Bathrooms can be one of the most sensual rooms in a home.
Just like everything else in your home and in your life, planning and effort are essential to make sure you achieve your ideal romantic bathroom.
For my lighting 'romance' meter to register, LED bathroom lighting should be dimmable, have interesting shape, and visual texture. Here's why:
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Divine Dimmability
Bright lights in a bathroom are fundamental for the grooming parts of bathroom use, but when it’s time to relax, those bright lights can harsh the mood. And mood lighting is essential when it comes to romance. When shopping for a new bathroom light, look for LED light fixtures and light bulbs that can dim. While you are shopping for dimmability, consider stocking-up on battery-powered LED candles. Before kids and cats, I’d have crinkled my nose at the thought of a battery fueling my candles. As a busy mom who likes the soothing mood a candle creates, those battery-candles are fast and easy to turn on in a pinch.
Sensual shapes.
It may be what’s inside the light fixture that really matters, but there’s no denying shape registers a fast reaction. Shapes that allow the eye to graze over a surface in a few different ways will hold a gaze, keeping eyes mesmerized with the curves or angles on a fixture. Just like with color, shapes appeal to each of us in different ways. If the shape doesn’t catch your eye and hold your gaze while you are shopping, it won’t be a light that can keep you enchanted during a long bathtub soak in your bathroom.
Tempting textures.
More than just a way to filter the light, the texture of a light fixture can create interesting patterns, shadows, and shimmer in a space. Silk screening, frosted glass, applied patterns, and metallics are just a few of the textural options available in LED light fixtures. As the technology continues to evolve and designers keep pushing the boundaries for LED light fixture design, the options will become limitless. So if you don’t fall in love today, your dream fixture could be introduced very soon.
Here are some great examples of how-to achieve a romantic LED lighting look in your bathroom:
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Dark paneled wood, brass, and a bathtub designed for two may be your version of a bathroom romance.
Shop the look in LED lighting: The Tech Lighting Renata adds a touch of an architectural paneled look through the delicate silk-screening pattern in sterling silver.
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If a rustic dreamy farmhouse style takes your breath away, this simple, oversized, and visually calm bathroom design was created for you.
Shop the look in LED lighting: Taking the simple ease of the farmhouse modern look further into a contemporary interpretation, this Elan Sava dimmable LED light is slender elegance.
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Sumptuous fabrics with warmer lighting tones and peaceful views of nature give this bathroom-designed-for-two a cozy elegant atmosphere.
Shop the look in LED lighting: The amber tones of the WAC Haven LEDme pendant balances the warm views of nature, offering stimulating hints of glamour in an otherwise peacefully calm space.
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If you are looking for drama out of your bathroom lighting romance, this bathroom look from HGTV’s 2012 Urban Oasis might be perfect.
Shop the look in LED lighting: The simple delicate yet bold George Kovacs Saber 21-inch wide chrome LED offers a sleek style in a dimmable etched opal glass.
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If your idea of romance is an unfussy nurturing bathroom interior, you might fall for this sleek white-on-white look.
Shop the LED lighting look: This 12-inch high wall sconce from George Kovacs might not be a show-stopper light fixture, but a simple dimmable wall sconce can be perfection in a bathroom.
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There’s nothing to hide with the romance in this bathroom. Open shelves, glass shower enclosure, and a large mirror provide immediate simple intimacy in this bathroom.
Shop the LED lighting look: If you like uncomplicated romance, and fall for lighting that blends into the scene, this Sonneman C-Shell LED lighting fixture might be your bathroom’s dream date.
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