Guide - Table Lamps - Lunares Blog

A new lampshade is the cheapest makeover a lamp can get: the base and the wiring stay, yet the lamp changes character completely – from office-grade to cosy, from grandma’s parlour to modern. The trouble is that a shade bought by eye tends to droop like an oversized hat or expose the socket like trousers that are too short. In this guide we explain how to choose a lampshade: which size proportions always work, how a cone differs from a cylinder and the empire form, how the material – fabric, linen, paper, glass or wickerwork – transforms the light, and how to check the fitting so the new shade actually fits your lamp.

A lamp you put down exactly where it’s needed – on the patio table, by the bathtub, on the windowsill – with no hunting for a socket and no extension lead tangling underfoot. It sounds like the obvious choice, until it turns out that after two seasons the battery holds half of what it did at the start and the lamp glows dimmer than a child’s night light. In this guide we compare rechargeable lamps with corded ones honestly: what you really gain, what you give up, how long the battery lives and in which places around the home (and beyond) a cordless lamp is unbeatable.

A table lamp works on the front line of dust: it stands at hand height, right next to books, cosmetics and a mug of tea, and a bedside lamp adds a cloud of lint from the bedding on top. The result? A dusty shade can swallow a good share of the light, and a sticky base spoils the look of even the prettiest lamp. In this guide we go through cleaning step by step: ceramic, glass and metal bases, the shade, the electronics of touch and USB lamps, plus the cable, the switch and the bulb – in other words, everything most instructions stay silent about.

A table lamp is one of the most versatile pieces in an interior – at once a decoration and a practical source of warm light where the ceiling fixture doesn’t reach. Placed on a dresser, a hallway console, a desk or a table beside the sofa, it can completely change the character of a room. Here’s how to choose a table lamp to suit the furniture and the interior: from proportions and the shade, through glamour style and colour, to rechargeable models.