Foo - Candles/Lamps/Lanterns

I have no idea where this came from, but lately I've been intrigued by/curious with fire as a light source. There is something very comforting about having a small flame nearby providing some light (minus the glow from the computer monitor). Here's a pic of my little oil lamp and a candle lighting my room....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/Taerom/2008%20Summer/P3264135.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/Taerom/2008%20Summer/P3264136.jpg

(hehe, my candle holder is made of a piece of pipe strap, a nut, washer, & bolt, and a half inch pipe floor flange)...

I'm about to buy a Dietz (http://www.lanternnet.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WKL&Product_Code=DHL90&Category_Code=DL) hurricane lantern and some tealight (http://www.amazon.com/300-Unscented-Tealights-Packs-100/dp/B000M3OZL0/ref=pd_sim_k_1) candles online.

Anyone else here into candles/lamps/lanterns?

naw, I'm always afraid I'll burn the house down. I've got a few, usually only light them to impress the company.

nifty candle holder though!

I like candles too. Fire at night is a natural thing to want, but that instinct has kind of gone away with modern lighting. I especially love camp fires, but you get fined around here for having one due to idiots starting brush fires.:(

Agreed. Candle/fire light is very pleasing. I'm really not a fan of bright lighting at night anyway. Using candles makes power outages fun. :)

But between laziness and fear of burning things down, I've just settled on using 15w incandescent light bulbs most of the time.

Oooo. Fire pretty. *blink blink yawn*

(No candles for me, alas... I have two pyromaniac kitties. Seriously. If they had thumbs they would be lighting matches all the time; as it is they won't leave any flame alone even if they burn their own whiskers off!)

I own an oil lamp...love it. spent many nights reading by oil lamp light...

Our woodstove has a glass front window. It really draws me in when starting a fire. Warms the house nicely too. :)

Too bad it also includes dragging five trees dropped on the neighbor's property up to the house. Oh well...cheap BTUs.

I've always loved a not direct light - preferring a couple of small light sources versus the blaring overhead.

Oil lamp .... erm no. I have this nose that goes right to the headache gland in the head and it bothers me - same when someone blows out a match or candle around me -- DIOS MIO - instant front lobe headache - ugh. (I'm such a picky-poo person, aren't I? :D) - stinks though.

So in my bedroom now - I have two low level table lamps on - one for me on the computer - and to light up the fish who like it at night - and the other by my bed.

At work - we have the overhead flourescent lights - some that take 4 bulbs (ugh). Now some ladies love this searing brilliant light and call housekeeping to change out that bad 4th bulb that died.

Me? I just about bribed the guy to stay away from my dim 2 lights in the two sets of lights over my head for the last couple years. My last job - the guys would just stare at me and replace the slightly dim lightbulbs and so I so then sat in a freaking tanning booth at high noon, with a nuclear blast overhead (they should have provided sunglasses with those light bulbs!). HUGE FREAKIN headache every single day when I left work.

Now in my old area - with the "Green" stuff working at the college - they're reducing the flourescent lightbulbs in the overheads from 4 to 2, and even eliminating some of the way too multiple lights altogether - plus in their offices - preferring to use a couple of smaller table lamps with energy saving lightbulbs.

However, I do use candles in my wiccan ways and I must say a room or outdoor area filled with candles is awesome ... and sexy. :D