Abstract: A drawer illuminating device utilizing a housing having a pair of compartments therein. One compartment houses a lamp which provides illumination passing through a transparent sheet-like lens covering a portion of the lamp compartment. The other compartment includes a battery and a normally closed switch. A switch operating lever passes through the housing and maintains the lamp in an un-energized state when the drawer, to which the housing is secured, is in a closed position. A bar is pivotably secured to the housing and is biased in a preferred direction, preventing the drawer from being opened by small children and accidentally causing the lamp to energize when the operating lever ceases to contact portions of the frame surrounding the drawer.