What are the secrets of bathroom lighting in high-end hotels?

Want to have a uniform and bright light environment like a bathroom in a high-end hotel?

Generally, people often use a ceiling lamp to get the whole house lighting, not to mention the bathroom. The three-in-one ventilation and heating can also be used as lighting. However, the lamp in this kind of "multifunctional lamp" has either a high color temperature (a little blue) or a short life (the lamp is gray). ?

It always feels strange to take a bath and go to the toilet in such a place as bright as an office or as dark as a brick kiln for a long time. ?

It was not until I enjoyed a luxury hotel once in a while that I found that the most relaxing thing in the whole house was the luxurious and spacious bathroom: marble walls, hardware with exquisite metallic luster, flawless white bathtub and golden light everywhere.

Then, your eyes were deceived by these things, totaling about 654.38+0 million, thinking that only by spending a lot of money will your bathroom shine with the same comfortable light. ?

In this regard, I just want to apply an advertising word: a good bathroom light environment is not so expensive! ?

Even if it is a replica of hotel lighting, moving home can be divided into different grades according to different conditions. There is always one (cost) for you!

After reading this article, you can get three levels of bathroom light environment optimization methods:?

Advanced edition: gypsum ceiling+point light source distributed lighting?

Optimized version: only learn the lighting in key areas?

Simple version: the bathroom is too small to add lights, no problem!

1, Xue Xue Superior Hotel. Introduce scattered light from a point light source into the bathroom?

Point light scattering lighting is a very common lighting method in hotels, shopping malls and museums. Because the arrangement of light sources is accurate and the beam width is wide, the illumination near the ground is low and the shadow is weak. As the overall lighting of public space, it is low-key and natural, and it is more elegant when used at home.

▲ This is the ceiling of the whole house that you think has no ceiling, but you can't see it after spending so much money. It can be said that it is a relatively advanced consumption mode. Source: Australian traveler?

Wouldn't it be better if we moved to the bathroom? ?

No windows, no problem. Decentralized lighting only requires the bathroom area, at least as large as the bedroom, otherwise the 3㎡ and 4㎡ bathrooms don't need so many lights. ?

▲ Your bathroom is about this big, which is suitable for scattered lighting with point light sources. Source: User Meow _ Provided by Xiao Yuan?

Installation of lamps: aluminum gusset plate or gypsum board for ceiling? ▕?

Since scattered lighting is used, is the ceiling gypsum board or practical aluminum gusset plate? Let's talk about the possible problems in the use of gypsum board ceiling. ?

According to feedback from a friend who lives in a hardcover room, a gypsum board ceiling was installed in the dark, and after taking a shower, I forgot to open the door and turn on the exhaust fan. After covering it for a day, mildew spots appeared on the ceiling. ?

However, a friend who has installed it for 78 years said that the decision not to take the usual road is worthwhile, and the gypsum board ceiling still looks beautiful.

▲ The gypsum board ceiling just installed in Faner's customer's home is light steel keel. If you use a wooden keel, you must brush it with fireproof and anticorrosive paint. Source: Live Fan takes photos by himself.

▲ Faner's customer's home has put into use the plasterboard ceiling open kitchen. The frequency of use is three meals a day and three stoves are started at the same time. Source: Living in Fan's selfie?

If you ask them if they have considered the later maintenance, they will say that the manhole of gypsum board is often the manhole of electrical appliances such as yuba and heater, and it can be repaired after being removed. In case of water leakage upstairs ... the repair fee is paid upstairs. ?

There are beautiful aluminum gusset plates with long service life, but even the best workers will turn against you if you install so many small downlights. The heater and lamp can be directly fixed on the board, and the downlight can only be poked one by one with a utility knife. Unless you have superior appeasement ability and generous cash reward, it is not recommended to try.

▲ The aluminum perforated ceiling of Faner's customer's home is not as ugly as the integrated ceiling in the impression. Source: Living in Fan's selfie?

Of course, there is another way to buy a combination lamp, the kind with two or three bulbs, just cut a hole, which is very labor-saving.

▲ Brother Lu, the product manager of Bamboo Faner, used aluminum gusset ceiling and combined lights. Only one hole is cut for two bulbs, which is more labor-saving. Source: Zhu Faner takes photos by himself.

▏ In addition to moisture-proof, what should you pay attention to in the bathroom lights? ▕?

There are two main color temperature specifications suitable for the overall lighting of the bathroom, warm yellow light 3000 and warm white light 4000k K K. Generally speaking, 3000k is easier for people to relax and wash away fatigue.

▲ Warm white bathroom Source: Holiday

▲ Warm yellow bathroom Source: Tokyo Okura Hotel Presidential Suite?

Besides color temperature, should we pay attention to illumination and luminous flux when buying lamps? What is the corresponding wattage? ?

Taking Japanese industrial standard illumination standard (JIS Z9 1 10) as an example, the overall lighting of the bathroom needs 75- 150lx. ?

