Floor Lamps by Colour and Style

Overhead lighting is rarely enough and most rooms prove it the moment evening comes. A floor lamp is not just a fix for a dark corner. It is a piece the room actually turns on, something with presence whether the bulb is lit or not. The trouble is that floor lamps vary wildly and buying one without thinking about both style and finish is how you end up with something that works electrically and nothing else. We've organised this collection by colour and style because those are the two things that narrow the decision fastest. Knowing you want something warm and natural looking takes you somewhere completely different from wanting something graphic and architectural. Brass, black, white, terracotta tones, sculptural silhouettes, understated task styles. We've been through a lot of these and the ones here are the ones that earn their spot in a room rather than just occupying floor space. Lighting shapes how a room feels after dark. It is worth choosing carefully.

Top Picks

Brown Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma Taupe Oval Poly Silk Tapered Lamp Shade For Floor Lamps In Brown Jump to section ↓

$43.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

Chrome Floor Lamps That Do More Than Light a Room BEDECK HOME Helena Springfield Ness Cushion x , Lavender and Yellow Jump to section ↓

$45.00 BEDECK HOME

Corner Floor Lamps You'll Notice the Difference INSTOCK UK Black Finish Floor Lamp Jump to section ↓

$234.99 INSTOCK UK

Crystal Floor Lamps Worth Switching On ARACO INTERIORS Araco Lumiere Maris Floor Lamp Crystal E Type Jump to section ↓

$6,499.00 ARACO INTERIORS

Elegant Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma Taupe Oval Poly Silk Tapered Lamp Shade For Floor Lamps In Brown Jump to section ↓

$43.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

Valuelights Barbro Black Wood Tripod Floor Light Lamp With Drum Shade In Beige

Floor Lamps With an E27 fitting That Just Get the Light Right DOROTHY PERKINS UK Valuelights Barbro Black Wood Tripod Floor Light Lamp With Drum Shade In Beige Jump to section ↓

$64.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

Glass Floor Lamps That Do More Than Light a Room ARACO INTERIORS Laskasas CLARKE Floor Lamp Nero Marquina Polished Marble Jump to section ↓

$1,291.00 ARACO INTERIORS

Brown Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place

Overhead lighting does a room no favours in the evening and most people already know this. A floor lamp solves the problem properly, pulling light down to where you actually are, making a corner feel inhabited rather than just lit. Brown is the tone we keep coming back to when we think about floor lamps that need to work within a room rather than compete with it. Not safe, not boring. Just grounded. A warm brown base in wood, rattan, or a bronzed finish connects to the natural materials most of us are already living with, and it does it without the cold remove of black or the high maintenance of white. What we looked for here was proportion, quality of light, and whether the lamp would still feel right in five years. A floor lamp is not a background purchase. You see it every day and so does everyone who walks into the room. These are the ones that justify the space they take up.

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma Taupe Oval Poly Silk Tapered Lamp Shade For Floor Lamps In Brown $43.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

INSTOCK UK HOMCOM Shelf Floor Lamp with Dual Light, for Living Room, Bedroom, Brown $56.94 INSTOCK UK

LIGHTS 4 LIVING Mantra M Nur Brown Oxide LED Floor Lamp $125.80 LIGHTS 4 LIVING

INSTOCK UK -Tier Floor Lamp, Floor Light with Storage Shelf, Brown $39.94 INSTOCK UK

INSTOCK UK HOMCOM LED Floor Lamp with Glass Shelves, Dimmable Room Lamp - Dark brown $59.94 INSTOCK UK

INSTOCK UK Deco Floor Lamp $259.95 INSTOCK UK

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Homcom Rgb Led Floor Lamp With Shelves And Remote Control For Bedroom In Dark Brown $45.05 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

FURNITURE STORE MCL Three-Tier Corner Floor Lamp $47.99 FURNITURE STORE

View more Brown Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place

Chrome Floor Lamps That Do More Than Light a Room

A floor lamp earns its place in a room by doing two things well: throwing light where you actually need it and looking good while it does. Chrome manages both with a particular kind of confidence. It catches light rather than absorbing it, which means it adds something to a room even when it is switched off. We have been looking at floor lamps that use chrome properly, not as a shorthand for cheap and shiny, but as a finish with real presence. The ones that arc over a reading chair and put light exactly on the page. The ones tall enough to illuminate a corner without being asked to work harder than they should. What we kept returning to was how much a well chosen floor lamp changes the feeling of an evening at home. It shifts a room from overhead glare to something far more considered. These are the chrome floor lamps we would actually buy.

