The placement of the overhead lighting is very important in determining where the light is going to hit the face.
Can lights above bathroom vanity.
The yellow dot is the fan.
Option 3 has a bathroom light centered a fan above toilet and two 4 recessed lights over top of vanity.
Accent and recessed lighting a small recessed spotlight directed at a piece of decorative art or a beautiful powder room basin creates another layer of light in the bathroom.
Similarly a recessed shower fixture can be angled most can be tilted up to 35 degrees at installation to highlight nice tilework or fixtures and make them sparkle.
Use eyeball lights around the vanity to focus on your face and prevent shadows and glare.
And unlike regular wall or ceiling mounted light fixtures recessed bath lights can be installed in shower stalls or over tub areas.
The illustration below gives a good example of how to figure how many fixtures you will need and their placement.
To light the bathroom mirror place recessed lights directly above the mirror or over the counter at vanity areas and make the fixtures light overlaps with each other.
First you ll want to decide between flush mount ceiling lighting for the bathroom or recessed lighting overhead for general illumination.
You ll also want to light the vanity area with some excellent bathroom task lighting which can be a bathroom vanity fixture above the mirror or bath bars or bathroom sconces on either side.
Place the recessed fixture 1 2 the distance of the depth of the vanity from the wall.