Multiple Light Sources

WALL SCONCES

Lights on either side of a mirror or strip lighting above a vanity ensure that you’ll be able to see yourself clearly-essential for applying mascara and getting a close shave.

HANGING LIGHTS

Make a statement over a tub by installing a chandelier or a dramatic pendant.

Both styles draw the eye upward and act as a decorative element in addition to casting light.

FLUSH MOUNTS

For bathrooms short on height, these ceiling fixtures can provide ambient light, illuminating the entire room at the flip of a switch. Add dimmers so you can control the mood come bath time.

RECESSED

Downlights provide light to brighten shower enclosures. With all bathroom lighting, make sure that your fixtures are damp rated for moisture exposure or wet rated for direct exposure to water.

Functional Faucets

SINGLE HOLE

This style almost always comes with one handle that moves from hot to cold, which is ADA-combliant and makes life a little easier for those with physical limitations. Plus, the all-in-one design saves space.

Allaria Single-Handle Lavatory

Faucet in brilliance black onyx/ matte black, $975. brizo.com

WIDESPREAD

This layout separates the handles from the spout, requiring three holes that span 8 to 16 inches. These fixtures work best on vanities where space isn’t an issue.

Lavatory Deck Mount Faucet with Gooseneck Spout in silicon bronze light, $2,287.

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CENTER SET

Set on a base and configured in a single unit, these can be either single- or double-handled; the latter allows for more control of water flow and temperature (good if you have young children).

Saylor Two-Handle Centerset

Bathroom Faucet in chrome, $198. deltafaucet.com

WALL MOUNTED

Requiring plumbing high up the wall, these can be costly to install.

But “they make the top of the vanity one clean line.” says designer Sarah Sherman Samuel,

“and are easy to keep clean.”

Miscelo Wall Mount Single

Handle Bathroom Faucet Trim with polished chrome pout, $1,048.

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