apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Compact flourescent lamps, or CFLs as we've come to call them, have been gaining ground on the old standby incandescent bulbs for a while now. Something about using less energy and saving money on electric bills, so we've heard (embrace the sarcasm, people). But in our humble opinion, and do realize this opinion comes from a girl who has already switched every available bulb in the house to Ikea brand CFLs, they're kinda ugly. In light fixtures and lamps where you can see the bulb, that bright and wirey little spiral looks a little too sterile and hospital chic than when there was a little warm round circle peeking out. Phillips is fixing that with a bulb-shaped LED lamp...