I am always amazed when I visit someone’s place in the evening and the lighting in the main room is overhead.
Now, I don’t mean the times when people put on the main room’s overhead lighting just for me.
I mean when there is ONLY overhead lighting and no offset lighting at all.
I know we are all different, but for me, at night, the living room is dark except for a low-light (warm) standard lamp in the corner.
Some people say just the TV is enough these days – since they have become so big and bright – but I think a soft, warm corner light is still essential.
It’s the bright overhead lighting that I don’t understand.
Fluorescent lights? Not for me. But if you really want to save…I suppose so.
You can always get ECO fluorescent tubes but my preference would be for a small aquarium growth light, and not overhead.
PS: I have read that uncovered fluoros may have a negative impact on your health. The wikipedia seems to think so too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamps_and_health