We Love night lights and have them all through our house so a few years ago I started making more rustic and antique Night Lights. I have several in our house Love the rustic feel and soft cozy glow they put off and with LED lights they are very low on the electric bill.

I have a small LED home made lamp in my bedroom that casts light to the ceiling, and standing in the same area is a living tree. The light casts the shadow of the trees branches and leaves onto the ceiling at night that produces the most relaxing atmosphere.

OMG Papa Bill this is exactly what I have done with my insulators.....its always amazes how out there in this big world we have the same ideas...this is what cast such lovely light on my ceiling.

I'm with Susan Guthrie. Only need them when guests stay over. We are used to the layout, they are not

Great Tobylow! You can't beat the light those insulators cast !

I use a photocell-powered LED night light in the kitchen. It guides guests through the public part of the house and emits enough light to check medicine bottles to be sure of correct dosage, etc., in the middle of the night without blinding overhead lights. I never need to think about turning it on or off. Also, bathroom night lights are a lot cheaper than liability claims from houseguests navigating dark hallways and baths.

@pickyvicky: "If I turn the electronic off, I want it off!"
That's why pickyvicky we plug TV, etc into a powerstrip. Turning off the powerstrip indeed shuts everything off...for good

Years ago my mother in her 70's got up to use the bathroom. She tripped and fell into the tub hitting her head on the ceramic soap holder on the wall and breaking it. She had a concussions and had to have plastic surgery at 3:00 in the morning. Ever since then all of the family keeps a working nightlight in all of the bathrooms and the hall way.

I keep an LED in my bedroom so I can see what's going on when I get up with my baby. It automatically comes on when the lights go off.

Have one of those battery operated candles that lets off just a low glow. Helps when you have to get up in the middle of the night.

I have on in the kitchen and sometimes in the bathroom so I don't have to turn on bright lights for trips to either place. None in the bedroom though, that would be too bright.

Make sure the light is red so it doesn't wake you up...other light spectrum jolts your brain awake. LEDs are a plus for cost and greenness!

We have tube lighting under the cabinets in each bathroom that turn on just before you enter the room and when company comes I turn a night light on by the bedroom doors so they can find the bathroom door and then the tube lighting turns on when they start to enter into the bathroom. Also have a three columns in the main living area and when friends come in late at night one of them has an electronic eye and when someone walks in front of it a small accent light turns on and then turns off 3 minutes later...works great and they can find their way to their bedrooms and the guest bath with ease.

sings: "Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light." Sorry, couldn't resist.

love night light design

acroteria--LOL...seriously though...neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. George Brainard, "... emphasized that dim red or dim amber night lights positioned close to the ... outlets would minimally affect the circadian..." http://learni.st/learnings/395068-how-artificial-light-is-wrecking-your-sleep-and-what-to-do-about-it

further..."short-wavelength or “blue” light is the most melatonin-suppressive; this is the type of light typically emitted by devices such as televisions, computer screens, and cellphones...."

I use them in the guest bathroom, so people can find their way when visiting.

absolute must in a guest bath!

not for me - but I have them for my cats... so they can find their food overnight. Yeah... like they need a light to find food. Right!

I voted yes but, the night lights are not in the room with us. One in the ensuite and one in the hall outside the bedroom. We also have one in the guest bath and the hall outside the guest bedroom. I would think if the fire alarm were to go, a guest, coming out of a deep sleep, in a strange location, would be a little disoriented and perhaps head in the wrong direction to escape. Safety first!

I am lucky also, that every house I have purchased (3 of them) has had not only a fire hydrant but a street light at the front of the property so, the interior of the house is well lit from outside as well.

I don't like any night lights. I don't like extraneous stuff!

I gave pretty ceramic night lights to my mother-in-law's elderly friends in her retirement community for Christmas. They use them on their bathroom vanities. MIL tells me they all love a little bit of light when they have to get up at night.
We do have them in the guest baths in our home, also.

Didn't we just have this same question posed not very long ago? I distinctly remember my contribution which stated that there were already too many little lights on at night all over my house without needing nightlights, i.e. oven, toaster, toothbrush charger, computer and any other chargers, cable box..........

haha This poll is too funny -- really hits a chord with me! I unplug all of my hubby's night lights. We are currently fighting over a new one he just brought in -- it's pretty, looks like a dome and directs the light down to the floor, but it still brightens up the entire hallway and disturbs my sleep! We prefer to sleep with the bedroom door open for air circulation, and he wants a nightlight to go down a narrow hall at 4am when he leaves for work. He can go down the hall and turn on the living or kitchen lights. ??? I even put the nightlight at the end of the hall in the living room, but that's not good enough for him. I'm beginning to think he's afraid of the dark and needs the light coming in the bedroom! Oh the aggravation...........

lol onthecoast1, that is why ours are only in the guest room.
(You might figure out a way to put a night light under your bed to ward off the monsters.)

When I was young I had a nightlight go up in flames. NO night lights in my house. I prefer to sleep in pitch black now, can't stand even the street lights glowing through the blinds.

PapaBill, that is so clever !

I use them in bathrooms and living room. The soft glow is comforting as long as not directly in my face. ..

