re: Rooms with high ceilings and no overhead light - who has the best solution?

You could also go retro and hang several swag lights from the ceiling and route the cords to outlets....they were common in the 60s and 70s. Think Austin Powers Shag Nest. My Mama and Daddy had one that looked like something out of the Adams Family when I was a kid...had a red glass globe, a flat black iron frame and about 30 feet of black chain with a wire wound in and out of the links with a male plug and switch at the end. It hung over their bed dead center of the mirrors. They were very kinky for their background....