The ideal living room lighting arrangement will illuminate your evenings while lending irresistible decorative appeal even during the daytime. In this post, we’ve scoured the web for our favorite living-room-ready lamp designs for every style and every purpose. Here, you’ll find fabulous floor lamps – small ones to illuminate a book near your favorite reading chair, and large models to cast consistent illumination across an entire room. You’ll find stylish table lamps for side tables, portable lamps that can move with you, and artful accent lights to brighten your favorite shelf or credenza.
Reading Lamp for Living Room: Easily adjust this attractive black and brass table lamp to accommodate a range of lighting situations. Extend the body to provide even lighting from a higher vantage point or lower the shade to provide sharp directed illumination right where you need it.
Brass PH 2/1 Living Room Table Lamp: The iconic PH 2/1 table lamp is a design by the illustrious Poul Henningsen, the creator of some of the world’s most recognizable mid-century lighting elements. This timeless accent features layers of mouth-blown opal glass that take on a comforting glow when the lamp is illuminated.
IC Brass Living Room Floor Lamp: Designed by Michael Anastassiades, the IC lighting series has quickly become a modern design staple. This piece features an angular brass body that supports a single opal glass bulb – a stylish selection to provide gentle ambient lighting within any contemporary living room.
Feather Living Room Table Lamp: This gorgeous table lamp is a glamorous work of art – whether illuminated or unlit. The shade is made from a cloud of responsibly-procured goose feathers which glow with an ethereal quality when the lamp is in use.
Twiggy Living Room Arch Lamp: Designed by Marc Sadler for Foscarini, the Twiggy lamp features a slim body that arches gracefully to deliver soft illumination wherever you need it. This piece casts upward and downward illumination, providing the functionality of a living room ceiling light with the flexibility of a floor lamp.
Marble Base Living Room Floor Lamp: The striking JWDA floor lamp by Jonas Wagell features dramatic proportions sure to capture the eye. An oversized opal glass shade provides comfortably diffused illumination while the broad stone base provides excellent stability – select between warm travertine or richly veined white marble. The on/off switch is located in the base.
Kizu Marble Living Room Lamp: Kizu is an attractive modern table lamp that defies expectations with its unconventional silhouette. The dome-shaped shade balances atop a natural white marble base, facing upward toward the ceiling. This unique design is the work of Norwegian designer Lars Tornøe.
Spun Living Room Floor Lamp: Oversized lamps are like interactive art elements for the home. The distinctive Spun floor lamp is a design by Sebastian Wrong, its silky aluminum body flaring outward at the base with dramatic elegance. This piece features an on-cord dimmer for lighting to suit any environment.
Atollo Living Room Table Lamp: Designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, the Atollo table lamp continues to look just as modern and innovative today. This minimalist icon is crafted from smooth opal glass from top to bottom, allowing light to gently radiate through the entire body of the table lamp. Select from three sizes.
Axo Orchid Living Room Floor Lamp: Provide smart directed lighting throughout your living room with the Orchid floor lamp by Axo Light. This piece features three cone-shaped shades with smooth opalescent diffusers, each one facing a different direction. Two downlights provide directed task lighting while one uplight provides ambient illumination.
Nelson Cigar Living Room Floor Lamp: The first Bubble lamp by was produced by George Nelson in 1952 and this style remains a favorite today. Nelson drew inspiration from Swedish silk-covered lanterns, reimagined in semi-translucent polymers for easier care. This is a fully licensed and fully authentic production.
Wire Living Room Floor Lamp: The fascinating Sisma floor lamp by Matteo Ugolini is a work of modern art – a dramatic sculpture and versatile lighting element all in one. This piece features a traditional lamp silhouette formed entirely from thin metal rebar, serving as a scaffolding from which exposed bulbs may hang. Use as a stately industrial focal point in a large living space.
Gaku Living Room Table Lamp: The Gaku table lamp was designed with multipurpose functionality in mind. The framing can double as a small bookshelf or a display space, the built-in USB port allowing this piece to function as a convenient charger. The pencil holder, small bowl, and bookend are optional accessories sold separately.
Coco Living Room Table Lamp: Embrace the geometric decor trend through versatile modern lighting with the Coco table lamp by Almerich. This piece features a dome shade over a streamlined wire frame, available in two sizes and a range of matte and metallic color options.
