Compared to other rooms in the home, bathroom lighting can be an underappreciated and overlooked element in many interior projects. A single ceiling light isn’t enough to give your personal spaces the love and attention they deserve.
A rising trend that is sure to see us beyond 2023, homeowners are placing a higher importance on lighting fixtures that can strike the right balance between functionality and personal expression. This is especially important in a bathroom, where, one minute, you need to see clearly for personal grooming, and the next, you want to dim the lights to enjoy a relaxing bath to unwind. For that very reason, we’re shining a long overdue spotlight on how you can creatively harness the properties of light to elevate your bathroom designs.
Natural lighting is a simple yet subtle addition that brings a wealth of benefits to your bathroom designs. A cost-efficient way to maximise visibility while inviting warmth into your home, natural lighting also presents an excellent opportunity to bring a great deal of style to your designs. From ceiling windows to frosted windows, homeowners can open up their personal projects to a myriad of customisation options when windows are incorporated.
An often overlooked benefit, natural lighting is coincidentally great for your bodily health. Daylight in the bathroom is a great source of vitamin D and can help improve focus, boost your mood, and increase productivity.
Whether you’re in the mood for an at-home spa day or simply doing your nightly skincare routine — the right colour temperature for your bathroom can support your practical and personal needs. Colour temperature falls into two categories:
Warm lights (2700-4000 Kelvin) may appear more reddish and yellowish in nature but are best suited for creating relaxing and inviting ambiences, perfect for soothing spa days at home.
On the other hand, cool lights (over 4000 Kelvin) appear bluer and whiter in colour but are much brighter than their warmer counterparts. Cool lights can make your bathroom appear more spacious and are best suited when precision is required when personal grooming comes into play.
Similar to how colour temperature can shift and affect your mood for the better, coloured lighting can achieve a similar effect with a stylish personal touch. Coating your bathrooms in a yellow glow will give you a sense of encouragement and cheeriness; orange will have you feeling happy and warm; green lights will induce a calming and healing effect; red will energise and stimulate the senses; blue will evoke feelings of serenity and peace; and purple will add a regal air to your bathroom projects.
As we move beyond 2023 and look to the future, it’s safe to say that no bathroom project is complete without a cohesive and carefully curated lighting plan. If homeowners want to create an illuminating design that sets the senses alight, look no further than Villeroy & Boch’s award-winning Finion collection.
From the design of the bathroom furniture to the lighting effects, many details of this collection can be adapted to suit your personal tastes. For example, the precise edges and filigree side walls make the freestanding Quaryl® bath a spectacular feature in any bathroom. Optional decorative strips are colour-coordinated with the push-to-open valve and water inlet in stylish metallic shades, emphasising the puristic shapes and, together with over 200-panel colours, open up your designs to greater scopes of expression.
If you would like to learn more about the profound impact of light on your interior projects and Villeroy & Boch’s award-winning designs, collections, and systems — be sure to check out our website to get started.
