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Fix your terrible overhead lights—no electrician required
['Stan Horaczek', 'Executive Editor', 'Gear', 'Popular Science Team', 'Nadia Bajuelo', 'Harry Guinness', 'Eric Alt', 'Debbie Wolfe', 'Justin Pot', 'Nicholas Ware']
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But the most common fix involves pretending the overhead doesn’t exist and relying on an army of lamps scattered around the room.
So here’s the fix for the rest of us: keep your overhead fixture, but change what’s in it.
Match the helper to the ceiling bulb, though.
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