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Floor lamps: The secret element to a compelling interior

Posted On Tuesday, 12 July 2022 21:15
Floor lamps: The secret element to a compelling interior

There is much more to lamps and lights than just illuminating a room.

Good lighting is essential when you want to create an ambience and an addition to the overall aesthetic of your house! 

While good lighting in a house serves numerous functional and aesthetically pleasing purposes, placing lamps and floor lamps are often overlooked when you are planning to design or redesign the interior of a home. 

Let's shed some light on the functional and aesthetic benefits of adding floor lamps to your home. 

Five reasons why floor lamps add to a compelling interior:

1. They provide various lighting styles:

A rule of designing a room is to include three different types of lighting; floor lamps are a great way to help you achieve this!  

It can provide task light, ambient light and accent light - drawing attention to key features of a room and providing light for functional areas and ambient light to light up the whole room.  

2. They are portable:

If you have limited space to move furniture around regularly or a budget that doesn't allow you to keep repainting the walls; you can move your floor lamps around the room to change the look of the space. It is convenient and effective when you like to change your interior with limited time and a small budget.

3. They are versatile:

You can choose a lamp that allows you to switch the shade. This is helpful when you want to change the look of a space seasonally or as your taste in style changes. You can positively benefit from this if you have a smaller budget.  

4. They add elegance to smaller spaces:

A timeless trick of interior design to make a small room look more spacious is to include vertical elements. These elements can be narrow bookshelves, vertically striped curtains, and tall floor lamps to add height and elegance to a small room while using minimal space.

5. They are statement makers:

Floor lamps can presented as the primary feature of a room. 

You can use them to either compliment or purposely disrupt your interior theme to stand out as a statement piece in a room. 

With all the aesthetic and functional benefits that floor lamps bring, how do you choose the perfect floor lamp for your home? 

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How to choose a floor lamp: ask yourself these three questions:

-Where do I want my floor lamp to distribute the right light?

Remember that floor lamps provide three types of light, ambient, task, and accent lighting.

-Do I want to conserve space in the room?

The lamp base will most likely take up the most space. 

Some points to consider are that uplight and ambient lights will have the smallest base and narrower shades, whereas arc lights have a bigger base to balance out the floor lamps' extendable arm.

-Do I want the room to look bigger?

If yes, we recommend getting an Uplight, as the lamp shade widens upward or boasts a shade which is wider at the top of the lamp. This is a reversed design that allows the light to add elegance to an area and provides an accent to the room.

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