Floor Lamps

A floor lamp is one of the most useful pieces of lighting a living room can have – a generous pool of light next to a sofa or armchair, with a sculptural silhouette that works as a design feature even when off. Our designer floor lamp collection covers reading, ambient and statement pieces, with shade and finish options to suit any scheme.

Beside a reading armchair (with the head of the lamp angled over the chair, for task light), or at the end of a sofa next to a side table (for ambient light beside the seating). Avoid placing a floor lamp in a corner with no nearby furniture – the light has nothing to fall on and the lamp reads as stranded.

The bottom of the shade should sit at roughly head height when seated – usually 130-150cm from the floor for most armchairs and sofas. That puts the light at the right angle to fall on the page without glare in your eyes. Adjustable-arm lamps (Anglepoise, Tolomeo Mega) handle this better than fixed-position designs.

Tonally yes, identically no. Sharing a metal finish or a shade tone across all the lamps in the room reads as deliberate; matching exact models reads as showroom. Mix scale and silhouette within a tight palette of finishes – this is one of the most reliable ways to get a layered, considered lighting scheme.

For ambient living-room use, around 600-1,200 lumens (a 60-100W equivalent LED). For reading use, look for higher output (1,500+ lumens) and choose a directional shade that focuses the light on the page rather than scattering it. Always specify dimmable bulbs and circuits so the output can shift with the time of day.