Install a bathroom outlet

Just put one in the floor. Yes, floor outlets work in bathrooms too! Need a little light at night for those midnight bathroom visits? These safety lights can be quickly installed on any standard outlet without any extra wiring, and switch on and off automatically. Do you charge your phone overnight in your bathroom? This is outlet is perfect for you. No need for the adapter cube, just plug your phone into the USB outlet located on the cover!

Yes, even outlets are changing with the times! No more stumbling around in the dark. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista. How tall are you? Do you use phones and tablets in the bathroom? Plan with aesthetics in mind. Above: Outlets installed at the back of bathroom drawers are convenient for hidden hair-dryer power.

Photograph by Francesca Connolly for Remodelista. Above: Power strips installed in cabinets are perfect for charging and using bathroom appliances.

Photograph via Kohler. Camouflage Outlets that fade into the background reduce visual clutter and improve the overall look of the bathroom.

Above: Loading Dock 5 Architects of New York City specked a mirrored outlet cover that integrates the power source into the bathroom mirror in their Broome Street Loft design. See A Brownstone in Brooklyn, Reborn to tour the whole project. Photograph by Sean Slattery.

Complement Another approach is to highlight electrical outlets, using them as a design element in the space. Photograph by Lincoln Barbour.

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It's a code violation to draw the power from the bathroom light circuit or from a circuit serving receptacles in any other part of the house for this circuit. Install a ground fault interrupting outlet at the location you prepared. Connect the wires from the power cable to the terminal pair labeled "line" -- it's usually the top pair. If you want to daisy-chain another outlet to this one, connect the outgoing cable -- which must also be 12 gauge -- to the "load" terminals.

Chris Deziel has a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in humanities.