BEDECK HOME Helena Springfield Ness Cushion x , Lavender and Yellow $45.00 BEDECK HOME

LA REDOUTE UK Tioga - Seater Extending Dining Table in Oak Veneer $719.99 LA REDOUTE UK

OAK&MORE Extending Olympia Oak and Soft White Painted Dining Table with Brown Painted Chairs $1,219.00 OAK&MORE

OAK&MORE Extending Buxton Oak and Light Grey Painted Dining Table with Charcoal Grey Painted Chairs $1,799.00 OAK&MORE

OAK&MORE Extending Buxton Oak and Dark Blue Painted Dining Table with Brown Painted Chairs $849.00 OAK&MORE

OAK&MORE Extending Olympia Oak and Soft White Painted Dining Table with Brown Painted Chairs $1,639.00 OAK&MORE

LA REDOUTE UK Moricio Brass and Opaline Glass Wall Light $89.99 LA REDOUTE UK

ARACO INTERIORS Laskasas MARCEL Table & Desk Lamp Grey Eucalyptus Veneer Matte $1,050.00 ARACO INTERIORS

View more Chrome Floor Lamps That Do More Than Light a Room

Corner Floor Lamps You'll Notice the Difference

Most rooms have one corner that does nothing. It sits there, slightly dark, slightly empty, quietly making the whole space feel less finished than it could be. A floor lamp placed well in that corner does not just add light. It changes the shape of the room, makes the ceiling feel higher, gives the eye somewhere to land. We've looked at a lot of lamps and the difference between one that works and one that just stands there is mostly about scale, shade quality, and whether the light it throws is warm enough to actually matter in the evening. Overhead lighting flattens a room. A good corner lamp layers it. That is not a small thing when you spend your evenings in that space. The ones we've chosen here have proper presence without overwhelming the room, and they cast the kind of light that makes you want to switch the main light off and leave it that way.

INSTOCK UK Black Finish Floor Lamp $234.99 INSTOCK UK

CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tripod Floor Lamp Base $135.00 CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE

INSTOCK UK White Metal Arched Floor Lamp $134.95 INSTOCK UK

INSTOCK UK Black Marble and Nickel Finish Bulb Floor Lamp $299.95 INSTOCK UK

COX AND COX Globe Floor Lamp $175.00 COX AND COX

LIGHTS 4 LIVING Endon Amalfi Task Floor Lamp In Matt Black Finish $397.95 LIGHTS 4 LIVING

COX AND COX Brushed Silver Tripod Floor Lamp $195.00 COX AND COX

FURNITURE STORE MCL Corner Floor Lamp with Shelves, Modern Tall Standing Lamp with Chain Switch for Living Room, Bedroom, Bulb Not Included, Black $57.99 FURNITURE STORE

View more Corner Floor Lamps You'll Notice the Difference

Crystal Floor Lamps Worth Switching On

A floor lamp does more work in a room than most people credit it for. It fills the corners that ceiling lights ignore, it adds a layer of warmth that overhead fixtures simply cannot, and when it is the right lamp, it becomes part of how the room looks even when it is switched off. Crystal floor lamps are a particular commitment. Done badly they look like they belong in a hotel lobby circa 2009. Done well they bring a kind of light you cannot get anywhere else, something that scatters and moves and makes a room feel genuinely alive after dark. We have been looking carefully at what separates the ones that work from the ones that just glitter aggressively. The quality of the crystal, the proportion of the base, whether the shade diffuses the light or simply contains it. These are the lamps that earn their place in a room rather than just filling it.

ARACO INTERIORS Araco Lumiere Maris Floor Lamp Crystal E Type $6,499.00 ARACO INTERIORS

LIGHTS 4 LIVING Baden x Rectangular Floor Lamp In Polished Chrome Finish With Crystal Glass $310.50 LIGHTS 4 LIVING

FURNITURE STORE MCL Crystal Floor Lamps for Living Room Bedroom with Light, Modern Upright Standing Lamp, xx, Gold Tone $71.99 FURNITURE STORE

FURNITURE STORE MCL Crystal Floor Lamps for Living Room Bedroom with Light, Modern Upright Standing Lamp, xx, Silver $69.99 FURNITURE STORE

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Homcom Modern Floor Lamp W K Crystal Shade, Light, For Living Room In Gold $68.85 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Homcom Modern Floor Lamp W K Crystal Shade, Light, For Living Room In Silver $70.55 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

LIGHTS 4 LIVING IL Ava Light Crystal Floor Lamp $6.60 LIGHTS 4 LIVING

LIGHTS 4 LIVING Crown Floor Lamp In Polished Nickel Finish With Clear Crystal Glass $169.99 LIGHTS 4 LIVING

View more Crystal Floor Lamps Worth Switching On

Elegant Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place

Most rooms have a lighting problem and the solution is usually a floor lamp, but most floor lamps are either purely functional or purely decorative and fail at being both. A flat overhead light makes a living room feel like a waiting room. We know this. What a well placed floor lamp does is pool light exactly where you need it, shift the mood of a room in the evening, and stand there looking like it was always meant to be there. We've spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a floor lamp worth the floor space it takes up. The proportions matter enormously. So does the quality of the light it casts, whether warm and directed or softly diffused. A lamp that does its job without drawing attention to itself is harder to find than it should be. These are the ones that solve the light problem and happen to look beautiful doing it. Form following function, done properly.

