Bathroom

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Contemporary bathroom with curbless shower floor, floating bench, floating vanity mounted to a tiled wall, and a full height fixed glass screen recessed into hidden channels.

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Dimmer switch for the bathroom! Whitehead suggests putting the fan and lighting on separate switches. “I don't want the fan to go on automatically every time I go in to wash my hands,” he says. Putting each light source — or a logical combination of light sources — on different switches allows you to choose what you want lit when. Tip: If you use recessed cans over the sink, make sure they are on a different switch than your task lighting, as Anderson did.

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Task lighting wattage in the powder room. Task lights in powder rooms can have much less wattage (think 45-watt range), as this is not a space where anyone will be performing the morning ritual. Lower wattage provides a softer, relaxing ambience for guests. Find a color temperature that makes the room feel inviting and illuminates guests in the most attractive way.

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Wattage for task lighting. “In the master or guest bathrooms, use fixtures that provide 75 to 100 watts' worth of illumination," Whitehead recommends. “You can get these wattage equivalents in a 24- to 26-watt compact fluorescent or 20- to 25-watt LED.”

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