| You've just moved in and you've got a great cozy | | | | can encompass a little touch of ancient Greece with |
| family room but space is going to be a bit tight. Not | | | | a torchiere lamp. |
| to worry a floor lamp will make it right! There are | | | | Of course your torchiere lamp can also be |
| plenty of floor lamp choices available from traditional | | | | contemporary, it can look like something sci fi from |
| to ultra trendy. The trick is getting the most from | | | | the 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. You | | | | come in a wide variety of shapes, styles, and colors |
| hate traditional and demand the unusual and trendy | | | | and choosing one of these tall elegant creatures is |
| from your floor lamp lighting. You truly are a | | | | simply a matter of choosing a color that will |
| contemporary floor lamp person so are you ready | | | | compliment your room. Keep the flame alive for |
| for some floor lamp ideas? | | | | years to come. |
| 1. Three light gooseneck with blue glass shades and | | | | Now 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, or | | | | few little tips and you'll be choosing your floor lamp |
| red. | | | | like a pro. |
| 3. Multi colored glass cube floor lamp with a cube | | | | 1. 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 Lamp | | | | for a contemporary look or bamboo and brass for a |
| 5. Glendale Lifestyle Paper Shade floor lamp | | | | rustic look. |
| 6. George Kovac's Bronze Mini Tower floor lamp | | | | 2. Use halogen lights on metal fixtures for a very |
| Just as your home décor should reflect your | | | | contemporary look. Add great contrast by adding a |
| personality so should your lighting and these 6 | | | | couple of silver antique table lamps. |
| choices will do just that. If you like to stand out from | | | | 3. 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's | | | | 4. If you don't want to look like you just walked out |
| hip to be square," really wasn't that long ago. Okay | | | | of cloning room on the Starship Enterprise instead of |
| maybe the song has gone by the wayside but the | | | | matching all your table and floor lamps choose lamps |
| style certainly hasn't. Square floor lamps are real hip | | | | that 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 a | | | | scream 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 round | | | | combination 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 will | | | | 7. 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 high | | | | your rooms décor. |
| tech gadget known to mankind yet you're a | | | | 8. For better light quality choose lamps that have |
| traditional gal at heart. Your rooms are filled with | | | | glass or fabric shades. |
| trendy furnishings and plenty of metal but something | | | | 9. For reading your floor lamp should be about 60 |
| really seams to be missing. Perhaps there's too much | | | | inches while your chair will be around 42 inches. This |
| Silicon Valley and not enough of that traditional gal | | | | will 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 it | | | | lights which often include a gooseneck or a nightlight |
| needs a touch of beauty to and what better way to | | | | to built on tables. They look especially great in a |
| accomplish that than with a trendy floor lamp like a | | | | country décor. |
| Tiffany lamp. When you're tired of all the high tech | | | | Floor lamps are a valuable addition to any room's |
| gadgets shut them off and enjoy the beauty of your | | | | décor. 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 in | | | | there's a lamp to reflect your true personality and to |
| your past life, you envision drinking delicious wine and | | | | set the mood of your room. |
| togas. Okay back to real time but wait, modern life | | | | |