Smokingwoods

It’s easy to let your home get dark and dreary during the winter months. As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer there is really no excuse. But how do we keep our spirits and home bright during the darkest part of the year?

The answer is surprisingly simple. You need to replace your old incandescent bulbs with better lighting solutions.

Of course, first you need to make sure that there are plenty of lights in a room to put these new lights into. Getting cheap floor lamps to put near your couches and chairs is often the best option. I live in an apartment with almost no lights in the walls or ceiling. I have three floor lamps just in the living room. When I first moved in, that was how many I needed to even get this room partially lit near a comfortable level.

One I got myself a high lumen CFL bulb though that all changed. The bulb I got was one that replicates daylight and produces the same lumens as a 300 watt incandescent bulb. It’s amazing how much light this one CFL puts out and how clean the light feels. The yellow glow of incandescent bulbs feels almost grungy now. The great thing about standard CFLs is that they fit into a normal fixture so I didn’t have to get rid of or replace my modern floor lamps. The bulb screwed right in without any hassle.

Now that I know how effective these are I am getting more. They aren’t much more expensive than other bulbs, they produce more and better light per watt of power used and they have much longer lives. I don’t see any reason to ever go back to incandescent bulbs and I don’t believe I ever will.