Table Lamps

There’s a moment in every room makeover where one object does more work than everything else combined — and more often than not, it’s the lamp on the side table. Art deco table lamps have a strange power in this respect: switch one on in an otherwise ordinary room, and suddenly you’ve got a hint … Read more

There’s a particular kind of magic in a lamp that looks like it’s got a story to tell, even if it left the factory last Tuesday. That’s the whole appeal of vintage table lamps under £50 — you get the barley-twist brass, the stained glass, the pleated shades and the warm amber glow of a … Read more

Somewhere between the third failed attempt to thread an extension lead behind the sofa and the moment you finally give up and just sit in the dark, most of us have the same thought: why does a lamp need a cord at all? It’s a fair question, and increasingly, it doesn’t. Cordless table lamps have … Read more

There’s a specific kind of bedside chaos that only phone owners understand: a lamp in one socket, a phone charger dangling from the other, and a nest of cable somewhere underneath that you’ll trip over at 2am. USB table lamps under £35 exist to solve exactly that problem — one plug, one socket, light and … Read more

Three-year-olds are, without exception, tiny lighting critics. Too bright and they’re wide awake plotting a 9pm negotiation. Too dim and there’s a monster behind the curtains again. Somewhere between those two extremes sits the touch lamps for kids category, and it’s a lot more thoughtfully engineered than it looks from the outside. A good children’s … Read more

There’s a specific 3am moment most families with an older relative will recognise: a hand fumbling in the dark for a small switch on a lamp cord, missing it twice, and eventually giving up and shuffling to the door in near-total darkness instead. Touch lamps for elderly users solve that exact problem by replacing a … Read more

Somewhere around 11pm, half-asleep and fumbling for a switch you can never quite find in the dark, you’ll understand exactly why the humble touch table lamp under £30 has quietly become one of the best-selling bits of bedroom kit in the UK. No fiddly rocker switch, no groping along a cable, no waking your other … Read more

There’s a reason estate agents photograph period living rooms with a lamp glowing in the corner rather than the big light blazing overhead. Antique brass table lamps are, in the simplest possible terms, table lamps with a base or fittings finished to look aged, warm, and slightly weathered — either through genuine ageing or a … Read more

Finding brass table lamps under £60 that don’t look like they cost £15 is trickier than it sounds — a lot of “brass” lighting on the market is really just gold-sprayed plastic dressed up in flattering product photography. This guide cuts through that. We’ve researched seven genuinely well-reviewed, real-world available lamps — spanning brushed brass, … Read more

There’s a particular kind of person who walks into a room and heads straight for the lamp. Not the sofa. Not the view out the window. The lamp. If that’s you, welcome — handmade ceramic table lamps are having a proper moment in British homes right now, and there’s a good reason for it. So, … Read more