I learned about torchiere style lamps a few years ago and I really like them. You’ve seen them before. They’re usually floor lamps and they point upwards to bounce the light off the ceiling. Unless you have a dark ceiling, they do a great job of spreading the light around the room without being too bright.

Smart bulbs are, of course, more customizable, but recently I’ve gone back to analog lights I can just turn on and off.

My partner uses about 10 lamps at any given time, and the room must be a black hole because I still can’t see shit

Lamps? Or am I missing something?

My glow in the dark butt plug is always there for me in the dark.

I like my lava lamp.

I am a sucker for indirect, coloured washes aiming at the ceiling

You didn’t specify a context, did you?

I mean, this is “ambient lighting” amrite?

I like floor lamps. They can be pointed at the floor/ceiling for ambient light, or pointed at what you’re working on/reading. They don’t take up desk space, or fall over as easily.

Thrift stores almost always have desk or standing lamps. Combined with cheap, warm colored low wattage LED bulbs (25w equivalent or lower), they add wonderful ambiance without breaking the bank.

Flashlight pointed at the ceiling, mostly. Which one varies, but lately it’s often ~2600K and very high CRI.

Open curtains to let in as much natural sunlight as possible. If that’s not enough, main overhead light with a super-bright 14W 2700K bulb. I want it bright, and I want it bright everywhere.

I mostly use custom built RGB lamps running WLED which are controlled by Home Assistant and the Adaptive Lighting integration which adjusts the brightness throughout the day based on the position of the sun. I do have a couple Govee lights that are controlled in the same manor as well.

I bought two sets of Govee Glide wall lights for my Office and I can’t imagine how I would improve on them beyond just doing more to make them look ‘built in’. It’s a bit of a step up from an LED light strip.

On the off chance that you have a drop ceiling or some other means of doing some light wiring, I recently installed these and the feature makes for a lovely ambience. https://a.co/d/cBrNSwU

If linky no worky, search Amico 6 Pack Black 4 Inch 5CCT LED Recessed Ceiling Light with Night Light

Bonus feature it’ll give you they’ll give you The Big Light^tm too. Install is 3/10 for simplicity.

Red LED tape on the underside of my desk, dresser, and shelves. Keeps a nice dull red glow in my room, just enough to see around, but low enough that I can sleep through it. Smart plug for scheduling.

There’s a lava lamp on a smart plug that turns itself on ~1hr before I go to bed (so it’s movin and groovin by the time I’m in there). It’ll also turn off after 8hrs regardless of whether it was turned on manually/automatically. Saftey/longevity of the lamp.

Finally a regular bedside lamp, with a dimmable smart bulb.

The smart controls let me set schedules so the desired lights come on as I’m going to bed or with my morning alarm, and making sure that they’re off when I leave for work. Plus I can turn them on/off or set brightness from my phone without getting up from bed.

Did the led strip die, or did the power supply just crap out? It’s a pretty simple fix if it’s just the power supply that failed.

I have several lights I use in my room. I have a led strip behind my tv, one led bulb that stays on pretty much 24/7 in the corner, and two overhead “main” lights for when I need to really light things up.