How To Save Money On Bathroom Vanity Lights

Admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:41:07 +0000

Upgrading bathroom vanity lights are expensive, but there are some easy ways to save some serious cash on them. Expensive is obviously a relative term, but generally when you have more money, you spend more money. I might be budgeted $200 for my bathroom vanity lights, whereas my neighbor with the Porsche would have a lot bigger budget and tastes. Whatever your budget is, I’ll show you some really easy ways to save as much as possible.

Here’s a trick that many of the “big box bigwigs” probably don’t want you to know. It’s cheaper to buy lights online, than from your local Home Depot or Lowe’s. They say that they guarantee the lowest prices, but that normally only applies to things that available in other brick and mortar stores, not online sales. So here’s what you do – Go to homedepot.com and find the section to choose your “home store”, whichever is closest to you. After you set that you can browse through their website to see which bathroom vanity light fixtures you like and are available at your “home store.” There will be a little green box at the bottom which tells you if it’s available at your store so you can go and see it in person. Go check the ones that you like out, come home and buy it online for cheap bathroom vanity lights!

If vintage is your style, check out estate and remodeling sales. It’s incredibly easy to find really cool vintage bathroom light fixtures at these, and they’ll only cost you a few bucks. You’ll probably have to spend some time cleaning it up to make it look good, but the money that you save will be well worth it.

Another easy trick is to buy a vanity light fixture that will fit right into where your existing ones do. This will eliminate the need for paying someone for installation. If it fits right in the existing spot all you have to do is turn the power off, remove the old one, and install the new. You just saved at least a hundred bucks by doing it yourself and you get the pride of a job well done!

To save money once it’s installed, use energy efficient light bulbs. You may think that you should jump right into compact fluorescent lights, but put the brakes on instead! CFL bulbs (and fluorescent light in general) makes a very yellow cast on the skin. This means that your blue makeup will look green on your face when you’re looking in the mirror. Not good! Instead, try tungsten or halogen. These aren’t as efficient as CFL’s but will give you natural and even light that saves a ton of money over regular incandescent bulbs.

Saving money on bathroom vanity lights isn’t tough at all. Use the tricks and tips outlined above and you’ll be well on your way to new lights at a fraction of the price.

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How To Save Money On Bathroom Vanity Lights