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LED Bathroom Mirrors for Irish Homes: Pros and Cons

  1. Introduction: Time to Upgrade Your Bathroom with an LED Bathroom Mirror?
  2. What is an LED bathroom mirror?
  3. The 6 Benefits of Installing a Bathroom Mirror with LED Light
    1. Benefit #1: LED mirrors compliment nearly any style or space
    2. Benefit #2: Bathroom LED mirrors make you look and feel good
    3. Benefit #3: LED bathroom mirrors provide useful, atmospheric lighting
    4. Benefit #4: LED illuminated mirrors are better for the environment
    5. Benefit #5: Bathroom mirrors with LED lights come with amazing additional features
    6. Benefit #6: LED bathroom mirrors are easy to install
  4. How to choose the perfect bathroom mirror with lights
    1. Consideration #1: Size
    2. Consideration #2: Shape
    3. Consideration #3: Budget
    4. Consideration #4: Style
    5. Consideration #5: Single vs Multiple Mirrors
    6. Consideration #6: Vanity vs Mirror Wall
  5. Conclusion: Is an LED Bathroom Mirror Right for You?
  6. Why Tile Merchant?

Introduction: Time to Upgrade Your Bathroom with an LED Bathroom Mirror?

Vanity mirrors were once the calling card of the Hollywood starlet. Incandescent bulbs framed the dressing-room mirror to make the makeup artist’s job easier, and the actor look a million bucks. Today, the same beautifying warmth and functionality of this old-school look has been pulled gracefully into the modern era. Introducing the rise of the highly popular LED bathroom mirror!

LED bathroom mirror lights both with and without motion sensors are becoming the norm in toilets and shower rooms across the country.

Take your toilet, bathroom, wet room and more to the next level with a light-up mirror. Find out why these specialised types of mirror are all the rage, and how they could help you with your storage, lighting, and aesthetic needs when it comes to redecorating your bathroom.

In this article, Tile Merchant presents our ultimate guide to the benefits of illuminated bathroom mirrors; including how to choose the perfect one to match your home, suit your needs, and increase your property value.

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What is an LED bathroom mirror?

Lighted bathroom mirrors come in a great many shapes and sizes. They also have numerous additional functions which can change the way you interact with your bathroom for the better!

In short, an LED bathroom mirror is a mirror with soft, warm, energy-efficient bulbs at the borders or framing the entire circumference of the unit. These lights are designed to provide a gentle backlight in which to prune, preen and clean yourself. All without the glare of the big light disrupting your sleep or wasting energy!

The Tile Merchant bathroom mirror range has been carefully curated to suit a range of bathroom décor styles, budgets, and Irish homeowner needs.

The 6 Benefits of Installing a Bathroom Mirror with LED Light

We love our bathroom vanity units and mirrors with lights, but why should you? Unless you’ve seen the real deal in action before, you might need to know a little more about them before you’re ready to consider installing one at home. Here’s a look at the 6 top benefits of an illuminated bathroom mirror.

Benefit #1: LED mirrors compliment nearly any style or space

Mirrored glass works in any space, since it’s reflecting the décor, tiling, and bathroom furniture already fitted in the bathroom. It’s the mirror’s frame which can often be hard to match with your style. With the best LED bathroom mirrors, however, this isn't a problem. That's because the lights are the frame, helping you create an undeniably beautiful aesthetic which marries modern with traditional in a timeless blend.

Moreover, LED mirrors reflect and elevate natural light, helping to make small bathrooms feel bigger and brighter. You can accentuate the brightness with other top design tips for small bathrooms, such as:

Benefit #2: Bathroom LED mirrors make you look and feel good

There is a reason vanity mirrors got their name: they not only help you ensure you look your best, they make you feel it, too.

Traditional bathroom lights positioned above or over mirrors often give you an unflattering unidirectional light. This type of light isn’t great for shaving, applying makeup, or getting ready. So why do we use lighting like this so often? Probably because, until recently, we didn't have any alternative!

Illuminated bathroom mirrors, on the other hand, present a clean, even spread of backlight which ensures you never miss an inch of stubble, your foundation is blended perfectly, and your lippy looks lush.

If you’re ever in need of some self-love and confidence, LED bathroom mirrors will help you look and feel truly amazing

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Benefit #3: LED bathroom mirrors provide useful, atmospheric lighting

Having another source of lighting in a room is never a bad thing. The powerful, dimmable LEDs in our bathroom mirrors with lights give you a remarkably wide range of lighting options from a single source. 

Whether you’re looking to relax, take a romantic bath with your partner, or need a brighter, clarifying light in the middle of the night, illuminated mirrors are there to set the scene.

Benefit #4: LED illuminated mirrors are better for the environment

In contrast to incandescent bulbs found elsewhere in the home, the LED bulbs in modern lighted mirrors for bathrooms are far longer-lasting. They also use considerably less electricity, making LED mirrors altogether better for our environment.

