The Importance of Lamps and Lighting

The lighting of your home is of utmost importance for a variety of reasons. Inadequate or improper lighting can not only make your home look unattractive, but it can also give you headaches from squinting to see. Furthermore, lighting can set the mood within a room, giving it a warm, cozy feeling, a romantic feeling or in instances of poor lighting, give it an unwelcoming, eery feeling.

When choosing lighting, it's important to choose lamps that not only are beautiful and appealing to you, but to choose adequate lighting for the room in question, whether it be a living room, a bedroom, an office, a guest room or even a family room or basement. Lighting is everything in good design.

Examples of Different Types of Lighting

Table Lamps

A good table lamp should give adequate illumination to a room, whether it be a bedroom, a living room or a family room. Of course, the room shouldn't be entirely dependent upon table lamps for light, as they should be mixed with floor lamps and other types of lighting to create an atmosphere.

Table Lamp from Adesso's Boulevard Collection

This particular lamp is a simple drum-shade lamp with a chunky satin finished pole and flat, rounded base. The drum shade is white, making it ideal for any color or style of decor. If you're looking for a basic lamp, then this is a good choice. It will provide good lighting without being too overpowering. $90.00 from Lighting Direct.

Table Lamp from Adesso's Spheres Collection

This next lamp, which is an Asian-inspired lamp, is a perfect example of accent lighting. It would look great on the end of a fireplace mantel or next to an accent chair on a small table. It provides mood setting light, rather than lighting the entire room. $67.50 with free shipping, from Lighting Direct.

Floor Lamps

Floor lamps should provide more substantial lighting in comparison to a table lamp. Floor lamps are especially great because if there is limited space in say, a living room, they don't take up much space because they don't require a table to sit on. When choosing a floor lamp, decide whether you want up lighting, down lighting or some other type, as well as what style of lamp you're looking for, so that you find the perfect floor lamp for your room.

Floor Lamp by Adesso from the Boulevard Collection

I'm a big fan of drum shade lamps. They never go out of style and they provide adequate up and down lighting without being overpowering. This particular lamp matches the table lamp from the Boulevard collection mentioned up above, so it's perfect if you're looking to create a unified look. The large white fabric drum shade combined with the chunky base is a perfect way to incorporate a modern lamp into any space. $127.50 from Lighting Direct, with free shipping.

Desk Lamps: Double Gooseneck Desk Lamp by Adesso, from the Eternity Collection

As someone who works from home, I know the importance of having adequate lighting when I'm working at my desk. This double gooseneck lamp is ideal because it allows me to focus light on two different areas of my desk: over my keyboard and over any books or paperwork that I might be working on at the moment. $90.00 with free shipping from Lighting Direct.