#floor lighting

Inspiration for a large contemporary brown floor and concrete floor wine cellar remodel with storage racks

(above Harley Floor Lamp by Made.com)

You can position your floor lamp almost anywhere in a room, but remember never to put your floor lamp in the middle of the flow of traffic, where people usually pass when going from one room to another. Here are a few steps to guide you on how to best position your floor lamp in your living room along with other light fixtures:

Step 1: Radiate light inward by placing lamps on tables and shelves at the corners of your living room.

Step 2: Cast soft shadows with wall lamps. Mount them on both sides of the fireplace.

Step 3: Position your floor lamp to the side of your reading chair. The bottom of the lamp shade should be at eye level to avoid straining the eyes.

Step 4: Place a floor lamp behind or next to the television. This will reduce glare and soften the contrast.

For task lighting, the positioning of your floor lamp is pretty straightforward, but if you’re adding this as accent lighting, there are no limits as to where you can place your lamp. You can use your floor lamp to define a cozy conversation space with a small coffee table and a few chairs. You can even pair it with a large house plant and create a dramatic effect as the lamp casts shadows over to the plant’s leaves. A floor torchiere may be placed directly below an ornate ceiling or beside a window treatment.

Floor lamps are just very easy to add into your home and very versatile as they can be placed almost anywhere there is space, and can be moved around if you feel you need to redecorate spaces at home. So if you want a quick and easy way to add warmth and charm to your living room, or any area at home, get a floor lamp and be amazed at the transformation you can do with very little effort!

If you grew up at a time when floor lamps were popular, you probably have a few memories of them. You almost certainly knocked one over at some point by running through the house or — even worse — playing ball in the house. Or, if you were lucky enough to have a floor lamp with a three-way bulb, you could spend hours entertaining yourself with the bright/brighter/brightest settings.

You may not have thought much about floor lamps lately. Or maybe that 100-year grounding your parents gave you after breaking the lamp as a kid technically remains in place, so you have a mental block about floor lamps. But modern floor lamps offer different and contemporary designs versus their counterparts from a few decades ago. Newer lamps may use LED lighting, which provides a pleasing type of lighting that's also cost-effective and efficient.