The Standard of the Industrial Style
When you think of the industrial art style, the first things that come to most people's minds would be large black metals, unfinished or distressed wood, exposed bricks, and unprocessed construction materials. No frills and fuss-free, this no-nonsense old age style was inspired by the interiors of warehouses, factories, and other industrial structures. The usage of salvaged and recycled materials also fall under this category and are often reclaimed and repainted for a customized and unique allure. Each of the style's elements has their own charm and are most compatible with the urban setting.
But this style leans on the heavy-handed and depressing appeal, thus making it less popular for people who like cosy and relaxed designs. Nevertheless, it is still possible to make a comfortable atmosphere in a room with an industrial theme. With the suitable materials and blend of tones along with the perfect lighting fixtures and lamps, an industrial-styled home can still bring a homey and loving atmosphere often seen in Modern, Hampton, and Scandinavian themed houses.
Choosing an Industrial Floor Lamp
You’re eyeing that excellent and sturdy floor standing lamp with a metallic glaze for your bedroom or that rustic-looking tripod floor lamp with a thick post and wire cage for your living room. It’s great that you found the floor lamp that mimics the industrial style you love, but is that the best floor lamp for your space? Before purchasing that industrial-style floor lamp that caught your eye, you might as well evaluate if its size, design, height, and material matches your room’s existing fittings, style, and atmosphere.
The first among the many factors that you need to consider is the purpose of your new floor lamp. Do you want it to just scatter light in your room, or are you going to use it to shine intense brightness to your desk space or cabinetry? If you want a floor lamp that can be used as the room’s main portable lighting without hurting your eyes with its glare, then consider getting a tall torchiere lamp as they provide upward illumination, shining lamplight on your ceilings rather than on the floor and pathways. For lights that can illuminate a specific area, those with bent or unconventional structures such as floor reading lamps and arc floor lamps might be what you need. Ponder on what would be your floor lamp’s primary role in your room, then wisely narrow down your choices.
The size and height of your next floor lamp should also complement the aura and the overall area of your space. You don’t want it too tall and big for it to look awkward and cartoonish in your room, nor do you want it too small, making its impact insignificant and uninteresting. The average height of a floor lamp is four to six feet, perfect for most interior spaces. However, some floor lamps are as large as nine feet, making them suitable movable standing lights in places with high ceilings and oversized empty rooms. Appropriately match your lamp’s dimensions to how prominent and cluttered your chosen location is.
Suppose you’re redecorating a location to match the industrial style motif. In that case, there’s no need to throw away or hide the place’s current furniture and decors. As previously stated, the industrial style promotes recycling and reusing old materials, so your trendy white couch and your artsy coffee table can also complement your desired industrial style with just a bit of reupholstering and repainting. You can also prepare the same methods for your current lighting fixtures, but if you’re planning on buying an industrial style lamp, consider browsing through collections with similar designs. Maybe the industrial floor lamp that you want has an identical pendant light and wall sconce. If you buy the three lights, you won’t need to worry about other lighting equipment that fit your newly designed space, and you might just get a big discount for buying a whole designer lighting set.
One last important thing you have to consider is your floor lamp’s light bulb. Industrial style lamps often have designs that show their accompanying light bulbs. Some have shades made of woven wires circling around the lamp’s socket, while others have a wide opening to reveal the bulbs inside. Whichever design you choose, know that aside from the light bulb’s appearance, its wattage, lumens, colour temperature, and added features are just as important. Most floor lamps are tailormade to match only one kind of light bulb in their sockets. Therefore, it’s advisable to choose a floor lamp with a globe base of the bulb type readily available in your local area. You don’t want to buy an industrial floor lamp with a GU10 base, only to find that only E27 and E14 bulbs can be sourced in your district’s supermarket. That would give you more unnecessary inconvenience and headache, so it’s better to filter out the prospective floor lamps in your list that need light bulbs unavailable in your neighbourhood.
Most Recommended in the Collection
We gathered stunning and gorgeous industrial style floor lamps in our collection from well-known local and international designer lighting brands and companies. If you’re still undecided on what floor lamp to buy, take a look at our team of lighting enthusiasts’ recommendations:
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For a slim floor lamp with adjustable arms, we have the Tinley Industrial Lamp collection. With variants in shades of antique chrome, antique copper, and antique brass, these shiny floor lamps are ideal in living rooms and office spaces and have matching desk lamps.
The floor lamps mentioned above are just some of the unique industrial style floor lamps in our assembly. Scan Zest Lighting’s collection of stylish and beautiful floor lamps basked in the industrial style that suits most interior places. We ship them all over Australia and abroad, with no shipping fees required in selected regions.
We also invite you to personally collect your lamps; just send us the necessary details on this page. For design insights and counselling, feel free to check out our blog. Shop your outstanding industrial floor lamp with us at Zest Lighting.
