Home Reno & Repair

Ok, I admit it. My name is Kelly Smith and I'm a frugalaholic. There, now that the cat's out of the bag, I feel better. But I've got to tell you, I like to save money. So I have become very fond of the LED lights at my desk/work station.

See, in my home office, my desk/work station is one of those curved ones that fits into the corner of the room. Above and slightly behind me is the ceiling fan which runs continuously as I work. (Don't have to set the air conditioner so low!)

Even though I've fitted it with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), it still seemed like overkill unless I'm reading for research. So I said to myself, "Self, how can I improve the situation?"

I had seen these little LED undercabinet light fixtures at Home Depot and I thought, well, why not?

These aren't the larger, fancy ones. They're round, about two inches across, and have adhesive on the back. My keyboard and monitor sit underneath the curved desk top so I stuck a couple of these on the underside of the desk top and viola!

They not only provide just the right amount of light, but they'll probably last at least a year on battery power. That, and there's no glare on the monitor screen.