Bathroom Task Lighting

We are planning on putting some hi-hats in the bathroom but I'd like task lighting around the medicine cabinet.

For those that have 1-light sconces (one on either side of the cabinet), is your lamp pointing up or down? Do you think one direction is better than the other?

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Message edited 5/10/2006 10:16:58 AM.

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Up gives off more overall light whereas pointed down give you more concentrate light. Depends on what you want for your needs.

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That's what I was thinking. That upwards, the light would be bouncing off the ceiling and then back down...but that's what the hi-hats are for. Whereas the downward would be good for makeup application and tweezing

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the tweezing light is important

I have a standard 5x7 bathroom with two high hats that give off enough light, then I have a 3-bulb sconce set thing that points down over the medicine cabinet. It's perfect for makeup, tweezing, and for my husband to shave. Plus I have a window which gives a lot of light.

I think pointed down is the way to go for direct light.

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we have a light that points down....

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Posted by Elbee

the tweezing light is important

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I think you would have to see it in person. What you show above looks like the light "sits" in a holder, I don't know if you could mount it upside down. I would ask the store clerk or see if it says it on the box.