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From contemporary styles to statement floor lamps, these are our favourite lights for all homes and budgets
Packed with personality and a towering presence, a statement floor lamp will immediately elevate any room. But where a smaller table lamp can be easy to place – sideboard, chest of drawers, console table – a standalone floor lamp demands its own space.
The trick is to find the perfect position for your lamp that won’t interrupt the flow of traffic, but which doesn’t see it cramped into a corner, either. Ideally, you want the whole floor lamp on show, from shade to base.
The use of multiple light sources, as opposed to bright, overhead lighting, is a well-known interior design trick. Not only does it create a warm, ambient glow, but you can layer up your lighting and successfully zone your living space with pools of light, too.
And where a traditional standard lamp offers a single, fixed light source, there are numerous contemporary floor lamps on offer that will give you directional – and sometimes adjustable – accent lighting.
Large, overreach floor lamps, designs with multiple light fittings (otherwise known as tree lamps), or task styles, which are essentially oversized desk lamps that can be positioned to suit your illumination needs, are ideal if you want control over where your light emanates.
We tried out these floor lamps in various rooms and settings around the house, and with different bulbs to see how they transformed the space, looking for the perfect level of illumination and a cosy glow. We also looked at each lamp for quality of materials, design, and craftsmanship.
Floor lamps are popular at the moment and can be found in well-known interior magazines. From overreach lamps and tree lamps to task styles, and from Art-Deco to vintage-looking Seventies style designs, there’s a plethora of styles to take your pick from, and in the end, what matters most will be personal preference.
Chances are that in the living room, you’ll want something a little brighter so that you can read a book, or have plenty of light while working from home – especially in the winter months. LED lamps will give the most light, and a floor lamp with LED lamp will therefore be your best pick.
A bedroom doesn’t require as much lighting as a living room, and if it’s warm, ambient lighting you’re after, a shaded floor lamp is perfect.
For the dining room, what’s most important is that the light isn’t too bright as it will make the food look a little pale, which doesn’t appear particularly tasty. A warm white to golden light is therefore perfect. In terms of design, again, this will depend on personal preference, as well as how much space you’ll have to spare.
With so many different designs to choose from, picking our top floor lamps wasn’t an easy task. But we loved Sazy’s Leia light for its cool, retro look, its choice of contemporary colours, and its homely glow. We were also impressed with the Amos Angarrack bamboo linen floor lamp, which brought instant calm to our sleep space.
That said, it worked wonders in our living room, too, thanks to its natural materials and its ambient glow. The Endon Amalfi antique brass task floor lamp proved a stylish space-saver, and a brilliantly affordable one at that.
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