Plug in lights that mount to the ceiling? (apartment, floor)

[Peanuttree]

Hi all

my apartment has few lights. I could get lamps, but I find that annoying, having to walk to the lamp, I like the switch right at the door. Plus, lamps aren't very bright.

Are there any sort of lights that are like light fixture - they look decent and take normal bulbs - but that you mount onto the ceiling as though they were hard-wired lights, and then you just tape the wire to the ceiling and run it along to down the wall and into the outlet/receptacle? And then you do the same with the switch but mount that on the wall

Is there anything out there like that?

[brook2ga]

Look for a hanging fixture called a swag light. Also consider floor lamps as they will give more light. Table lamps are bright if you use higher wattage bulbs.

[ocnjgirl]

Yes, you can make floor lamps brighter with different bulbs. Mine has a top I can angle, so that makes more light where I need it. Try a Clapper so you can turn it on when you come in the room, I have heard they really work.

[timneh5]

Originally Posted by Peanuttree

Hi all

my apartment has few lights. I could get lamps, but I find that annoying, having to walk to the lamp, I like the switch right at the door. Plus, lamps aren't very bright.

Are there any sort of lights that are like light fixture - they look decent and take normal bulbs - but that you mount onto the ceiling as though they were hard-wired lights, and then you just tape the wire to the ceiling and run it along to down the wall and into the outlet/receptacle? And then you do the same with the switch but mount that on the wall

Is there anything out there like that?

From the ceiling, install a "swag light." You don't tape anything to the ceiling or the wall; you use "swag hooks," one directly above the hanging light and another swag hook above the outlet. For the swag hook above the light, make sure you screw into a ceiling/wall stud to support the weight of the light fixture.

Or as others suggested, use a floor lamp.