Here we go again - Light choices for bathroom

[Di]

I've not yet chosen light fittings for our bathroom because we or make that I have a dilemma that is making it difficult for me to decide.

We have 2 batten lights in place at the moment - one is near the bath and the other is near the shower - in fact it is just below and a little outside the corner of the shower screen meaning there is not a lot of clearance meaning that I am going to have to choose something flush mounted.

These pics are awful but hopefully they show what I mean:





Do you think it would be odd to have a pendant/chandelier near the bath (for aesthetics but an oyster-type light for adjacent to the shower?

I'm thinking something simple like this:



and this:

[thisisme]

Beautiful!!! Love your selections ))

[Di]

Thank you, TIM. I am in love with my bathroom. I feel like I am in a hotel bathroom each time I am in there.

Now, do you think it will look odd with 2 different lights? I figure since the pendant closest to the window will be the first one see upon entering the room, it would be fine. I guess I should go with my first instinct which is 2 different light fittings.

Oh, and that would work out cheaper, too.

Back to the painting.

[Abigail]

Hi Di, I love the 2nd light and think it would look gorgeous over your bath.
Have you considered just having a downlight for the 2nd light so all attention is on your pendant? Love your bathroom.

[dmplus3]

Originally Posted by Abigail

Hi Di, I love the 2nd light and think it would look gorgeous over your bath.
Have you considered just having a downlight for the 2nd light so all attention is on your pendant? Love your bathroom.

I totally agree that two different lights is not a problem at all. We're going to have an IXL (I loved these and don't care how they look), but will have a pendant over the bath.

I like Abigail's idea, as a downlight would be totally u***trusive. Is there a reason that you'd prefer an oyster fitting over a d/l?

[Di]

A down-light was a fleeting thought but I hate how energy efficient *not* they are + we have a lot of them downstairs so I am not a fan of them and we have already had several of them fail even though they have had little use.

But, down-light it is. Thank you everyone.

Now to have a word to me dad about install. I think he thought he was finished when he was here the other day.

P.S. I'll try and get an energy efficient one since I have a credit with a lighting store I returned a light fitting to.

[thisisme]

You could always get an LED globe for your downlight

[Di]

I'll find out about those, thanks TIM. We rarely use the down-lights downstairs - they're really for when we need certain parts of the room lit up. If I can get LED globes for them, they'd be great. I'm all for cheaper power bills.

[Eli]

You need the LED transformers as well, can't put LED globes into normal downlights, which is a huge bummer.

[Di]

Thank you, Eli. I'll have to buy the whole component and will ask about that.