With this blog, ‘Bathroom Lights: Get On Top Of The Latest Trends’, we'll present you with the hottest design ideas and fixtures that homeowners have been loving. Long gone are the days when bathrooms are treated as an afterthought in interior design. If you’ve not yet considered hopping any of these trends, allow us to convince you why you should.
The Importance Of Bathroom Lights
Bathroom lights are often under-appreciated when it comes to the grand cultivation of home interior design. And yet, in terms of ambience, the room that requires the most control is the bathroom.
It’s the first room we head to after waking up. We rely on bathroom lighting to give us a burst of energy in the morning. Then, with slight adjustments, we need our bathroom lighting to provide a soothing atmosphere, so we may settle into the bath and unwind after a long day.
A well-thought-out lighting plan allows us to achieve such synchronicity in our bathrooms. Not to mention, it can improve functionality and overall aesthetic.
Bathroom lights can be as grand or as simplistic as any other lights in a home. Who’s to say chandeliers can’t go in bathrooms? Depending on an individual's preference, lighting can be a focal point of a room or used to support other design features.
So, it goes without saying, but if your store has not yet marketed bathroom lights with the same scale of importance as your other products, it is time to start!
Bathroom Lights: Get On Top Of The Latest Trends
Staying on top of lighting trends ensures you are delivering what customers want. When we talk of lighting trends, it’s not just the fittings or lampshades that evolve with time. How we position lighting, layer it, the levels of light, the type of bulb, and many other elements create an impact on the overall feel of a room.
1. Illuminating Mirrors
Task lighting at its finest. Mirrors that are complimented by a perimeter of LEDs offer a flattering glow, allowing people to study their faces from every angle. This is ideal for makeup application, skincare, shaving, or simply admiring oneself! A bathroom that features this amendment immediately appears more modern and high-tech.
An example of style blended with practicality is the Bathroom Mirror w Shaving Socket. A touch panel sensor activates two strips of light on either side of a slick, rectangular mirror. The glass is splashproof, further adding to its functionality.
2. Bathroom Wall Lights
Throughout a home, wall lights highlight the perimeters of a room and can offer a decorative touch. The same applies to bathroom wall lights. Embracing wall lights in a bathroom, not only for functional purposes above a sink but as a decorative opportunity is growing in popularity.
Bathroom wall lights offer an eye-level illumination to everything in their wake. Depending on where they are placed, they can be aesthetically pleasing and add a touch of decadence.
Picture two Bolivia Wall Lights positioned over the top of a free-standing bathtub, offering a warm glow while other ambient lights are on a dimmed setting. The epitome of a spa-like atmosphere.
3. Extravagant Bathroom Lighting
There has been a real design shift with bathrooms recently. In the past, bathroom designs were clean, white, and simplistic. It’d be fair to say that while the other rooms in a home received comprehensive interior designs, bathrooms weren’t extended the same amount of love.
However, things have changed. As much time is being taken with bathroom design as any other room in a home. Contrasting materials, colour textures, patterns, and extravagant lighting fixtures are all being added to bathrooms, making them as interesting as any other room.
Chandeliers, like the Empire 4lt Flush, are great for elevating a bathroom to a luxury, hotel-esque standard. Not only do they serve a practical function by providing ample ambient lighting, but also provide an easy, one-step approach to injecting glamour into a bathroom.
4. Concealed Lighting
To contribute to the overall design of a room, decorative bathroom lighting doesn’t have to be extravagant or a focal point. Concealed lighting, or shadow lighting, is a modern solution to accentuating architectural details and natural textures.
An LED strip discreetly placed in the concave of a wall adds depth and a contemporary touch. It also works efficiently as task lighting, by illuminating storage niches, therefore enhancing the visibility of toiletries.
5. Non-Symmetrical Lighting
When standing in the bathroom mirror, the go-to plan would be to have symmetrical lights on either side. However, flanking a vanity with matched lights is now considered out of style.
The new trend is to illuminate a vanity with deliberately off-set lighting. Breaking away from the rigidness of symmetrical positioning gives an edgier look. Provided, it needs to look intentional- a nice plant underneath a Puck Bathroom Pendant should do the trick.
Bathroom Lights From Searchlight
We hope our blog ‘Bathroom Lights: Get On Top Of The Latest Trends’ has given you some ideas of what customers are looking for.
As lighting wholesalers, it is our job to cater for what customers want, so you can do the same. Our vast range of quality bathroom lights embraces a range of design preferences. Whether your niche is contemporary lighting, traditional, rustic, chic, opulent, or anything in between, we have something for everyone.
If you would like further support with curating a well-rounded bathroom lights unit in your retail store, please feel free to contact us for advice.
