Do you put the Big Light on?💡

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team
    Little lamps only please

    No no no no no! I hate the big light. I like to be cosy and maybe a bit in the dark The big light is ok for landings, the kitchen and bathroom, but nowhere else.

    I may have slightly strong opinions about this 😆

  • MissMarple
    MissMarple Community Member Posts: 476 Empowering
    I prefer to sit in the dark

    I only switch the light on if I actually need to see something. Bright light for reading, dim light for things like making the bed. If I'm on my phone or listening to an audiobook, I don't need the lights. My place is tidy so I won't trip over things in the dark and I live in an urban area so it's never pitch dark here anyway.

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 2,119 Championing
    edited October 3
    Yes to the Big Light
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151803#Comment_1151803

    They couldn't have kept it all together without 'mother's little helper', despite what the television and glossy mags claimed.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,436 Championing
    Little lamps only please
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151876#Comment_1151876

    That was me 😉

    @Anhedonia2 what is your 'something else' when it comes to lighting, lights and lamps?

  • Hopeless
    Hopeless Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 1,050 Pioneering
    Yes to the Big Light

    I don’t have any lamps in the lounge so it has to be the big light! I like it bright so I can read, crochet, puzzle etc. I really struggle in low light with my eyesight and just get frustrated as I can’t see

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 5,353 Online Community Team
    Little lamps only please

    See that's very sensible @Hopeless. Even when I'm doing my colouring and I can't quite tell the shade of what pen I'm using, I still refuse to put the big light on!

    What kind of things do you crochet? I used to do it but haven't for a long time. We'd love to see some pictures of your creations if you're happy to share? KaleidoScope: Our own gallery for members' art work, crafts and photographs.

    Have you seen our Book Club too? It's banned books this month!

    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/149120/%EF%B8%8Foctober-2026-book-club-banned-books-%EF%B8%8F
  • Scooby222
    Scooby222 Community Member Posts: 226 Empowering
    Little lamps only please

    I actually don't have the choice of a 'big light', as our house doesn't have any ceiling lights. The previous owners of our house were both about 7 foot tall, so had removed all the ceiling lights as they kept hitting their heads on them! We thought it would be a problem at first, but never got around to putting in new ceiling lights and got used to floor and table lamps etc. I much prefer it like this now.

    A bigger problem was that the kitchen wall cupboards were so high up as to be unusable for me, so we changed those pretty quickly!

    💡

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,793 Online Community Team
    Little lamps only please

    I'd never thought of that as a problem for tall people before @Scooby222, but that makes sense! I know what you mean about the kitchen cupboards. I used to live in a houseshare where the tallest person had put up all the shelves and the mirror in the bathroom. Made the rest of us feel like Hobbits even though we were all average heights 😄

  • Anhedonia2
    Anhedonia2 Community Member Posts: 447 Empowering
    Something else
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1151906#Comment_1151906

    That I don't really have a preference or notice what the lighting is doing! I love snuggling up with a book and will sometimes opt for my little lamp because of the cosiness, but the lights are usually just left as I find them or until my daughter comes in and moans it's too bright or dark 😅

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