When remodeling a bathroom, we often slap up a flush-mount ceiling fixture and figure we’ve got our lighting bases covered. But bathrooms, like kitchens, need more — and more specialized — lights.Related: Lighting Isn’t Cheap: Here’s How To Do It RightBathrooms are all about performing certain tasks — applying makeup, shaving, showering. A 100-square-foot bathroom will need about 4,000 lumens in general; 1,680 lumens at the vanity where most bathroom tasks take place.Vanity lights: The last thing you want when applying makeup is your face cast in shadows, so avoid placing a ceiling fixture or recessed light directly above your head — it’ll make you look like an extra in a zombie flick.Sconces flanking the mirror will bathe your face in light and eliminate shadows under your chin and eyes. Center the sconces at eye level roughly 60 inches above the floor, and spread them 36 to 40 inches apart.Image: Roeshel of DIY Show Off blog If you don’t have enough wall room, you can mount sconces directly onto a mirror.

Or, install a multi-bulb fixture at least 24 inches wide ($15 to $880) over the mirror, 75 to 80 inches above the floor. Shower/tub lights: If you can’t count on natural light to help you shave your legs or scrub callouses from your feet, then you’ll need a shower light.American Bulldog Puppies Sale MassachusettsInstall a light with a glass lens ($7 to $100) in your shower or above the tub. Nebolish Mastiff Puppies For Sale In TexasThe light should be “wet” or “shower-location” rated, which means it’s designed to prevent water from reaching electrical components. Belize Two Person Hot TubUsually this involves a rubber gasket and glass diffuser, which prevent water from getting into the fixture.

For a wider light beam, buy a fixture with a dome diffuser.If you won’t/can’t put a light in your shower, install a clear glass door that will let in ambient light from the rest of the bathroom.Ambient artificial lighting is a substitute for daylight and creates the overall mood of the bathroom. Choose fixtures with clear or white shades and use blubs  — incandescent, CFL, or LED — with a color temperature between 2,700K and 3,000K, which cast a bright, bluish light closest to natural daylight. If you have 7-foot ceilings, you can use recessed lights, flush-mount ceiling fixtures, or a combination vent fan/light fixture to light up the space. If you’ve got a little more headroom, you can install a chandelier — very classy — or pendant lights to enhance the style of the room.Image: Kohler Related: Choosing Light Bulbs Based on Your FixturesDimmers in the bathroom can help you turn that morning rush room into a soothing spa in the evening. They’re particularly important in powder rooms that often have just one fixture;

put it on a dimmer, and it serves many purposes.Dimmers (as low as $2) also save money. If you dim a bathroom light by only 10%, the bulb will last twice as long as a bulb pumped up to full brightness.Motion-detecting switches ($11 to $31) can save you money and headaches in bathrooms that are only occasionally used, like powder rooms. They turn off automatically so if someone leaves on a light, you won’t have wasted money and burned out a bulb by the time you discover it. Motion detector lights make good sense in bathrooms that get a lot of middle-of-the-night traffic.1. Bathroom humidity can cover bathroom lights in moisture and promote rust in fixtures and light sockets. When you take a shower or bath, run your bathroom fan or open a window to reduce moisture.2. If you make frequent midnight bathroom runs, install LED rope lights along cabinet toe kicks or behind crown molding to light your way.3. Use low-energy LED lights whenever possible. They last up to 25,000 hours and use only a tiny bit of energy, so leaving them on is not such a crime.

Philips Hue is expanding its line up of smart light devices with a motion sensor. This one is pretty straightforward — when you walk in front of the sensor, your Hue lights will turn on. What’s different from other motion sensors? It works on battery, so you can put it anywhere around your home, such as the corner of a hallway, a bathroom or a garage. Philips says the device is supposed to work for two to three years with two AAA batteries. Then, it connects to your Hue Bridge and executes a Philips Hue command. It can even detect whether it’s nighttime so that it doesn’t turn on all the lights during the day. And you can choose a specific scene in the Hue app and pair it with the sensor. Based on the configuration screens in the Philips Hue app, the motion sensor is highly configurable. You can set up specific scenes for daytime and nighttime, you can adjust the daylight threshold and you can set different levels of motion sensitivity. The back of the device is magnetic and you can adjust the viewing angle up to 30 degrees horizontally and vertically.

A pretty simple device that could be quite useful if you don’t want to take out your phone to turn on the lights. Also new today, Philips is introducing two new form factors for its light bulbs with different shades of white lights (“White Ambiance” bulbs). Given that these cheaper lights can be useful in a bathroom or a hallway, the new BR30 and GU10 form factors will work well above your bathroom mirror in those pesky recessed ceiling lights. The flagship “White and Color Ambiance” A19 bulbs are also receiving yet another update with richer colors. It’s somewhat difficult to emit blue and green lights using LEDs. With this minor revision, Philips has improved the color spectrum for blues and greens. I’ve never thought “what if I filled my room with green light,” but if that’s your thing, these new bulbs will do a better job. Philips Hue motion sensor_bedroom 2 Philips Hue motion sensor_bedroom Philips Hue motion sensor_hallway night time Philips Hue motion sensor product shot 2