An amazing light and giveaway

Lighting is so important to the ambience of a room.  

Lamp light is the best way to create an inviting atmosphere. 

 I use a lot of table lamps and floor lamps in home decorating, 

as well as in my home.  At home I tend to have lots of vintage lighting,  

like this tole and crystal lamp on a marble base that that has a clip-on style lamp shade. 

 This post is about light~light bulbs in particular!  I was asked if I would like 

to review a new kind of light bulb and if you read my blog, 

you will know that I do not do reviews very often.  

However this particular light bulb is LED 

and is a new product that has a lot going for it, 

so I wanted to check it out myself.  I am picky about the light a bulb 

will throw in a room.   If the light is nice, and if it can save oodles 

on my energy bill and the bulb itself will last ten years, then I am all in!

Its the CREE lightbulb, and in fact it just won 

Home Depot's Innovation Award for 2013!

If you think LED bulbs are screaming bright and harsh light, think again.

Cree has created the first LED light bulb that looks like a normal light bulb

and gives off a soft warm light just like a normal old fashioned bulb.

What is amazing is that it uses 82% less energy because most bulbs spend 

their energy creating heat, not light. Did you know that home lighting uses

13% of all the energy used in the USA?  If  Cree bulbs were used, the amount saved

in energy dollars would be $50 billion a year.  And one more stat~

they last 25 times longer than a normal bulb, and they have a 10 year warranty.

Its also priced under $10, which is amazing for the return on the dollar.

These bulbs are shaped light a regular light bulb, so my clip on style shades 

work the way they are designed to work.  The bulbs are really sturdy and shatter

resistant, as well as good for indoors and outdoors use, which is nice for 

not having to get on the ladder and change out those outdoor fixtures beside the

garage or front door.  I have a burnt out light right now, and since its winter, its 

going to stay that way until spring comes. Then I plan to install these Cree lights

and not worry about it for TEN YEARS!

I had even put in the ugly swirled florescent bulbs in the outside fixtures

 to save energy even if they did look ugly, but I figured we were saving energy 

so I would sacrifice looks for doing the right thing.

Now I won't have to! 

Can you see why I am not asking hubby or 

getting outside myself to change a light bulb right now?

Its snow-maggedon up here in Boston.

These bulb are also dimmable, which is nice if you have dimmer switches. 

They contain no mercury either, like CFL bulbs do. 

Ok, I am totally excited about the boring old light bulb now!!

I am offering a give away on the blog for the bulbs, and if you win you

will receive a 75 watt and a 60 watt bulb by leaving a comment on this blog

post if you would like to be entered to win.  One comment only, please.

This giveaway is for US residents only.

If you have a no-reply blogger address make sure I can contact you via email.

I will post on Facebook and the blog who is the winner.

Contest starts today and ends February 28th!

For more information you can check out Cree light bulbs

here at their website: www.creebulb.com

One more thing about lighting~update your older lamps with 

a simple switch out of a lampshade like I did.

·                 I find great looking shades at various places, including HomeGoods,

and have seen nice ones at Lowes and Home Depot too.

Sophisticated grey linen shade with a gold metallic thread was just the ticket

for these vintage brass candlestick lamps.  This is an easy DIY project anyone

can accomplish without much trouble, and you will update your living space in a jiffy.

Thats it from me~I am loving the new lightbulbs, and you won't be

disappointed.  This review was truly my opinion, and I was not 

compensated in any way other than to test out this new award winning Cree bulb.