Our difficult-to-heat main room in the tower has been warmed up, visually at least, by the use of modern, highly realistic, LED flicker-flame light bulbs.
I have mentioned these on here before but, so effective were the first couple of bulbs, located in wall sconces, that we decided to try illuminating the whole room with them - seven bulbs in all. The effect is that of a warm flickering orange glow all round. Not only do they instantly warm up the room visually, they also give the entire tower a cosy appearance when viewed from outside.
The picture does not do justice to the effect as the flicker cannot be seen. Also the 'red light' effect is exaggerated in the image. In the picture below you can see the 'daylight white' glow from the window to the kitchen shining through in contrast. If it is not to your liking you can just switch them off and turn on the normal white lights - or have a mixture of both.
Each flicker bulb has 99 LEDs and is rated at 6 Watts so just 42 Watts of power is lighting the whole vast space. An old fashioned 40 Watt tungsten light bulb would have had negligible impact.
I got mine on EBay - £3.59 each for four or more, post free.
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