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Illuminated Bathroom Mirror Installed in Dublin
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Recent Installation of Bathroom Mirror in Cork

Benefit #5: Bathroom mirrors with LED lights come with amazing additional features

If the many other benefits of installing an LED mirror in your Irish bathroom haven't convinced you, take a look at these amazing additional features! Many of our very best lighted bathroom mirrors also come with:

  • In-built Bluetooth speakers for playing music, radio, podcasts and more
  • 10-100% dimmable light settings and smart memory default brightness
  • Shaver sockets built into the mirror unit
  • Behind-mirror storage shelves
  • Magnification insert for up to 3x mirrored magnification (ideal for plucking eyebrows and shaving!)
  • Demister bathroom mirror heated pads behind the glass to stop condensation build-up

As if built-in lights didn’t already make these pieces more desirable than your average mirror, a score of additional features makes our units versatile, functional, and useful in a wide range of scenarios.

Benefit #6: LED bathroom mirrors are easy to install

Okay, there's no pretending that LED bathroom mirrors are easier to install than hanging traditional mirrors on the wall. Nevertheless, compared to other Smart Home Devices and Gadgets, LED mirrors can still be installed with relative ease.

If you have experience as an electrician, installing one of these bathroom mirrors shouldn't pose a problem. If you don't, we recommend sourcing a trusted professional to hang the mirror for you, instead. Good news is that the job shouldn't take long or cost that much!

Benefits of Bathroom Mirrors
LED illuminated mirrors are easy to install!

How to choose the perfect bathroom mirror with lights

We hope we’ve managed to convince you that an LED-illuminated mirror would make a fantastic choice for your bathroom renovation project.

This latest Irish interior style trend is going nowhere anytime soon. Of course, the Tile Merchant team understands better than most how difficult it can be to renovate or redesign your indoor spaces.

That's why we've put together this list of considerations for you to help you pick the perfect mirror for your bathroom!

Consideration #1: Size

We have a wide range of size options in our lighted bathroom mirror catalogue, in different orientations to suit your preference. Our smallest LED mirrors are just 70x40cm, whilst our largest stretch to 140x60cm.

Consideration #2: Shape

You even have a choice of shape when it comes to selecting what light-up bathroom mirror works for you. Circular mirrors are an increasingly popular choice across Ireland, though long rectangular ones often suit couples’ bathrooms better. All shapes offer slightly different aesthetic advantages, so the ultimate decision rests on which might work best for your space.

Consideration #3: Budget

Undeniably, a Bluetooth bathroom mirror with dimmable backlight is going to cost you more than a plain old mirror. However, the Tile Merchant mission is always to provide for everyone, which is why we’ve made a point of stocking a range of illuminated bathroom mirrors at a range of different prices.

Consideration #4: Style

Whilst all of our lighted bathroom mirrors are sleek, minimalist and modern, there are subtle style differences between the different brand manufacturers. Some have more angular, blocky edges, whilst others are noticeably softer, giving you options when matching the mirror to your preferred aesthetic.

Consideration #5: Single vs Multiple Mirrors

You can also choose between installing a single mirror unit, or multiple as a cabinet feature for the family. We stock units intended to be installed as multiple, 2- or 3-piece suites, typically doubling as cabinet storage for larger households.

Consideration #6: Vanity vs Mirror Wall

Your final consideration, when choosing the perfect touchscreen bathroom mirror (did we forget to mention that you control some of them by touch?), is whether you’d like an LED mirror which lights up the whole wall, or one which frames just the face of the user. Vanity style mirrors are more intimate, whilst mirror walls provide greater light throughout.

Watch How LED Bathroom Mirrors with Touch Sensors Works

Conclusion: Is an LED Bathroom Mirror Right for You?

Here at Tile Merchant, we like to keep up with all of the freshest, most functional and effective, aesthetically pleasing trends on the Irish home improvement market. LED illuminated bathroom mirrors are one of the hottest items in Ireland right now, and we’re proud to stock a wide range of them.

If you’re eager to buy one, or would like to see an illuminated mirror in action first, why not pop down to one of our fully-stocked showrooms? We have two bathroom showrooms in Dublin, and one in Ashbourne, County Meath. 

Alternatively, give us a call, and one of our expert sales team members will help you find the right light-up mirror for you. We deliver to any address in Ireland.

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Why Tile Merchant?

We offer extremely competitive pricing on our entire range of tiles and likewise. We stock a huge range of wall and floor tiles and our prices are competitive for retail and trade. Our stock is widely available in our tile stores in Dublin and Ashbourne (Co. Meath) which are open 7 days a week.
Alternatively, if you’d prefer to shop our tiles online, we can supply you with samples delivered for free.


Calum

Article written by Calum

Cal Bannerman is a freelance writer, editor, podcaster and voice actor from the Scottish Borders. He runs the storytelling podcast "Stories from the Hearth" and lives in a wee Glasgow Flat with his partner and their cat".