Brighten a Bathroom with No Windows

If you do have a bathroom without windows, it probably feels dark and dingy. Aside from not having the luxury of an open window allowing a lovely breeze into your bathroom during the warmer months, you also don't have the luxury of the sun, pouring through the window and filling your bathroom with beautiful, natural light.

Does your bathroom feel this gloomy, dingy and unwelcoming? It doesn't have to.

This article will discuss some easy, and some trickier methods to brighten up your bathroom, in spite of its windowless circumstance.

Take a good look at your bathroom. What do you like about it? What don't you like? Are you taking more showers because it feels drab and you don't feel comfortable in there? Do you wish you had a window? Do you want to make it a cozier, brighter room? Here are a few things you can try to brighten a bathroom with no windows. Even if you're bathroom has a small window but it still feels a little drab, some of these suggestions might work for you.

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   Keep it light

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   Paint the room white or another light color. If the woodwork is painted, use the same color on the woodwork, rather than a contrasting color. Keep everything in the bathroom the same color - as much as you can, and only add a few splashes of color - towels and a few accent pieces. Frames on mirrors and/or pictures, should be light as well. This will give the illusion of lots of light, and a larger room.

   

   Keeping the colors light with subtle differences and just a splash of color brightens any bathroom.

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   Lit Shelves

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   If you're handy around the house, you could use LED strips and light up your shelves. Consider taking the door off the cabinet that houses your towels, and display them, with lights. Also, colored glass insulators and bottles and jar on a shelf that lights up can create beautiful light in your bathroom.

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   Consider a skylight

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   If you own your house, and the bathroom has no windows, and it' might be possible, consider having a skylight installed. It will bathe your room with beautiful sunlight during the day, and moonlight skies at night

   

   A skylight will add beautiful light to a bathroom without windows.

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   Reflect the light

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   In a bathroom without windows, the larger the mirror, the more light will be reflected. The light from the wall sconces and candlelight will be doubled because of the reflected light. A mirrored wall, mirrored tiles and large antique mirrors will all work, depending on the style of your bathroom. Try collecting a lot of small, interesting mirrors and do a small wall in them. Mirrors also help to make the room look larger.

   

   Mirrors will create more light and more space.

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Don't let not having a window in your bathroom stop you from creating one. This is an easy project that will be inexpensive, and lots of fun. Just follow these suggestions;

Don't have a window? Make your own window.

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   Find a window frame

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   Older are more interesting. Consider the scale - if the bathroom is small, find a smaller window, and likewise use a larger window in a larger bathroom. As it's in the bathroom, glass still in the window is good, but not necessary.
    
   1. Go natural. Why not leave the frame intact, either with its rustic peeling paint or its natural looking barn board.
   2. Paint the frame. If that's not to your taste, or won't work with your bathroom, go ahead and paint the frame. Ideally, to keep the bathroom looking larger, choose a color just a bit darker than the color of your room...or paint it any color your heart desires. There are no rules...just suggestions.
   3. Stain. Sand the window down, and stain it with your favorite shade. Cherry stain has a very warming effect.
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