Blu Dot Living Room Table Lamp: A smoothly formed wire base supports a simple fabric shade to give the Perimeter table lamp an irresistibly streamlined look. Select from a wide range of color options to find the perfect design for your interior decor theme.
Tolomeo Mega Floor Lamp: Designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, this unique floor lamp takes the timeless styling of the Tolomeo collection to the next level through its bold oversized construction. Simply adjust the architectural frame to suspend the lamp exactly where you need it – it can even span over the length of a living area, a creative alternative to a typical overhead light.
Miss K Living Room Table Lamp: Crafted from smooth semi-transparent acrylic, the Miss K table lamp by Philippe Starck provides a chic modern take on a classic silhouette. Use this piece to provide smart diffused lighting wherever you need it – the included dimmer allows for full customization to suit any mood.
Fringed Living Room Table Lamp: Embrace true vintage elegance in every detail with the Arcipelago table lamp by Servomuto. This piece features a luxurious fringed shade that hangs down from a sculptural asymmetric body finished in radiant brass. Use this piece to bring a touch of Art Deco flair to any decor theme.
Red Wire Standing Floor Lamp: This handcrafted floor lamp is made from durable metal framing and finished in brilliant powder-coated red, the geometric shape sure to capture attention from across any living room.
Flowerpot Cordless Living Room Lamp: This small stylish lamp is a portable version of Verner Panton’s legendary Flowerpot table lamp – making this piece a classic retro accent with all the advantages of modern technology. Simply charge this lamp using the included micro USB and then place it anywhere in the living room for a clean cordless look.
Parc Three-Light Living Room Lamp: Samuel Lambert and Adrien Rovero Parc drew inspiration from flashlights and improvised childhood toys to create the playful Parc lamp collection. This table lamp features three bulbs shielded by smooth frosted glass diffusers, supported by tubular metal structures finished in matte forest green.
Adjustable Blue Living Room Standing Lamp: Design duo Kenneth Ng and Edmund Ng created the Splitty floor lamp with ultimate adjustability in mind. This piece can be bent and rotated to shine its LED lighting in any direction, upward for ambient lighting or down toward tasks. This piece is equipped with a convenient motion sensor for convenient handsfree operation.
Globo Colorful Living Room Lamp: Jonathan Adler introduces a stunningly unique take on the classic dome shade with his expressive Globo Table Lamp. This piece features bubbles of translucent acrylic clustered around the stem, available in clear or colorful. A sculpted marble base anchors this design.
Contemporary Living Room Floor Lamp: Gräshoppa is a 1947 floor lamp design by Greta Magnusson that has reached the status of contemporary icon with its re-release in 2011. This unique piece features an angular frame supported by tripod legs, the bell-shaped shade easily adjustable for soft directional lighting.
Danish Yarn Living Room Lamp: Designer Kim Richardt drew inspiration from traditional Danish yarn lampshades when creating the RO lamp – a design made with natural jute wound around a simple metal base. A brass disc reflects the light inward so that it filters through the yarns with a warm and cozy glow.
Wood Living Room Table Lamps: Simple materials give these handmade wood table lamps an especially playful aesthetic, sure to brighten the atmosphere of any living room. Each one is made with a wood dowel base in a natural finish, topped with a pleated shade that feels both classic and contemporary all at once.
Scandinavian Wooden Floor Lamp: Swedish design studio Whatswhat created the Pull floor lamp as a clearly contemporary expression of Scandinavian design tradition. This piece is crafted with a solid oak stem, hollowed in the center to accommodate the textile-sheathed cord. Simply pull the cord to adjust the height of the dangling shade.
Poseable Wood Living Room Lamp: Adjust the shape of this person-shaped wooden lamp to suit your specific needs – make it sit flat, dangle the legs over the edge of a table, angle the head in inquisitive positions. The options are endless.
Wicker Living Room Lamp: Handwoven from fine strips of natural bamboo, these unique lamps offer a breezy natural look for any living room. The unique flexible construction allows you to “morph” the shape of each lamp using your own hands – each one is an interactive work of art. Use as low floor lamps or oversized table lamps.
Wood Living Room Floor Lamp: This gorgeous Arik Levy design uses flexible strips of natural bamboo to mimic the silhouette of a lantern, each band casting a shadow along the walls to create a varied lighting experience like one might experience in nature.
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