I love my little cone trees and decided to put them in my china cabinet (being used as a bookshelf). The first picture shows my attempt to light the cabinet with regular Christmas lights. If I had planned for this display I could have researched what would be best, but it was one of those spur of the moment decisions (and frankly running out of horizontal space to display things!).
Thi next picture shows the same cone trees with a set of small LED lights that are made for small village and train set display. I found two sets at Lowe's! They come with one battery pack, about 16" of wire to two small (black box) spot lights. I think it makes the display more interesting with shadows and more texture. 
I had also tried an overhead small light (the type with a nightlight 4W bulb that fits into a night light. but it gave the 8" height-paper houses a flat washed out look.
This shows the cabinet with the houses and the cone trees lit with these tiny LED spot lights. The light bulb is supposed to have 700 hrs. And I have lit these spot lights every night for a few hours each for a week now. They are still going strong.
Thi next picture shows the same cone trees with a set of small LED lights that are made for small village and train set display. I found two sets at Lowe's! They come with one battery pack, about 16" of wire to two small (black box) spot lights. I think it makes the display more interesting with shadows and more texture. I had also tried an overhead small light (the type with a nightlight 4W bulb that fits into a night light. but it gave the 8" height-paper houses a flat washed out look.This shows the cabinet with the houses and the cone trees lit with these tiny LED spot lights. The light bulb is supposed to have 700 hrs. And I have lit these spot lights every night for a few hours each for a week now. They are still going strong.
