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Lights

Good lighting can transform your room and elevate your mood – as well as helping you make best use of the space. This illuminating selection offers solutions for all your lighting needs.

Ceramic and Wood Table Lamp La Redoute

One of those pieces that looks as if it might be vintage but isn't. It's pleasingly tall and comes with a white linen shade which you could swap to any colour that works with the decor you have in whichever room you decide to put it in.
Bobbin Base Floor Lamp Rose & Grey

Bobbin furniture is having a moment but since it was first popularised in the late 17th century it can hardly be dismissed as a modern fad. It's more of a second wave sort of thing. This lamp is perfect and will honestly look great in any room for ever - just change the lampshade as you require. You can, of course, also look out for antique originals (with a hefty price tag).
Curve Table Lamp Houseof via H&M

Available in both brass (shown here) and charcoal this table lamp is pleasingly sculptural and at 35cm across and 28cm high means it will look good on a table even when not in use. The grey cable is made from fabric which is. I'm glad to say, increasingly common these days. It's made by Houseof - a great brand set up by two former high street lighting designers and it's good to see them find a wider audience.
Nuru Adapt 1 Pendant Light House of Flora

The idea of bepsoke furniture is out of reach for many but that doesn't mean we don't want to buy something individual for our own homes. House of Flora has developed a range of lights allowing you to choose the colour and style of pendant to suit your decor from either black, gold or silver. Perfect for those who can't find what they want but don't want to spend hours agonising over patterns and colours.
Agnes Wave Wall Light Graham & Green

I want this. That is all. It comes with a 3m long cord so there's no need to worry about wiring it in although you will, obviously, have to fix it to the wall so renters may have to check with landlords. Perfect for either end of the sofa (which would save floor space if there's no room for a table or a floor lamp, as well as bedside tables (ditto) and even in the kitchen to cast a more atmospheric light.
Paradiso Table Lamp painted base in Little Greene Pooky

A painted table lamp base is an easy way to inject a splash of unexpected colour into a room and Pooky has collected 20 colours from Little Greene, including jewel beetle, yellow pink and carmine for £30 a base. It's up to you if you add a gently toning shade of a maximalist riot of pattern.
Orta Cone Wall Light Lights & Lamps

For anyone who has been wondering about mixing metallics here's the solution; basically it works when the two are slightly "aged" in appearance so this is a dull silver with a dark brass creating a rather gorgeous combination. Plug-in wall lights are so much easier to use as you can move them where you will (wall fixings not withstanding) and this also has a smart black fabric cable and a dimmer switch - perfect for evening sitting rooms and bedtime reading.
empire shade in blue and red pooky

Wall lights used to be terribly difficult - in that most of them were awful. I know one designer who is so scarred by hideous wall lights from rented flats and 80s houses that he won’t use them to this day. But the times they are a changing and you can find some beauties now. Like this. Try adding a fun floral or plain velvet shade to bring another layer of pattern and print to the room.
Hector Floor Light Holloways of Ludlow

A classic of the genre, this floor lamp is beautifully made in the UK and will work in any interior - even a chintzy maximalist one - although look for the translucent bone china shade which gives off the most beautiful soft light.
Jefferson Floor Lamp Cox & Cox

It’s true to say that a lot of floor lamps are basically the same and it’s about the detail or a nuance of the shape. Like the Pooky Galore above, this won’t shout about its presence but will do the job and the curve is pleasing.