Bright lights

As I sit in the semi-darkness writing this, I am reminded once more of the random way our apartment is lit throughout. The worst part of our lighting situation is the bedrooms. I am sure we would have noticed if we had inspected the apartment at night, but we didn't. As such, we only realised on our first night here that there are no ceiling lights in the bedrooms. For the most part we each make do with a single bulb lamp, but as we head toward the darkness of the colder months I don't think the current solution will quite cut it. I have been trolling the Internet for some possible inexpensive lighting options that might do the trick. IKEA has this floor lamp (image courtesy of their website) that might be suitable:

Alternatively I could acquire one of these lamps from Walmart (images courtesy of their website):

Either way I think we definitely need to improve the current situation so that I can stop straining my eyes when I read before bedtime. As I think about it some more, it would really just be nice to have better lighting for doing anything when natural light is lacking.