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Floor lamp guide
Design meets functionIn the world of floor lamps, design and functionality merge into a harmonious whole. The floor lamp doesn't need more than a socket and a chosen spot to completely change the room and become your new favourite lamp. Because the stylish lighting solutions are far more than just light sources - they set creative, modern accents and give every room a unique atmosphere.
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Floor lamps for every room
Floor lamps always fulfil a specific task. Depending on the model, you can speak of a more functional or decorative floor lamp.
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... for living room, hallway or bedroom. And all without any additional power connections or installation work. Floor lamps with fabric shades and a light source from around 400 lumens are suitable for this, as are powerful ceiling washlights or modern LED versions with a permanently installed light source.
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Both classic models with a shade and all design variants with high-quality LED lighting technology add a visual, individual highlight to living spaces. Floor lamps are available in all styles, colours and shapes. Ceiling washlights and arc lights, on the other hand, are more functional.
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The best light for your book pages and all creative activities: Arc luminaires, ceiling washlights with reading light and all floor lamp shapes with directional light are used to create optimum visual comfort by directing the brightness directly to the activity in question.
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In open-plan offices and home offices, free-standing office luminaires are used, which differ from living room luminaires. While your own perception of light is decisive in the home office, office lighting is bound by standards. Products with HCL enable long, efficient working.
Floor lamps in all shapes
Floor lamps are roughly divided into 3 shapes, which you can choose between depending on the location and desired function: The typical, the curved and the floodlight.
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The typical floor lamp consists of a sturdy frame and a fabric shade. The light shines through it softly and glare-free. A decorative and functional model that is constantly reinventing itself with trendy variations such as the tripod.
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The arc lamp consists of a more or less curved stand and a lampshade that hangs down from above. It is used as area lighting for sofas or reading chairs and stylishly adapts to the relaxation zone.
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There is a light source at the head of the ceiling washlight that shines towards the ceiling. The light is reflected there so that it supports the room lighting indirectly and glare-free. Ceiling washlights with reading light on an adjustable arm are a convenient additional feature.
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Creative special shapes in all facets turn floor lamps into particularly unusual models that bring a fascinating eye-catcher into living rooms. Permanently installed LED technology makes the most delicate designs possible and provides warm, cosy light.
Floor lamps with additional features
Floor lamps can be particularly convenient and practical thanks to additional features or, in the case of smart home lighting, take it to a new creative and personal level.
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With dimmable floor lamps, you can make the light a little cosier or brighter depending on the situation.
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Height-adjustable floor lamps adapt perfectly to armchairs, sofas or the chosen corner of the room.
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A floor lamp that doubles as a side table is a must-have for people who love additional features.
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Floor lamps for every furnishing style
It's personal: choose your individual floor lamp according to your taste and furnishing style. It emphasises and enriches the look of the room and blends in seamlessly or as a highlight.
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Floor lamps made from all materials
The choice of material in combination with a warm light colour can be used to create cosy lighting moods to suit a wide variety of styles. There is a wide variety of floor lamps - everything from wood to marble and bamboo is available:
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Pure naturalness moves into living rooms with floor lamps with wooden elements - a must-have for Scandi, country house & co.
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Glass is an evergreen in lighting design: from transparent to tinted or colourful - in every conceivable form.
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Marble adds a sophisticated touch to the interior, harmonising with glass and metal.
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Matt or shiny, brass is a guarantee for elegant luminaire designs - often with exciting material combinations.
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Floor lamps with fabric shades create a cosy atmosphere in the living room thanks to their soft light distribution.
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Floor lamps made from this rapidly renewable material score points not only visually, but also in terms of sustainability.
Classic floor lamps
Some floor lamps became world-famous many decades ago and are now available as authentic original reproductions. Other floor lamps are modern classics and impress with their refined, exquisite design.
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The classic lamp by Michele De Lucci and Giancarlo Fassina as an XXL floor lamp.
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The 1947 design was created by Swedish design pioneer Greta Magnusson Grossman.
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In 1986, Paolo Rizzatto designed this conveniently dimmable luminaire series with its characteristic dimmer rod.
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In 1962, Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni invented the first arc lamp.
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A cosy Scandi classic from 1971 by Verner Panton.
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The creative mind behind the Birdy luminaire series was industrial designer Birger Dahl.
The right light source for free-standing luminaires
The right light source creates atmosphere, brightness and pleasant light overall. The properties of the light source should also be considered for luminaires with permanently installed LEDs.
Checklist for feel-good lighting:
- Cosy and warm: A light source for the living room has a colour temperature <3,300 Kelvin.
- Sufficiently bright: Light sources from 400 lumens are suitable for providing additional light in the room.
- True-colour light: To optimally recognise colours in a room, a CRI of Ra 80 or more is required.
- Save energy costs: LED lamps have the highest energy efficiency classes on the market.
- Smart home compatible: For a play with colour temperature and colourful light colours, it becomes smart.
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For visible light sources, e.g. in retro style, LED filament lamps with the look and feel of the old incandescent lamp are the first choice.
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Even when the light source shines through, for example with smoked glass, LED filament light sources are beautiful to look at.
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Plain and conventional LED light sources with clear or matt bulbs are suitable here. Depending on the shade opening, a glare-free reflector head lamp is also recommended.
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Modern LED technology makes unusual designs possible: permanently installed, it can be accommodated in the smallest of spaces and in unusual shapes.
Floor lamps for outdoors
An additional light source in the outdoor area can completely change the feeling in the garden, on the patio and balcony. Outdoor floor lamps are a unique way to not only better illuminate outdoor areas, but also to add cosiness, aesthetics and ambience. If the outdoor floor lamp is solar or battery-powered, it is even easier to integrate your personal favourite light.
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Kai Krzyzelewski Lighting expert at Lights.co.uk_
Expert tip
If you want to relax on the sofa or armchair in the evening, the 'big light' on the ceiling is often too bright. In moments like these, floor lamps are used that are precisely tailored to the relaxation area. From the shape and functions to the design and light source, you select the floor lamp as if following a step-by-step guide. Example: I choose an arched luminaire that I can align exactly next to the sofa to save space. A black metal shade with a gold-coloured inner shade suits my interior style best. This gold-coloured inner shade enhances the homely effect of the light, for which I use a warm white, energy-saving LED light source. When I switch on this light, everything is set to feel good!
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