Good lighting + good lamps = rooms you want to spend time in.

Lamps and lighting make all the difference when it come to how a room feels.  You could have a million dollar room design, and if it were only illuminated by a 100 watt bulb on a ceiling fixture, it would affect the entire room in a really negative way.

We all have rooms in our homes that are a challenge in some way or another... either the shape is difficult, or furniture placement is a puzzle, (or you have a horrible, wonky, asymmetrical mantel), or you have lighting issues.  Sometimes all of those things at once.

I definitely have lighting issues in our living room.  We have an entire wall of windows, but they face North and the room somehow always seems to be dark.  I took these shots at noon... with the shutters opened up completely to the street.  This is the brightest this room will be.  (As long as we don't worry about privacy.)

... and it's all light at noon.  The morning?  Later in the day?  Kind of gloomy.  Good lighting is a must.

I think these new Color + Plus™ coordinating lamps and shades from Lamps Plus are something we need to consider.



Since I change up my colors every Christmas, I think it would be so awesome to have a few blue lamps in my living room this year.  The ones I have currently are rather boring and monochromatic.  I need to do something about this!

One light in each corner of the room.  

Exciting, right?  Obviously lamps provide light for a room, but they also should say something about your style.  These say "Vivienne is a little bit boring..."  Sigh.

I think Santa should bring me some new lighting.  Have you checked out these Color + Plus™ coordinating lamps and shades yet?  What's on your lighting wish list?

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective; the opinions expressed here are all my own

  about Vivienne Wagner