We're talking lighting in kitchens and how early CFLs and LEDs might have sped up our journey to the very bright white kitchens. Per usual its a maze of topics including: lighting in Gilmore Girls, my previous shared kitchen, and the history of white kitchens from a 1919 Ladies Home Journal.

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0:00 Intro
0:32 Gilmore Girls cinematography
2:28 My former kitchen
4:26 Intro to Kelvins
6:04 Indoor lighting and Lahaina Noon
9:03 The Edison Screw
14:05 Decor trends
14:48 White kitchens of the past
17:09 Hotpoint ad
18:29 What is a kitchen for?
20:33 Outro

Sources: (in order of mention)
Horrible Cinematography Reddit Post:   / the_horrible_cinematography_of_season_6_and_7  

Imgur Albums: https://imgur.com/a/cgzCj

Kelvin and Color Temperature: https://www.ledlightexpert.com/What-i...

Kelvin Temperature Scale: https://www.delmarfans.com/educate/co...

A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein - 1977

Dexter.mp4 Lahaina Noon video: https://www.tiktok.com/@dexter.mp4/vi...

Ad for Armstrong Linoleum Kitchen
https://slumberland.org/vintage_kitch...

Ad for Seller’s Kitchen Cabinet
https://archive.org/details/sellersth...

Most Popular Light Bottom 1908: https://archive.org/details/icsrefere...

History of Light Bulbs - Info on Incandescent, CFL, and LED: https://www.energy.gov/articles/histo...

USB C: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/g...

2011, changes to make warmer LEDs: https://www.cnet.com/culture/cree-cla...

LED Lighting on wood:    • Color Temperature  

Kitchen Decor Article - September 1919 Ladies Home Journal: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...

Google Trends - Paint Cabinets White: https://trends.google.com/trends/expl...

Hotpoint Ad - October 1919 Ladies Home Journal: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...

1925 Electricity in half of US homes: https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyo...

Lewis Latimer Episode of Someone Lived Here: https://someonelivedhere.com/lewis-la...