When choosing things for a home, a person always wonders how well they will fit into the general surroundings. Decorating a house does not have to be entrusted to any of the specialists - people with a creative touch could always furnish their home themselves. This applies not only to aesthetic items, but also to home lighting.
Acquaintance with the floor lamp
The name of this subject of household lighting came from the French language, where it means “torch”. What is a floor lamp? The lamp is on a long leg, which fits directly on the floor of the room. What is the invention of home furnishings can become the subject of decor, you can immediately understand by looking at it: the lamp is located high above the floor, most often in average human height. Such height and placement can successfully play in the process of decor.
Pros of the floor lamp:
- does not require drilling walls, ceilings, floors for cable laying;
- can be put and transferred from place to place without problems;
- it is installed on the floor - there is no need to pick up a table or bedside table for it;
- decorative, diluting routine look.
Cons of use:
- you must select a free, uncluttered place in the room for installation;
- the place should be close to the power outlet.
Variety of species
What are the differences between floor lamps? What can be thought up for a high floor lamp that distinguishes it from another of the same? These lamps boast large differences in their appearance:
- the number of lamps - from one or more;
- the shape of the lampshade - cone, sphere, hemisphere, without lampshade, cylinder, barrel, lampshade - for a floor lamp this is already a big modification;
- shade and base colors;
- inclusion methods - floor lever, rope or on a wire;
- the shape of the lamp is a floor lamp with a table, curved, straight, in the form of a high candelabra for candles, etc.
Do not forget when choosing a floor lamp that such a miracle of decor requires an appropriate style around. For example, the placement of a baroque floor lamp, with openwork pompous plating of the ceiling in a minimalist room does not correspond to any level of decorative taste.
Successful placement
Free space in the house and a great desire to purchase a beautiful decorative lamp are not all the reasons for acquiring a floor lamp. What is a floor lamp, we have already discussed in some detail above. What should I look for when buying it?
- A floor lamp needs space, not only to place it on the floor, but also to avoid cluttering it with other household items that should not be around the floor lamp, otherwise the lamp will be lost in the interior behind the same chair, vase or table.
- According to the rules of decoration, experts do not advise using a floor lamp in kitchen rooms, narrow corridors, that is, wherever they may interfere or appear to be more useless in the lighting function than vice versa. The best room for the location of the floor lamp will be the entrance hall, living room and dressing room.
- The presence of a large amount of lighting equipment in the room, which will overload its interior when adding a floor lamp, is also a sign of the futility of its use.