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Lest you think I don’t practice what I preach, our diminutive living room sports five — yes, five — different lamps, although this photo shows only three. One is an early-20th-century santo that we made into a lamp. One is a you-can-never-get-it-wrong blue and white classic. And one is a floor lamp with an animal-print shade.
Once again, verve and imagination reign. The orange architect’s lamp juxtaposed against the table lamp (whose base resembles a standard poodle) makes a remarkable statement. Opposites do indeed attract.
The scale of these two lamps entrances me — one almost impossibly big, and the other so small and svelte. But the purple shade of the giant lamp calls across the room to the upholstery on the Louis-style chairs, while the color of the diminutive lamp mirrors the chair frames. Perfectly done. Plus, nobody could ever claim this room lacks pizzazz.
Paired lamps would have been absolutely pedantic in this room filled with pattern and personality. Take note: One lamp has a colored base and a white shade, while the second sports a white base and a colored shade. The third lamp, although basic brass, is placed between two fabulously colorful chairs. Together all three help explain the success of this room.
But if you want to bring imagination, an eclectic ambience — even a little glee — to your rooms, take a more adventurous approach. This starkly contemporary black metal floor lamp is enticingly paired with an exotic table lamp in a brass finish. They remind me in the most wonderfully oblique way of R2-D2 and C-3PO. (And yes, you may mix your metals as well as your lamps. In fact, please do.)
The design adage that a classic blue and white lamp goes with everything is masterfully demonstrated in this loft. The rusticated brick and beams, and the eclectic mix of accessories, are complemented by the choice mix of floor and table lamps.
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