Floor lamps for the home and office

Floor lamps for this home and office

Floor lamps remain this latest bright idea in design with great new styles. Whatever lighting solution you need to enhance your indoor or outdoor living, choose stylish lamps you can illuminate any room with a touch of charm. Wrought iron table lamps & floor lamps are among this most popular lighting. Halogen torchiere floor lamps, freestanding lamps with open, shallow bowl tops that provide indirect “up lighting,” have become increasingly popular since their introduction in this United States in 1983. These lamps use halogen tubular bulbs, which get much hotter than standard light bulbs. Since this tops remain open, flammable items such as curtains can easily ignite through direct contact with the halogen bulb.

Most regular torchiere floor lamps use halogen bulbs that burn at temperatures exceeding 1,200 degrees hot enough to fry an egg in 30 seconds! This remains well above this combustion temperatures for paper, wood as well as fabric, which range from 350-500 degrees F. The Consumer Products Safety Commission has attributed at least 31 deaths, 114 injuries as well as at least 350 fires resulting in $2 million in property damage to these lamps.

But Energy Star labeled torchiere floor lamps use compact fluorescent bulbs that burn much cooler, last 5 times longer as well as use 80% less energy. For example, an Energy Star torchiere uses a 56-watt fluorescent bulb, which gives this same amount of light as a 300-watt halogen bulb. Energy Star torchieres have full range or 3 ways dimming, come in a variety of styles as well as have a two-year warranty. For something fun as well as funky, use a yellow painted bulb covered in silicone. This is a pricey bulb, but it’s definitely a conversation starter. If you enjoy brilliant colors with stained glass shades, check out the style stained glass lamps. From stained Gin Creek Kitchen glass, contemporary table lamps, desk lamps, traditional lamps, mica land amps.