Do you read in bed?
9 years ago
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Comments (25)Larry, I tried everything I could think of, including just pasting your profile, and no type of code would work, link, bold, no HTML. At the very least, I'd like to be able to make the font big enough to see. I only looked at the part of the code that is in the text box. Is there anything else you changed somehow? Do you know anyone else with a profile with code in it? Paul's profile used to be jazzed up and no longer is. Maybe someone is disabling them manually....See MoreReading in bed
Comments (16)I LOVE to read in bed! Always have; always will. So does DH and both our kids. I measured DH & myself sitting up in our bed (the height from the bed to our eyes) and the height of our bedside tables in order to figure out what height of lamp & shade would and wouldn't work for each of us before heading out to buy them. I HATE too dim, too short or too tall lamps so it took me a while to find good ones that work for us. Both have 3-way bulbs and their cream colored shades come down far enough so that we aren't blinded by the bare bulbs when reading. We prop ourselves up with three pillows: our king decorative shammed pillows, then our regular-sized shammed pillows and, in front, our down sleeping pillows. Ahhhhhhh! I've done the same for both our kids in their bedrooms, too. As for propping up my book, I usually just sit it on my lap or on a small throw pillow. Perfect reading! Lynn...See MoreA question about lamps for those of you who read in bed . . . .
Comments (11)No pictures because I haven't found the lamps I really want at a price I can live with yet... But I do know what my requirements are. Most lamps are really designed for decoration, not reading. The fabric type shades block a lot of light with darker fabric being worse than lighter fabrics. At a minimum you need 100 watt bulb, but 150 is better. My night stand is too small for a desk lamp so I need a floor lamp; I need the space for my book of the moment. The lamp needs to be adjustable height so I get just the right lighting. A pivot arm is good for the same purpose. If your bedroom is modern/transitional you should have no problem as there are lots of options. My bedroom is traditional and I have a modern/functional lamp for reading: it's almost 'Gumby' in number of ways I can adjust it. It's not a bad looking lamp, it just belongs in another space. But as I'm more concerned with reading than taking tours through my bedroom, it works for now. I included a link to a similar lamp to mine, but mine is much more powerful in light output. The adjustable design is perfect for reading lamps though with the light going onto your book, not the ceiling. Here is a link that might be useful: Adjustable lamp...See MoreWhere do you like to read?
Comments (25)I can read anywhere. But like all of you, I too, have favorites. In nice weather (NOT this hazy hot and humid mess we have at present), I like my back porch, covered, with a ceiling fan, listening to the birds. A big pitcher of iced tea or water nearby with, hopefully, freshly popped popcorn. In winter, on the giant beat-up leather couch in the family room with a cozy fire in the woodstove and a dog on each side of me and a big bowl of the afore-mentioned popcorn. NEVER microwave, always popped in a pot on the stove top with peanut oil - not that I am picky or anything. Last week, I took a book with me in a plastic baggie while I was sailing on a northern lake... a book and a granola bar. Just in case the wind died, I would be neither hungry nor bored. PAM...See More- 9 years ago
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