The bulbs I use are 36" long tubes like the one pictured here: http://www.hellolights.com/96wat6734jap.html You can also find them at www.ahsupply.com. Mine are the Coralife brand, but similar or identical to the above. It looks like I mis-spoke. I saw a site indicating that these get nearly 10,000 lumens, but everywhere else states that they produce around 8,100 - 8,600 lumens depending on type and light color. The problem is that you have to have a ballast and endcap before you can use these bulbs. I put my ballast/endcap assembly together for around $30 . . . but they are really tough to come by for that price (like I said, I had to buy a case of ballasts). Anyway, sorry about the apparent exaggeration--but 8,100 lumens is still pretty high performance, IMHO.

Thanks to natal for bringing this thread to my attention. I'll repost my pics here (assuming mine is the porch you're talking about! I think I'm the only one around who has posted yellow chairs. ;-)) ... New porch furniture: Old porch furniture:

Found it.... http://finishedkitchens.blogspot.com/2005/11/allison0704s-kitchen.html Never mind :) Thanks!

Hey, Susan. It is here. Thanks for asking! :-) Here is a link that might be useful: My Women Over 50 blog