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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Pip Rich

A designer just taught me this inexpensive bathroom lighting trick that's changed my life for the better – it's an under $10 solution to my daily problem

Pink bathroom with dark green bath and cabinetry and checkerboard black and white flooring.

I finished a bathroom renovation last year, and was pretty happy with all my choices for the lights. There was a flush ceiling pendant from Soho Home, shaded in pretty pressed glass, which refracted its glow around the room and stopped the light from seeming too harsh. And there were some wall sconces from the heritage brand Original BTC, which were just as soft in terms of the illumination they emitted. The entire room is bathed in soft light, perfect for wallowing.

But there was one problem with my bathroom lighting that I didn't even know was a problem, I thought it was just a fact of life. Every time I needed to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night I'd reach for my phone by the side of my bed, blearily fumble for the torch and stumble my way down the the hall, trying not to open my eyes too much for fear I'd not be able to go back to sleep. Then I'd open them properly anyway, trying to find the off button for my phone torch as I got back into bed.

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