Now That Traditional Bulbs Are Being Phased Out, What's Next?

Ask interior designers what one of the most important components of a room’s design is, and they’ll likely answer, “Lighting.” Not only does lighting work as “the jewelry of the room,” as one designer told me, but the warm glow of an incandescent bulb creates a soft and welcoming pool of light. One designer even swore by using pink bulbs in the bedroom to make her clients look more radiant. I promptly bought several. So when the “war on incandescent bulbs” started several years ago, many designers started stockpiling the precious—and now finite—objects.