We're peeking into a lot of bedrooms this month but we've yet to see the true inner sanctum: the bedroom closet. Is it because they're too private? Too messy? Or just too dark, and therefore hard to photograph?
A recent post on the subject of cordless lights generated this great suggestion from a reader named tr: Sylvania's LED Dot-it Lights.
These puck-like 3-LED lights are battery-powered (each ones takes 3 AAA batteries) and the flat side is finished with a 3M adhesive, so you can stick them on the inside of a closet (or any awkward space where you need light) without worrying about cords. You push an on/off button to operate them and they give off a white light that's "brighter and longer lasting than standard incandescent tap lights. " The batteries need to be replaced after about 100 hours of use.
A caveat: we've been warned that the adhesive does not part ways with your wall easily when it's time to change those batteries, so you may want to just find a more temporary way to install them in your closet, like slipping them into the clear pockets of an inside-door organizer.
Available at many hardware, drug, and food chains, or online at Amazon, for $9.99 apiece.
Now let's see some bedroom closets!
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Costco is currently selling a 3 pack of LED click on lights (not Sylvania) that have been working really well for me. Don't remember the exact price, but I *think* it was about 3 for $10.
To avoid tearing up the drywall in your closet (or wherever you use these lights) you could attach them using the Command brand adhesive strips. They stick until you need to remove them, and then they come right off if you remove them using the proper technique. It's ingenious.
~Monica
I bought one of these lights to put under my kitchen cabinet but the light quality is really awful. I suppose it would be okay for a closet but the light is the opposite of ambient and acts as a bluish white spotlight. Not recommended!
Yes and they burn out much more quickly than they claim.