My “L.A. mother” is in her 80s and downsizing, which means every time we go down there she gives me stuff. I drove back to Portland with a trunk full of china, copper pans, interesting knick-knacks, and - my best loot this trip - an IBM Correcting Selectric typewriter!
While I was staying at her house, I was bothered by the dim light in her kitchen. She has 10 inset ceiling floodlights which were various mismatched and low-lumen CFL bulbs. I went to Home Depot and found these cool LED floods that are 100w equivalent and have a switch to change the light temperature from 5000K to 2700K, and are dimmable. I bought ten bulbs and a dimmer wall switch. The dimmer can either take the illumination from low to max at the selected temperature (she chose 3000K) OR can take the light from low level at 2000K through max at 3500K and then max at 5000K. She preferred the former so that’s how we set it up. Her kitchen is much brighter now, she likes it better, and I don’t feel like I’m wearing sunglasses indoors.
