Lighting makes a big difference in how you feel about your home. Lighting helps you perform tasks more easily, makes you feel safer and more comfortable.
The bathroom needs to have one of the most flexible lighting schemes of the whole house. Task lighting must be bright enough to enable you to shave or to apply your make up. But it should also work well with indirect accent lighting designed to soften the ambience of the bathroom.
Lighting above the mirror should be centred over the sink to prevent shadowing on your face. Install a fixture that casts light just over the front edge of the sink. This will bounce light off the countertop and up onto your face. Fixtures located on either side of the mirror should be set at eye level to be most effective.