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma Taupe Oval Poly Silk Tapered Lamp Shade For Floor Lamps In Brown $43.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

FURNITURE STORE HOMCOM LED Floor Lamp for Living Room, Tall Standing Lamp, Mother and Child Uplighter with Adjustable Gooseneck, KKK Colour $24.99 FURNITURE STORE

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma Grey Self Lined Linen Drum Lamp Shade For Table Lamps And Floor Lamps $109.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma White Oval Poly Silk Tapered Lamp Shade For Floor Lamps In Beige $43.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Ruma White Self Lined Linen Drum Lamp Shade For Table Lamps And Floor Lamps $32.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tisa Base Only Floor Lamp Natural Modern Reading Light Wooden Tripod $25.00 CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE

FURNITURE STORE MCL LED Floor Lamp for Living Room, Tall Standing Lamp, Mother and Child Uplighter with Adjustable Gooseneck, Silver Tone $23.99 FURNITURE STORE

LA REDOUTE UK Moon Floor Lamp in Tyvek® with Iron Base $159.99 LA REDOUTE UK

View more Elegant Floor Lamps That Earn Their Place

Floor Lamps With an E27 fitting That Just Get the Light Right

Overhead lighting does one thing and it usually does it badly. It flattens a room, makes everything feel functional rather than lived in, and somehow manages to be both too bright and not quite bright enough all at once. A floor lamp fixes that. It pulls light down to the level where people actually are, creates warmth in a corner that was doing nothing, and gives a room the kind of atmosphere that a ceiling fitting simply cannot reach. We have focused specifically on lamps with an E27 fitting because that standard bayonet size is what gives you real flexibility. Swap in a warm filament bulb, a soft opal, something colour tunable if your evenings demand it. The lamp becomes the starting point rather than the fixed decision. What we have picked here are the ones that get the proportions right, that look considered from across the room, and that throw light where it actually needs to go. Good light is not a finishing touch. It is the whole mood.

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Valuelights Barbro Black Wood Tripod Floor Light Lamp With Drum Shade In Beige $64.99 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

INSTOCK UK Macaron floor lamp vertical table lamp $47.99 INSTOCK UK

DOROTHY PERKINS UK Living And Home Metal Tripod Standing Floor Lamp With Plastic Lampshade In Black $38.11 DOROTHY PERKINS UK

CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Bobbin Ash Wood Stick Floor Lamp Natural Modern Reading Light Living $99.99 CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE

CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Gloss Stick Floor Lamp Grey Modern Reading Light Living Room $44.99 CHEAP FURNITURE WAREHOUSE

MCL Tripod Floor Lamp, Spotlight Reading Lamp w Adjustable Height, Angle, Wood Legs for Living Room, Bedroom, Home, Office, Black and Gold

FURNITURE STORE MCL Tripod Floor Lamp, Spotlight Reading Lamp w Adjustable Height, Angle, Wood Legs for Living Room, Bedroom, Home, Office, Black and Gold $51.99 FURNITURE STORE

MCL Floor Lamp with Adjustable Dual Head, Modern Standing Lamp with Floral Glass Shades and Foot Switch for Living Room Bedroom, E Socket

FURNITURE STORE MCL Floor Lamp with Adjustable Dual Head, Modern Standing Lamp with Floral Glass Shades and Foot Switch for Living Room Bedroom, E Socket $39.99 FURNITURE STORE

MCL -Tier Floor Lamp, Floor Light with Storage Shelf, Reading Standing Lamp with Acrylic Shade for Living Room, Bedroom, Kitchen, Dining Room

FURNITURE STORE MCL -Tier Floor Lamp, Floor Light with Storage Shelf, Reading Standing Lamp with Acrylic Shade for Living Room, Bedroom, Kitchen, Dining Room $41.99 FURNITURE STORE

View more Floor Lamps With an E27 fitting That Just Get the Light Right

Glass Floor Lamps That Do More Than Light a Room

A floor lamp that earns its place in a room has to do two things well. It needs to actually light a space usefully, not just glow decoratively in a corner, and it needs to look considered even when it is switched off. Glass floor lamps are particularly good at this because the material itself carries visual weight without heaviness. A column of smoked glass or a ribbed amber base reads as a proper object, something sculptural, something chosen. We've been paying attention to how these lamps work across different rooms and different moments, the reading chair that needed a proper pool of directional light, the living room corner that felt unfinished without something tall and interesting. What we've found is that the best glass floor lamps hold their own in daylight and then shift the mood entirely once evening arrives. Not every lamp manages both. The ones in this collection do.

ARACO INTERIORS Laskasas CLARKE Floor Lamp Nero Marquina Polished Marble $1,291.00 ARACO INTERIORS