Floor lamp with a table

 Floor lamp with a table

To add extra comfort to the room, adding a soft light to it, will help a high floor lamp - a floor lamp. This lighting fixture, leading its history from ancient tall bowls with burning oil on a tripod, today takes on very different (sometimes fanciful) forms and can become a bright decorative accent of a room. Today, many consumers choose floor lamps with a table.

Features and benefits

Any interior will look more interesting if not only general artificial lighting is used in the form of a central chandelier, but also additional point sources of light are used: hidden LED lighting, wall sconces, beautiful table lamps, floor lamps. They create extra comfort, zoning the space of the room and highlighting places for reading and recreation.

The floor lamp was the star of the interiors of the 60-70s of the last century. Models with cozy textile lampshades with a fringe "lived" in hundreds of Soviet apartments. Then they were replaced by samples of modernist design, which vividly expressed the energy and swiftness of the era of the conquest of space. Lamps acquired new dynamic forms. Then for several decades the floor lamp was forgotten in order to be reborn in a qualitatively new form.

Modern manufacturers of floor lamps offer a wide range of models of various designs: from traditional classic to futuristic options.

All of them perfectly complement and decorate the room, but the most functional are floor designs with a table or with a magazine rack.

Such a lamp is perfectly located next to the chair or sofa and will do the work of a small coffee table. A floor lamp with a table near the bed will replace the surface of the bedside table.

The advantages of this model:

  • Simple operation - no electrical and construction work is required for installation: to connect it you only need an available outlet.
  • Practicality and space saving - you do not have to equip a recreation area with additional furniture to put a glass or put magazines and books.
  • Mobility - a floor lamp is easy and simple to move or move to another place.

Models

The idea to combine a high floor lamp with a coffee table can really be called brilliant. Such a floor lamp perfectly combines elegance and functionality, creates comfort at arm's length. TV remote, favorite book, glasses, watches, a cup of hot tea - everything is near, under the soft light of the lampshade.

The size of the table can vary from a very small surface to quite large. And its very form is different: a rectangle, an oval, a circle. There are models with several shelves that form a high shelf, and even with a full stand, which can become an additional storage space - for example, magazines or photographs. Another use is the dresser-bar for drinks and dishes.

Modern mobile devices have become an integral part of our lives, so manufacturers have come up with a floor lamp with charging for the phone.This lamp is equipped with a USB-connector or built-in wireless charging - for example, as a snow-white designer model Varv from ikea. To use, you just need to put the device on the circle indicated by the plus on the table of this floor lamp.

Designer creativity is fully manifested in the development of floor lamps - the impressive size of this object gives a wide scope for creative thought. For a variety of models, the “floristic” style, rather traditional for lamps, is used, when one or several lamp shades are made in the form of a flower or a bunch of inflorescences. It looks very original floor lamp with the base, reminiscent of a curved tree.

Twisted, bent shapes are used very often and are highly decorative, attracting attention and becoming an accent in the room. For example, the direction Art Nouveau, which uses plant and natural motifs without straight lines and sharp corners, has been finding its fans for over a hundred years. Original floor lamps can also be selected for a room made hi-tech style which is generally characterized by an abundance of lighting devices: built-in lights in the ceiling, walls, even on the floor.

The model with a shade of geometric shape and a shiny chrome leg is perfect for such an interior.

Materials

The classic version of the floor lamp is a high luminaire consisting of a lampshade and a long foot with a base. And the traditional materials for its manufacture have always been metal for the legs and frame, silk or other fabric for the lamp shade. In models of oriental style, rice paper was often used instead of fabric. Such floor lamps are in demand today, and thanks to modern technologies, such dangerous because of high flammability materials like textiles and paper are impregnated with a special compound, and the consumer may not be afraid of fire.

Glass ceiling lamps can take various forms, from simple ones (ball, hemisphere, cylinder) to the most avant-garde ones.

A floor with lampshades and crystal pendants will fill the room with a fanciful game of chiaroscuro. A crystal floor lamp is a truly luxurious item that will not only decorate a classic interior, but also enrich the modern style by adding a neo-baroque note to it.

Most often at the base of the floor lamp with a table is used wood: Lacquered models are almost a thing of the past. Today, wood is processed with various waxes that emphasize the entire decorativeness of the texture and retains its original appearance for many years. Such a lamp will easily fit into the existing interior, you only need to choose the color of the tree under that of which your furniture is made.

Light and elegant models with a table made of glass.

Hardened glass is harmoniously combined with metal and wood, has high strength, scratch resistance, can be colorless or tinted.

