NT wrote:
On Oct 17, 1:05 pm, Neil Williams wrote:
On Oct 17, 1:53 pm, NT wrote:

You can get CFLs in daylight version, marked as daylight or 6500K.
Daylight tinted lighting is however hideous. Halogens come nowhere
near it at 3000K.

I've tended to find that "daylight" lighting means lighting with a
colour temperature equivalent to a dull, cloudy day, which isn't what
I need to cheer me up. Halogen is far nicer as it gives a much
"sunnier" light. The tubes used on First Great Western's trains are
particularly hideous.

Neil

Quite. Imho the OP would do far better to repaint.

You'd honestly shift two sofas, tv and stand, take down pictures etc in one
room, move a bed, computer desk and all the other furnishings in a second
room and clear all the walls of your hall, stairs and landing, then get the
ladders out and repaint it all then try a few different types of lightbulb,
after asking advice on a newsgroup? You must really love doing work, I know
I'd much rather ask for advice and try a few different types of bulb before
committing to that much extra work, and the expense of buying more paint.