A floor lamp is the fastest living-room makeover money can buy: no chasing cables into walls, no electrician, no landlord’s permission – all it needs is a socket. One well-chosen standing lamp can warm up an evening, light a reading armchair, and play the part of a sculpture in a dead corner of the room. In this guide we go through everything step by step: the difference between a standing lamp and a floor lamp, how to choose a reading lamp and an arc lamp for over the sofa, which style and colour to pick (black, beige, wooden, glamour), what height and light output make sense, and where in the living room to put it.
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