How to Bring More Natural Light into your Dark Bathroom

Entry #1188, May 18, 2012

Bathrooms are typically designed with minimal windows to gain privacy. But modern home architectures lay down some advantages of allowing natural light to pass through the bathroom. The natural light in the morning provides great rejuvenation in our body to get ready for the day ahead. Scientifically, the lack of exposure to sunlight is not good.

Lighting is crucial to how well your bathroom functions not just how good it looks.

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Try these ways to bring natural light into your bathroom:

• Wash your windows more often because the dust the covers them prevents the natural light from coming in.
• To obtain visual privacy while admitting light, use frosted glass on your windows. It has the effect of rendering the glass translucent by scattering of light during transmission. It brings just enough natural light to warm up the space.
• Acquire light from adjoining spaces. Remove obstacles like interior walls so that one room can contribute to the lighting of other rooms. Increase transmittance through glass doors and windows. This technique will also allow your light to move from one room to another.
• Use mirrors to increase the sunlight in your bathroom. These reflect and bounce light around. Focus on where the light naturally strikes and place mirrors near those areas.
• Paint your bathroom walls in light colors. This will make the bathroom a lot larger and lights coming in are reflected.
• If you really want full access to the sky, add vaulted ceiling and/or a  skylight. It provides effective internal lighting, maximizes visual comfort and reduces energy use. A relaxing feeling to look up at the stars while enjoying a good steam.

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Not only does natural light seem to put liveliness in you, it is also a basic human nutrient and is important for your health. The more natural light coming in, the happier and healthier you are. Of course, you also save considerable for electricity.

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