If they are an option, you might want to look at track lighting. I personally prefer halogen lighting to flourescent or incandesent. I think it is a 'cleaner' light. I have a decorative one that I use for all of my hand sewing. I'm going to be very sad when it bites the dust. Right now I only have decorative incandenscent lamps in my sewing room. Not ready to remove the last bit of plaster/lathe in the ceiling - way too much dirt/dust. But if/when we do - I'm for halogen track lighting. Only downside for me is the heat they generate. But it's worth the light.