LED over-cabinet lighting in kitchen

Another place where LED lighting is starting to gain ground is in cabinet lighting. I saw some at Home Depot that was about 50% higher in price, or around $30 for a strip of 2 feet or so.

Instead of going under-cabinet, I found that using a string of white LED christmas lights (for $6.99 at King Soopers) provides an elegant touch for night way-finding lighting in the kitchen. Oftentimes you want to have the kitchen accessible (during TV watching or when someone is awake downstairs and I want some ambient light in the main area.

This string of lights draws less than 1 watt of electricity, so I don't worry about leaving it on all night. For now, it's just plugged into one of the outlets. I might want to fancy that up a bit and wire it directly to get that white extension cord out of view. But for now, it's a nice solution.