Lighting is one of the best ways to create the perfect ambiance for any room in your home. Different lighting can signify a room as a productive office, a cheery place for family to gather, a cozy corner to read and relax, or a lively playroom for kids to enjoy. Every room should have a scope that professionals refer to as multi-level lighting. This means that the room will be carefully designed to have basic lighting (typically turned on and off by a general switch), task-based lighting (used for tasks like cooking and working), and decorative lighting to set various tones and moods. Multilevel lighting makes it especially important to integrate floor and table lamps in order to properly transform the space as you need to.
When selecting the right floor lamp, there are a few simple guidelines to help you create the perfect lighting in any room.
What’s the Purpose?
Determine how much light is needed. Illumination from a floor lamp should serve a specific function. Whether it is simply to create a feeling of warmth, or to provide gentle light for reading, determining the floor lamp’s use will help you select the right one.
Bulb Types
When selecting the right floor lamp, always consider the bulb. Will you use a traditional light bulb, halogen or LED lighting? Different bulb types can make all the difference in the type of mood set by each floor lamp you add to your home.
The bulb type is greatly determined by the function of the lamp, best types for reading are traditional, halogen, or LED. Mood bulbs are typically low wattage bulbs that cast a radiance into the space.
What’s Your Style?
Create décor balance. The lamp should blend in with the rest of the room’s overall décor or stand out as a focal point. The range of styles are endless, starting with traditional styles with wood or filigree metal bases topped with bell shades, then to modern designs with tubular base frames and large drum shaped shades, on to contemporary with tri-legged base, even industrial looking types. There are loads to choose from, a torchiere is in its own category of floor lamps and will be highlighted in another article, so stay tuned!
Will It Fit the Space?
Prior to making a purchase, know how much space you will need in the area you have chosen for the new floor lamp. When shopping, check that the size of the lamp, overall height, length and width or diameter with the lamp shade will fit in the space.
A floor lamp is the perfect lighting fixture to transform any space in your home with one click.
