Decent vanity light fixture?

By ckilgore

Currently I am lucky enough to have a vanity area outside our bathroom, but it has one of those butt -ugly
hollywood lighting strips above it. I like the amount of bright, even light it provides, but it is totally horrendous. My wish list is that it has to be inexpensive (under $100) clean-lined and still provide good light. I am pretty handy, so DIY solutions would be welcome.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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November 18, 2006

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ckilgore

November 19, 2006

Stephen - i love how your picture goes with "I got it!"

That is a good fixture. Not too obtrusive, but looks like it would provide good light.

I was also thinking of attaching two small 1"x1" strips on either side and then putting a piece of thin frosted plastic that would arch outwards slightly. It would cover some of the ugly bulb-ness, but I am not sure how good it would look.

stephenmeade

November 19, 2006

I've got it! I was in the exact same predicament: Piece of junk from Home Despot or $300 "designer" bathroom fixture. But there is a solution available from YLighting ( http://www.ylighting.com/p5042.html ). It's from the Simply Kovacs line and is only $79. The quality is very good, but it did take 1 month to arrive. Stephen