Placement — Placement of a table lamp. Proper placement of a table lamp will ensure that the pool of light will illuminate your area where you sit best, while providing ambient lighting to the rest of the space. Than try taking a look at your night stands. Tall night stands that are 24 to 30 inches tall should have table lamps that are at least 27 to 32 inches tall. Shorter night stands that are 18 to 20 inches off the floor, will call for a taller lamp to equal the visual proportion of the headboard so that your table lamp will sit higher than 36 inches above the nightstand top.
Shade Size — If you are purchasing a table lamp for a night stand, you want to ensure that the shade does not cover more than a third of the nightstand. If you choose a table lamp that has a really large shade, you could end up hitting the shade every time you reach for something on the nightstand so it might not be in your best interest to have overly large shades near the bedsides. This will help give you enough space for other objects and so that the light will still illuminate your task.
When laying down the bottom of the table lamp shade should be at least 20 inches high from the surface to get the best use out of your light while reading in bed. Remember the goal is to have the light fall on your reading material not in your partners eyes or yours for that matter! There are two common ways to hang a chandelier fixture.
Then there are chandeliers that are called close to the ceiling surface. The height from the fixture to the ceiling should be at a minimum of 18 inches. Keep in mind both fixtures produce similar light sources, but a typical chandelier fixture creates more of a direct illumination to the surface at which it is installed over. The interior ceiling when installing a chandelier fixture If the ceiling is not a flat surface or at the standard height of 9 ft additional components might be needed to hang and install the fixture at an appropriate height.
When purchasing a chandelier fixture make sure there are adjustable rods or any other components available. Each ceiling surface should be considered upon purchasing a chandelier fixture.
Keep in mind that a vaulted ceiling vs. Hang the chandelier so that the bottom of the chandelier is roughly inches from the top of the table. This will ensure that you can still see your companions and it will give you enough space to fit a tall centerpiece under the chandelier.
Check out our collection of researched topics written by our lighting experts as well as our manufacturer designers. Browse Our Guide. Other than having the best prices online, see our top 7 reasons why we beat our competitors. See all 7 Reasons. Table Lamps How do I pick the right table lamp for me? Here are some things to think about when selecting a table lamp as a lighting solution for your home: Bulbs Use a frosted or pearl bulb if you can find one.
Shade Colors Light colored lamp shades in silk, parchment and paper will cast a relatively cool light as the bulb transmits the color of the shade. For an atmospheric glow, go for dark color lamp shades like chocolate colored and deep purple.
The Proper Height for a Table Lamp With table lamps made in so many sizes no wonder it can be quite confusing when selecting a table lamp. Table Lamps for the Living Room Height - Most living room sizes can have table lamps that are 26 to 34 inches tall.
Consider This:. Make sure you know the height of your ceiling in the space. Check Out Our Collection. Table lamps questions? Call us at A wide lamp will visually anchor your space. Bedside table lamps often need to be rather wide, but not very deep, because these tables are often only about 16 inches deep.
Light weight lamps are good for less active areas in the room. If you have children or pets a heavier lamp will be more stable and safer. When sitting next to a table lamp the bottom of the shade should be at eye level height. Like the lamp itself the lampshade has to be right as well. The most common mistake with the lampshade is buying one that is too large for the table the lamp is intended for.
Choose a shade that has a diameter no larger than 2 inches less than the base length. So if your base is 15 inches tall the shade should not be more than 13 inches in diameter or widest part of the shade.
Shades are usually white or ivory simply because these let the most light through and illuminate the room better. Black or other colored shades direct the light down giving your room some drama with pools of light in various areas throughout the room. Be sure your new lamp is a color that works well with your room. You can use a lamp to introduce a complementary color to your room.
When choosing lamp color a good formula to follow is typically use no more than 3 colors, your main color and 2 complimentary colors. Your lamps do not have to match. Another easy way is to mix styles is to choose a sculpture lamp with two or more ginger jar lamps, for example, which have a color in common light and dark. The blue in the flower fabric and in the pattern that I made is blue-green kind of aqua , and i love it so much that I was thinking to change the grey-blue of the lamp bases and that wall for that one.
We have tried the green twice in some walls in my house, and nobody liked it olive green, which is the same of the leaves, by the way. I love your idea of changing the fabric of the dining room chairs. That fabric will bring happiness to that room the fabric now is olive green. But I can do that In the kitchen! The kitchen is behind the mirror wall but it can be seen from the dining room open concept there.
