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Floor Lamps
Beautify Your Home FloorMany times a rather boring and bland room can be
effortlessly spruced up by strategically placing a floor lamp that matches in
color and fabric the rest of the room furniture.
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Decorating with floor lamps is one of the best ways to brighten up your room because having the right type of
home lighting fixtures for your floor can add that extra charm a
room might need. Also it easily offers an accent lighting that will warm up the decor of the room.
Some people might think that floor lamps have gone out of style with the many newer types that
are available nowadays, however that is far from the truth.
There are so many types, sizes and materials that you can choose from, that they will always
easily complement your room decor.
Most Popular Styles
Just think about how a contemporary arc floor lamp will create a nice ambient in your
dining room or bedroom by placing it in the corner of the room.
Depending on the arches it has, it can practically illuminating your entire space from one
source only. The more arches the lighting fixture has, the better illumination it offers.
If your home has an antique, historical style of room decor (many
people like this museum like rooms with lots of antique pieces decorating the room), an antique floor
lamp with a bronze base is the perfect
choice and match for offering it an interesting vintage look.
You can find either original antique floor lamps or good quality imitations, and of course the
price will reflect your choice. However the styles and designs are so well made that even if you opt for the
faux version, your room will greatly benefit from having it around.
Another way to give your home a timeless, ageless looks is by using a couple of Tiffany floor
lamps or some traditional torchiere floor lamps around the room. The Tiffany
floor lamps are handcrafted from the very same technique that has first been used by Louis Comfort around the
1900s.
Many imitations have been made nowadays with pieces featuring details that truly compete with
the original design and people are constantly buying them for accentuating their various rooms in their
residence.
Unlike outdoor lamps for your patio, I find that little else gives
that nice soft touch to a room than one or two carefully placed floor lamps. You might be in a romantic mood,
or you might just want to have a bit of background lighting for comfortable TV watching.
Or you might simply be in the mood to read right where you are, without having to resort to a
specific reading lamp. And above all you want to avoid a strong glare no matter what you do. You can achieve all
this with a floor lamp in 1-2 room corners each.
An interesting way I've seen them used is to highlight a beautiful and expensive piece of art.
Place two black or white floor lamps on two ends of a wall and place the object of art between them.
While the light from both lamps will illuminate it just right, it will avoid the strong glare
that other lamps might give which then ruin the effect.
Floor Lamps Main Types
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Antique Floor Lamps - There is
something to be said about good, classic antique floor lamps - and with all the hoopla over the
latest designs, modern looks and hot trends, it can be easy to overlook the elegance and stature of
something like it.
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Arc Floor Lamps - Arc floor lamps are an
iconic feature that we have seen for decades in the most modern and stylish of spaces.. Read this
article to learn the secrets of using them in your home and learn why these floor lamps are so
popular with everyone.
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Brass Floor Lamps - The thing about
brass floor lamps is that they can go with just about anything. You don’t have to be limited in
your decor choices by choosing an extremely modern lamp.
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Floor Reading Lamps -
Five top sellers based on reviews of floor reading lamps are listed here, along with what you can
expect to pay for one and some of the features. Verilux. Fulcrum, Kenroy Home.
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Gooseneck Floor Lamps - With a
typical price range of anywhere from $25 to $200, these lamps can be found to suit a wide spectrum
of budgets and level of quality. Read this article to learn more about them.
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Halogen Floor Lamp - These days, more
people are opting for a halogen floor lamp than a regular lamp. Halogen lamps are incandescent,
meaning that they burn. However, the heat comes in contact with envelopes of inert gas and a
halogen such as bromine or iodine, which means none of the heat will escape.
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Torchiere Floor Lamps - Torchiere
floor lamps (pronounced "tour-she-AIR" or "tour-SHARE") are lamps built just like a torch. They have a rounded base that
supports a long thin column of metal or wood that has an inverted shade on the top reflecting the
light upwards instead of downwards.
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Tiffany Floor
Lamps - The Tiffany floor lamps have some very specific characteristics that
makes them unique from other lamps types and also makes them very easily recognizable. For example
their lampshades are made of stained glass, similar in design to those made originally by Louis
Comfort Tiffany in the end of 19th Century and early 20th Century.
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Vintage Floor Lamps - Do you want to
remodel your living room or bedroom with a vintage look? If so, then you can't neglect the
lighting. There is a wide variety of vintage floor lamps out on the market. Some are authentic and
some are modern lamps produced as vintage replicas. Nothing makes a room more interesting and
unique like a vintage lamp.
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Wrought Iron Floor Lamps -
Wrought iron floor lamps can easily add that extra elegance and antique style to any room they are
added to.
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