I like the phillips daylight bulbs - a nice white. They have them at Home Depot. The flat ones work well in most situations but they have round ones too.

Thanks everyone!! So helpful.

Anonymous wrote:If you want that soft yellow look, then incandescent or "soft white" are your picks. Personally, I prefer the purer white light of the Reveal or daylight bulbs.

leds reproduce the incandescent look better than cfl. LED also instantly turn on where CFLs tend to have to warm up.

If you want that soft yellow look, then incandescent or "soft white" are your picks. Personally, I prefer the purer white light of the Reveal or daylight bulbs.

get soft white

http://www.amazon.com/TCP-LA1027KND6-LED-A19-Equivalent/dp/B00KDZGBM8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1446125986&sr=8-2&keywords=led+a19

OP here, it looks like Amazon is still selling incandescent bulbs? Are those what I want? If so, I will stock up now. Do I want warm white, soft white, which? Thanks for your responses!

Anonymous wrote:What you're looking for no longer exists--it's all been removed from the market in favor of LED and florescent bulbs.

Yep, I stocked up on big boxes of incandescent bulbs from Amazon a few years ago and am still working my way through the stash. Let me know what is warm and homey in the new style. I'll need it one day!

What you're looking for no longer exists--it's all been removed from the market in favor of LED and florescent bulbs.

What kind? LED?

We moved into our house two years ago and are finally trying to fix up things. But neither my husband nor I has ever done any kind of home improvement. The thing we are facing now is how to light the house -- specifically what kind of bulbs, what wattage, etc., would produce the most pleasant, warmest, most "homey" light. I'm a bit overwhelmed with the options out there on Amazon.

It's a 1940s brick side-hall colonial, if that influences what sort of light is best. Thank you for any suggestions!