I love the various clever ways they're starting to use the LED lights. They are very low power and they don't burn out, but you need to cluster some to get much output or find an interesting lens to spread the light.

I'm a sucker for gadgets and I have several LED lamps around the house. One tall one with a sculpted clear acrylic top and three color buttons so I can turn it any number of colors puts out a very nice glow in the room. Another is a small bright blue LED base that a clear glass globe, shaped like a paperweight but without a flat side, sits on the light and casts an interesting blue light on the ceiling along with a surreal glow through the bulb. And a few others like that. They're not the cheapest fixtures, but as we shift from incandescent to other types of lighting, they won't be as cheap. Goes with the territory.

Coast Lenser lights (and knives--go figure?)

SRS