture.  You’re going to be looking at qualities like color, texture, shape, and material along with more abstract feelings like modern, contemporary, rustic, vintage, and even kitschy.

Take your list and narrow it down to five or six different things.  Those are now the qualities that you look for in your new light fixtures, and if it doesn’t fit your list it won’t fit in your home.

This technique, obviously, could be applied to anything that you put into your home.  Most people benefit from this little exercise when it comes to bathroom stuff because many people look at a bathroom like it’s just a place to take care of business, rather than an extension of the rest of the home.  Spend the extra few minutes to do this and you’ll find the perfect bathroom lighting fixture the first time you go shopping!

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