@onthecoast1 - love your dobie! Still miss ours. They were the most entertaining dogs we ever had. The border collie (left) has more "jobs" than I know of, a very busy and serious guy. Back to the topic, none of our dogs ever needed a night light to find their food :) or anything else for that matter.

When I was a kid I liked it pitch black, but now that I'm pushing elderly, I like a soft glow it all the rooms. We have LED rope lights in the living room soffit. A picture light on a dimmer in the dining room. A 7 watt bulb in a big vintage Venetian glass I-don't-know-what thing in the kitchen. A very small Tiffany style pendant, also in the kitchen and on a dimmer. One of those Himalayan salt lights on a dimmer, around a corner, in the bedroom. And my absolute favorite, a 1960s double conch shell light in the bathroom. Oh yeah, we are all aglow.

They're great in the right circumstances. My parents have one in the bathroom so they can see where they're going at night. We do the same when the grand kids come to stay, but otherwise no.

I agree with @rredpenn.
Who needs night lights with so many LED lights everywhere and no way to turn them off. I just installed a new built in microwave and new oven and the clock lights (on both right above each other) are so bright they light my entire kitchen (not setting the clocks helps a bit, but there is still a display that shows: -:- and is incredibly bright). No option to turn these off when not in use.
Add this to the lights on the GFI's, the night lights on the light switches!, wireless devices, etc. I have a clock app on my phone that allows me to dim the light, but it's still overly bright.
I struggle with neighbors lights, street lights etc. I don't need it pitch black to sleep.
There is an overabundance of light that has invaded our houses and our streets.

I have them in the bathrooms and cat room. The cats do need "some" light in the night, as they are not a complete infrared camera. There are a lot of cute ones out there.

We have a nightlight in the bathroom nearest the bedroom. We also leave on the hall light at the other end of our one-story house.

Any one remember the old cube ones? About the size of a business card (often had advertising on the front) and about an inch thick, white plastic, and when plugged in they were sort of orangish? (inside was a WWII vintage tech neon bulb, seen them in surplus WWII tech stuff, had a particular orangish glow) They would last forever, and were on if plugged in and off if pulled out. Folks had one when I was very small, advertising on front in red lettering for some elevator...

I got cured of dark dark sleeping when I woke up in dark and felt something on body part hanging out and slapped it and smucked a not tiny spider all over. I don't like a lot, and it has to be a steady thing and not shining in my face, but. I prefer house running lights. And as mentioned by Curt... there are a lot of 'electric vampires' in our tech stuff and if you truly want it off, put it on a power strip you can turn OFF.

I am totally embracing the LED revolution though, they are a lot more efficient and a longer lifespan... and just like CFL they are starting to come down in price. That stuff is about in the output and pricing now where CFL was when first introduced; it should soon be in the standable price range.

We have motion detector lights throughout the house (hallways, bathrooms, doors). They turn off in a couple of seconds. They are only in the baseboard outlets. If there is a power outage, they can be unplugged and used as flashlights. They are dim, soft, unobtrusive and alleviate the need to turn on a harsh lamp. Love them.

Don't have one in the bedroom, but one in the bathroom. Even take it with us when we travel, it comes in so handy when you wake up in unfamiliar places and have to try and find the bathroom.

We have a cat so motion detectors are crucial. Ever stepped on a cat?

lol@MfWolfe! Exactly! I once fell right over the footstool as it was too dark, besides ever since a beetle hit me smack in the eye one night, I now have a very dimmed light open or at least small hallway lamp open.

I'm arachnophobic so I sleep with my bedside light on.

We have lights that come on along all the stairs, inside and outside the house. We also have a "night light" setting for the bathrooms, but seldom use them

The adults in the family do not use night lights, per se. My children have used them some(the boys have started using one recently, the girls complain their room isn't dark enough).

We do have steps lights(if Daughter 2 doesn't turn them off). When I was still living at home, my Mom kept a night light in the hallway. The bulb was out and she was trying to navigate past the basement steps in the dark. She miscalculated and fell down the steps. They are carpeted and she didn't break anything, but when we remodeled our present house, I had step lights installed for that reason.

I don't think put a night light in bedroom is a good idea. But it's perfect to put them in the bathroom, hallway and the kitchen. When you get up at night, you don't have to try hard to find the swtich or wake up your family. Here are the night lights with motion sensor that I'm using, hope it would be helpful.

We use motion sensored ones in the kids bedrooms and by the stairs for safety.

It's pitch black here without night lights.

I have one in my powder room as a bit of whimsy and is intended to be viewed. I much prefer installing dimmer switches in lots of places for guests to have good lighting, rather than too many night lights. Dimmer switches add so much light variability and they can increase the life of your bulbs.

Yes, I have a nightlight but it is a small, inexpensive and very plain one located in the hallway that leads from the bedrooms to the bathroom and is a safety issue. We can make that trip at night w/o turning on a bright light to awaken anyone else and/or get "blinded" by a sudden dark to bright light change ourselves.

Really like the owl on the limb.

After an earthquake hit in the wee hours of the morning and everything was pitch black after power was knocked out, we have put in the emergency lights that do not need electricity, in the hallways.

we have night lights in the bedrooms and bathrooms. its rare i ever turn a bathroom light on. the one in our room is bot bright but it allows me to see/get to the baby!