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2021 Fall Home Improvement LINCOLN DAILY NEWS Sept. 23, 2021 Page 17 them from view to achieve the best overall finished look. The advantage is that the lights provide that direct illumination that you need while chopping those vegetables. Tap lights, the obvious downfall is the batteries. If you use the lights a lot, you will spend a lot of money on batteries to keep them going. The nice thing about these lights is no wiring to deal with and no screw holes in your cabinets. In the living room or den, task lighting can be achieved with a table or floor lamp. These are do it yourself projects where your biggest challenge is choosing which lamp goes with the room on the whole. Lamps can be quite expensive, but they can also be found for cheap at local resale shops or discount stores. If you have lamps that you like, but they don’t quite go with everything else, consider changing the shade. Today there are as many lamp shade styles and colors as there are lamps. You’ll be surprised what a change a new shade in a new color, size or shape will make in the look of your lamp. The last lighting category to consider is accent lighting. Accent lighting is that little lamp on the table in the corner that doesn’t really do anything but look pretty. It adds a soft glow with dim ambient lighting and it adds to CONTINUED u