I'm sure there was a thread not all that long ago inquiring about lighting ideas. Of course, I have a particular affinity for lighting. Even more than paint, lighting can change the entire appearance of a room. And even simpler than paint, the mood in a room can be changed as easy as unplugging and moving a lamp from one corner to another.

My partner calls me a light fixture whore because I will buy them even when we don't need them, play with them, paint them, switch them all around. But I have never purchased a lamp not on clearance. I have standards y'know.

This is our foyer light. Semi-flush in brushed nickel. The glass is mouth-blown something-or-other and very colorful. From Home Depot off the shelf.

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Our bar-slash-buffet area has two desk lamps, also in the similar glass as the foyer light, Home Depot, OTS.

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Underneath the desk that serves as a bar-slash-buffet I have a puck light for illuminating anything I happen to put under there. It's easy and unexpected.

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There are only two lamps in our living space and between them there is 40 watts of light.

This single light is a bit small but I like it so. It's a dented floor model from (you guessed it) Home Depot I got for $5.

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And this table lamp was purchased at the same place we got our couch. Theres a huge (like 9" long) crack down the left side which no one has noticed yet- at least not that they told me. It was $25.

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I am a huge fan of lots of light without the obvious use of traditional fixtures. The pendant over the dining room table came from Lowes ($40), the china cabinet has two interior lights and the small frosted glass pedestal can illuminate something pretty when the mood strikes me. The glass pedestal also acts as a nice night-light when guests stay the night.

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Of course I love picture lights and have a number throughout the house. They are all on timed switches that turn them on & off automatically.

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And of course I love interesting light sources. I found these staked glass bowls at a chochke shop for $5 each and snatched them up. Candles floating in house plants? Who would have thought.

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We also have the obligatory up-lights in the large potted palm, but no decent pictures yet. Almost all of our fixtures have CFLs and the savings to our PG&E is quite noticable. Also, any light source than can reasonably be on a dimmer is.