Thank you again. And sorry for asking again, but would it be OK to make the two lamp shades in different patterns, with the same colors in both of them? Hi there Irma, My initial thought was to have the wall in blue-gray, but then I though it would match the lamp base, and the lamp would disappear. But you have a blue-gray wall and I think that is Great. As for the lamps, you can have them matched or unmatched, the choice is yours. If you want the unmatched, you have to work both of the fabrics around the room, so it is not isolated just on the shades.
How about a round runner for the center of the table, It could be interesting, though I have never seen one before. Also think about getting blue-gray candles for the table, and buy silk flowers in your colors and make an arrangement or two to put here and there. You could also paint baskets the colors you are using if you like. I am just thinking about a lot of things that might inspire you, not knowing what style your furniture even is.
Would you ever want to make a fabric covered screen for a corner of the living room or dining room in the fabric choices you like. Go to an art supply store and buy heavy duty stretcher strips 16 inches wide by 72 inches long. Buy enough to make 3 or 4 four panels.
Most screens have 4 panels. Upholster them in the fabrics you like, and then with small hinges attach them to each other. Put one fabric on the front, and another on the back. You could even, over the fabric put ribbon in a diamond pattern and use the screen as a kind of photo display, if you like. Irma could you leave the gray-blue wall, and paint one of the walls in the dining room the blue-green aqua color that you like so you have both of the colors in your space, and them work the blue-green around the living room a bit.
Interior decorating is all about finding ways of working the 3 or 4 colors that you are using to decorate with around a space.
I can picture it the way that you describe it, and I love it! Thank you so much, especially for your time and personal attention. I found your site today and am enjoying it immensely. I have 1 question that I have not seen addressed here. I bought a floor lamp at a garage sale, but I feel the shade is too small. How do you figure out the correct size of shades for floor lamps — or any lamp for that matter?
Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful knowledge and making it so easy to understand. Hi there Holly H , When I was in need of new shades for lamps for my own house, I took my floor lamps and table lamps, with old shades to a lighting store in my area.
The lady there showed me some options for color, shapes and sizes that would work. If you are looking to buy something at a discount store, first take the measurements for height of shade, width of base opening, and top opening of the shade you have.
Bring a measuring tape with you and go from shade to shade that you like and see if the openings and height matches. If you think the shade is too small, think about where it looks too small to you. Does the shade look to short, or not wide enough at the top or bottom. If so, look for a shade with a wider dimension in that place. Next, measure the exact height of the floor lamp you have from base to finial, if it has one.
Look at other floor lamps in different stores and measure their shade sizes, to see what size the manufacturers used. The shade you have could be a wrong size picked out by the previous owner. Also look at shade colors. Some metals look good with a crisp white, others might look better with a cream or ivory shade. I have a silver and glass ball based lamp, here in one of the bedrooms with a crisp white shade. I have Brass toned light fixtures in the living room, and some other rooms in my house that are more ivory colored.
Another thing, a dark or metallic lined shade will only direct light upward, or toward the floor, not out into the room. I hope I was of some help with your problem, Thanks for the comment. Your blog is so incredibly helpful! Thank you. I keep clicking from one article to the next ….
I am a beginner at all of this in my first house. Hi there Christi , Look at the Categories on the right side of the page. Under categories is Interior Decorating Principles. All of the home decorating posts are located there. I cannot find an email for you, would you be able to email me at …hearst. I look forward to seeing it on redbookmag. Is tiffany a good match with leather? Looking forward to your continued advise.
Picture hanging is quite a challenge for me too. Hi there Susan , the Tiffany lamp would look nice with a leather sofa, but it really is more of an accent lamp, versus a major source of illumination. I say get the Tiffany and use is in a star spot in the room, and back it up with a couple of more traditional cloth shaded table or floor lamps with off-white or cream shades, that will provide maximal illumination. Can I put a tall plant instead of a floor lamp? Hi there Erica , an interesting question.
If you are trying to line things up, plant and floor lamp, could the plant be put on a stand of some kind box, plant stand, pedestal, etc. A plant is not a floor lamp, maybe a 48 inch plant would be fine. If it looks OK to you, you are the only one to please. Fred, thank you so much for your response! Please let me know…. Thank you for your help!! Great description!
Thanks for your time. Hope this comment is possibly helpful. Iconic Form. I am struggling with finding a table with the needed ht. Would it be best to just do a floor lamp? To add to this I do not have an area on the other side of the sofa for anything matching. Could you make a skirt, or have someone make a fabric cover for the bar cart? Being covered in some kind of fabric, it would not look that dainty. Something to think about. Thoroughly confused! My new lamp with the shade is 28 inches high.
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