How a real art object looks like a model Virtuos from Russian manufacturer Actualdesign. Bent wood forms a similarity to a leaf of lily of the valley with three lamp-buds, and a small glass tabletop does not distract attention, but adds functionality.

Forged floor lamps can look like very thin designs or be quite solid. Wrought iron is often used for styles such as country, Provence, art nouveau, art deco.

How to choose?

When choosing a floor lamp you need to decide what kind of light source you need. The most traditional is the option with a diffused glow.In these models, the lampshade is closed at the top and bottom, and soft light spreads through textiles or frosted glass and creates a cozy, warm atmosphere. This kind of dim light is perfect in the room of the newborn, in the bedroom or recreation area in the living room.

A floor lamp with a directional light is very convenient to equip a place for reading or needlework. The lampshade of such a floor lamp can be made of metal, wood, plastic. Often in such models, a movable design is used, which allows to change the path of the lighting: to bring the lamp closer or to move it back.

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Such a lamp will have the way even in the office.

Reflected light can be obtained when its source is directed upwards or onto a wall. There are commercially available and in demand combined models, when one lamp gives a directional light, and the other - a reflected one.

Choose a floor lamp based on the style of your room. But a bold visual decision can also be a game in contrast, when a floor lamp with an original design or a bright shade deliberately gets out of the big picture.

Manufacturers Overview

The lighting market offers a large selection of floor lamps - for every taste and budget.Inexpensive models with tables are produced by domestic factories and numerous manufacturers from China and Poland. For example, the Polish brand TK Lighting there is a low-key but very functional floor lamp Tori. The combination of chromed metal, wood and cream fabric under flax looks fresh and fits to different styles of interior.

Russian brand MaxiSvet - one of the industry leaders. The range of the brand has floor lamps from a variety of materials. The “Forging” line represents several elegant models with glass tables framed in forged metal of different colors, and the “Rattan” collection is created for eco-style fans. All parts of the floor lamp (including table and lampshade) are woven over with flexible stalks of rattan. Floor lamps from MaxiSvet are affordable and interesting in design.

The budget model can be found in the Italian masters: for example, a floor lamp with shelves from a young company Lgo. Laconic, with clear straight lines - this lamp is made of wood and glass.

Many inexpensive, but interesting and high-quality models from the Italian brand Lussole, it is widely represented in stores and online stores and is well known to Russian buyers.Floor lamp line Comfort of metal fittings of gold color and with a glass table has two lampshades: large gives the reflected light, and a small halogen lamp is directed downwards.

The memorable lamps in the modern and high-tech styles are made by a Spanish company Mantra. Floor lamp from the collection Nordicainspired by Scandinavian design, combines fashion trends: minimalism and environmental friendliness. A light wooden table, a lampshade made of a milky-colored fabric, a white leg - the model looks simple, but very modern, and it also has a USB connector.

Those who appreciate refined style, designer handwriting, luxurious materials and are willing to pay a lot of money for all of this, should turn to famous brands, one of which is Baga - Factory from Italy under the creative direction of the famous master Patricia Garganti.

It is inspired by the motifs of classical art of Florence and the experience of Italian artisans. In the floor lamps of this brand are used pleated and embroidered silk, gilding with foil, aged copper.

Reviews

Considering the purchase of lighting, you should read the reviews about the selected model and the brand as a whole.Negative reviews often get Chinese lamps, so look for a model from large factories where quality is given due attention.

No complaints from the brand Lussole (Italy). Floor lamp Comfort received five stars from consumers - for the beauty and functionality. A model with a height of 180 cm illuminates an area of ​​about 30 square meters. m. Large cover shines up, and a small lower lamp can be rotated and used for reading, needlework, paperwork. On the frame of the floor lamp are knobs-brightness controls - it can be muted, for example, if someone is sleeping nearby.

The floor lamp of this company and other Italian brands is praised for the high quality of materials and durability. Good feedback from the company MaxiSvet, users confidently recommend its products.

Spectacular examples in the interior

This is what designers suggest:

  • The floor lamp with a table and the base of a lamp made of dark wood fits perfectly into the trendy eco style in which the whole room is sustained.
  • An exquisite floor lamp with a lacquered nightstand and overlaid gold decorations complements the luxurious neo-baroque interior.
  • Elegant lines in the forged elements of the floor lamp are repeated at the head of the bed.
  • Milky-white floor lamp stand is an interesting element of a cozy bedroom or living room in Provence style.
  • Unusual, emphatically “handmade” floor lamp from Solidhorse Factory can be easily disassembled and even transformed into a stool.

In the next video you will see a review of the owner of the floor lamp with a table.

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