Getting The Most From Your Floor Lamps

You've just moved in and you've got a great cozycan encompass a little touch of ancient Greece with
family room but space is going to be a bit tight. Nota torchiere lamp.
to worry a floor lamp will make it right! There areOf course your torchiere lamp can also be
plenty of floor lamp choices available from traditionalcontemporary, it can look like something sci fi from
to ultra trendy. The trick is getting the most fromthe future, or it be traditional as in a Tiffany style.
your floor lamps.They can be an elegant addition to any room. There
In another era you'd be considered a maveric. Youcome in a wide variety of shapes, styles, and colors
hate traditional and demand the unusual and trendyand choosing one of these tall elegant creatures is
from your floor lamp lighting. You truly are asimply a matter of choosing a color that will
contemporary floor lamp person so are you readycompliment your room. Keep the flame alive for
for some floor lamp ideas?years to come.
1. Three light gooseneck with blue glass shades andNow all that's left to overcome is your fear that
blue uplights.you've got a bad case of bad taste. There's just a
2. Three light gooseneck in a funky green, yellow, orfew little tips and you'll be choosing your floor lamp
red.like a pro.
3. Multi colored glass cube floor lamp with a cube1. When it comes to mixing your end tables with your
shaped shades.floor lamps try matching glass and bronze or brass
4. Kabuki Japanese Floor Lampfor a contemporary look or bamboo and brass for a
5. Glendale Lifestyle Paper Shade floor lamprustic look.
6. George Kovac's Bronze Mini Tower floor lamp2. Use halogen lights on metal fixtures for a very
Just as your home décor should reflect yourcontemporary look. Add great contrast by adding a
personality so should your lighting and these 6couple of silver antique table lamps.
choices will do just that. If you like to stand out from3. For useful lighting choose a down light and place it
the crowd these will have you a step above the rest.at the end of the coach. Choose one with at least 3
Are you ready for a walk on the wild side?lamps and 5 is perfect.
The 1980s with Huey Lewis and the News and "It's4. If you don't want to look like you just walked out
hip to be square," really wasn't that long ago. Okayof cloning room on the Starship Enterprise instead of
maybe the song has gone by the wayside but thematching all your table and floor lamps choose lamps
style certainly hasn't. Square floor lamps are real hipthat are different but complimentary to each other.
and a great room addition!5. For those dark corners that make you want to
Combining round with square looks great. Add ascream add a tourchiere.
Mission style floor lamp beside your cozy round chair,6. Your room lighting should be layered. It should be a
or how about a square base with funky roundcombination of floor lamps, table lamps, wall sconces,
shades that use halogen lamps near a window?recessed lighting, and any other type of lighting
Combine square and round in the room or in the lamp.depending on the room.
Let your creativity flow because the end result will7. Your floor lamps aren't just for reading anymore.
be a very hip room!They brighten dark spaces and play an integral role in
Your house is rather like the Jetson's with every highyour rooms décor.
tech gadget known to mankind yet you're a8. For better light quality choose lamps that have
traditional gal at heart. Your rooms are filled withglass or fabric shades.
trendy furnishings and plenty of metal but something9. For reading your floor lamp should be about 60
really seams to be missing. Perhaps there's too muchinches while your chair will be around 42 inches. This
Silicon Valley and not enough of that traditional galwill allow the light to nicely envelop you.
showing through?10. Floor lamp combos offer quite a mix from multiple
High Tech Silicon Valley might be very trendy but itlights which often include a gooseneck or a nightlight
needs a touch of beauty to and what better way toto built on tables. They look especially great in a
accomplish that than with a trendy floor lamp like acountry décor.
Tiffany lamp. When you're tired of all the high techFloor lamps are a valuable addition to any room's
gadgets shut them off and enjoy the beauty of yourdécor. Be sure you make the most out it.
lamp!Whether your are a maverick or a romantic at heart
You dream about the Greek goddess you were inthere's a lamp to reflect your true personality and to
your past life, you envision drinking delicious wine andset the mood of your room.
togas. Okay back to real time but wait, modern life