Standard Floor Lamp Height

The bottom of the floor lamp shade should be roughly at or above a person s sitting eye level and should try to match the edges of similar lighting fixtures within the space.

Standard floor lamp height. Lamp base height and lamp shade width. With a lamp height of 26 5 this is a good pairing. The height of your lampshade should be between 30 and 50 of the height of your floor lamp s base. Shop specifically for tall floor lamps extra tall or adjustable height floor lamps.

For example a 25 watt cfl bulb could produce the same light as a 100 watt incandescent bulb. Fluorescent lighting was a successor to incandescent lighting and provided equivalent light output using less wattage. Measured from the floor the top of the lamp should be within 58 to 64 inches. At 16 this shade fits the base.

Standing standard lamps like åstrid are generally for the benefit of the whole room. Any floor lamp with a standard bulb socket could feasibly by fitted with a fluorescent light bulb. Task lighting on the other hand like our ranarp lamp focuses lighting in one area perfect for reading or writing. Standard floor lamps 656 available at lamps plus.

And if the total height of the lamp including the bulb and harp is 24 inches the shade should be 8 inches tall. For example a floor lamp base that s 60 inches high should have a lampshade between 18 and 30 inches in height. Salford floor lamp in satin nickel with off white linen shade with philips hue led bulb dimmer 61 h x 20 w x 20 deep 572 40. We have an unbeatable selection of floor lamps in a variety of styles shapes colors and finishes including oil rubbed bronze stainless steel white and black.

Since the lamp s 16 diameter is smaller than 30 end table s width this is an ideal fit. 120 low price protection guarantee jenson aged brass pharmacy floor lamp caper nickel tray table floor. How do you choose a floor lamp. Floor lamps should have an overall height of roughly 58 64 147 163 cm based on the standard sitting height of a person on a couch or chair.

We have a 14 5 lamp base length so the shade diameter should be no smaller than 12 5 and no bigger than 16 5. This will determine the range of height that your lampshade should fall in. You can adjust the height of a short lamp by creating a base of stacked books or a decorative box.