Suppose you are a person who cares about decoration and know the formula "average illuminance = number of lamps * average luminous flux * utilization coefficient (indoor 0.4)* maintenance coefficient (generally 0.7-0.8)/ area". Can you work out how many luminous flux lamps are needed and replace them with corresponding wattage lamps?

No, we don't recommend you to calculate these figures yourself. Why? ?

First of all, lighting is a science, and my own calculation is definitely not as accurate as the seller recommended. Secondly, the luminous efficiency of different lamps is different. If you calculate the luminous flux of each lamp, you may not be able to buy a few watts of lamps. Maybe this one will be 3w and that one will be 5w. ?

Therefore, our suggestions are as follows:

It is enough to pay attention to the color temperature and color rendering of decorative white lamps: the color temperature depends on personal preference, and the color rendering is above 80Ra, the closer to 100, the better, the color rendering is done well, and other indicators are not bad. ?

Other data about luminous flux, beam angle, illuminance, luminous intensity and luminous efficiency that you don't understand, the more complete the seller provides, the more points you get, and it doesn't matter if you don't understand them (if you are in a physical store, you can take them to ask for sales, and the more ta knows, the more you can recommend suitable lamps). ?

As for wattage, it depends on the luminous efficiency of the lamp. It is better to report the bathroom area and let the seller directly recommend the type, quantity and installation spacing of light bulbs. ?

? ▕ Lighting requirements for washbasin cabinets?

This is suitable for ladies who often make up. Even if you don't wear makeup in the bathroom, you can take this standard to other places. ?

The washstands in high-end hotels are generally left and right lights, some are two wall lights, and some are LED mirrors. ?

Specifically, white light with a color temperature of 4000k should be used, and the color rendering is above 80Ra. You can't use yellow light here, or the powder will be too thick.

▲ Relaxed and happy, the atmosphere is perfect, but the color temperature of the LED mirror lamp is too yellow, and the powder will definitely be wiped. Source: ddheartslove.com?

? Bring light to toilet reading?

When people reach middle age, especially men, the time to go to the toilet increases geometrically. Whether reading online or playing games, it is worth a point light source to light up the soul.

▲ This bathroom has not only a little light source, but also a hidden light belt, which can sit for 30 minutes. Source: Yaduo Hotel, Wuzhong Road, Shanghai

▲ My brother's toilet is specially equipped with a lamp. Source: Living among fans and taking photos?

In addition, from the perspective of living habits, if family members often get up at night, it is best to install a nightlight in the bathroom. The better the color temperature of Huang Yue, not to mention too bright, so that it will neither be unclear nor eliminate drowsiness. ?

▲ Inductive nightlight is very good, so you don't need to find a switch in the dark. If you turn on the headlights, you will be very sleepy. Source: qzriying.net?

The shower/bathtub is not bad at all?

Bathing/bathing doesn't need much light. A downlight is enough. Pay attention to the position of the light, and don't install it in the sight of your family when taking a shower. If there are windows in the bathroom, people's shadows can't be projected on the foggy glass.

▲ In the bathroom of Hilton, the lamp is installed on a person's head. Unless you are in the backstroke position, you will not look directly at the light source: Amoma.com?

The above lighting suggestions are only for bathrooms as big as bedrooms. Next, let's take a look at the ordinary size bathroom and the relatively mini bathroom. ?

2. The bathroom is not that big? Then just learn the key points and go home! ?

According to the requirements of different functions of the bathroom for light, the most stringent requirement for light is the washstand, and toilet reading and bathing/bathing lights are optional. ?

So the bathroom can still keep two downlights and install them on the left and right sides of the mirror, or on a straight line perpendicular to the mirror, one behind the person and one between the person and the mirror, which can still ensure the overall lighting effect of this area to the greatest extent, and then install an LED mirror!

▲ Series loading source: Hotel.com.au

▲ One left and one right. Source: Catway Eagle?

If your family throws the sink out of the bathroom, the lamp doesn't have to be hidden in the ceiling, so it's convenient to use the exposed downlight.

▲ The sink in Faner's customer's home Source: Live in Faner's selfie?

3. Is the bathroom too small? Give you a bottle of "concentrated essence"! ?

Thanks to all kinds of wonderful developers, many friends can only enjoy the ultra-small bathroom with washstand, shower and toilet, which is too small to turn around, not to mention changing the air heater/bathroom heater into a scattered light. ?

The lights above can't be changed, and the color temperature is white, blue and old, so we can only make a fuss about the wall lamp. ?

For example, the bathroom that takes the lighting route between the model rooms is an economical and applicable scheme for small and medium-sized bathrooms in big cities: dome light+mirror headlights will not affect the storage function of mirror cabinets.

▲ Yan value revolution 1.0 model room source: live fans to take photos?

If there are not many things in your bathroom, the cabinet is big enough and the countertop is spacious, and you no longer need a mirror cabinet, then it would be great to change it to ceiling lamp +LED lamp mirror.

▲ Bathroom for customers living in Faner Shanghai Source: Self-portrait of living in Faner?

Are you satisfied with the lighting in the bathroom? Is there any experience worth sharing with you or a pit that must be skipped? Welcome to discuss in the comments section!

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