Some time ago, Kay and I caught a sale for Philips lighting going on in a local Swiss store and we picked up two of these two-light spots from the Philips Instyle line.

Kay, my favourite personal electrician, put them up immediately when we got home, but he was disappointed that they were not nearly as bright as he had hoped. He’s kind of obsessed with spotlights.

We tend to bicker about what kind of lighting to get and have a hard time agreeing on light fixtures. He usually wants spots for lots of bright light whereas I would like an aesthetically pleasing light that provides comforting, warm light.

The Ledino spots do provide a nice warm light, but I have to agree with Kay that they are not especially bright. Still, it is a big step up from having to rely solely on the fluorescent lighting that came with the bathroom mirrors and I am much happier to use only the Philips lights unless I really need to see something clearly. (Who wants to see their wrinkles and pimples in bright light at 6 in the morning anyway??)

We were happy to get a slight deal on these lights, but we still haven’t decided on anything for the bedrooms, where we are still using the make-shift shade lamps that Kay put up so long ago.

In the kitchen, we were pretty set with the idea of getting this four-spot Ledino light for 379CHF:

And in the dining room, we found a lovely three-bulb spot in store that actually came in an impressive 5 spot version online.

The only problem with the 5-spot light is that it cost like 1000CHF, so even though we knew we wanted this light since about May 2013, we waited to buy it.

How long did it take you to decide the lighting in your house? Did you do it step-by-step?

All pictures from Philips.