Home Depot sells solar table lamps, I just bought 2 last week for this exact purpose. They aren't bad, but the design of the lamps restrict how the light is able to spread. The solar panel is at the top of the lampshape, the portion that is usually an open hole. The LED lights are inside, below the solar panel. I put them on my deck each morning and bring them in when I get home. I use the one on a table near the foyer and the stairs. It's plenty bright enough that if someone came downstairs during the night that they could see, but not bright enough that it would hurt their eyes. I haven't figured out where the second one is going, but we're moving to a new house in 2 weeks...so I didn't really plan on putting too much energy into finding a place for that one yet.
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