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It’s almost impossible to walk through a home and not see at least one lamp. Lamps are an integral part of home decor and with all of the different types of lamps available everyone can find one that meets their design and lighting needs.

One of the most popular types of lamps is the table lamp. Table lamps are lighting fixtures that are designed to be placed on top of a flat surface. There are many types of lamps that fit into the table lamps category. These include contemporary, candlestick, and trophy lamps. Although all of these types of lamps are considered to be table lamps they are each unique in their own sense of style.

For instance a candlestick lamp normally has a circular base with a tall thin body attached. On top of that body sits a lampshade. Many of these types of lamps have a swivel feature, which means you can move the lamp either to the right or the left depending on where you place it. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiffany-style lamps used to be just the domain of the rich and they were, in fact, symbols of wealth. These days, however, these lamps are found in the homes of the middle class as exquisite decorations.

Original Tiffany Lamps

Louis Comfort Tiffany, founder of Tiffany & Co., made the first Tiffany lamp in 1899. Tiffany had developed a technique of creating stained glass. He created his lamps with stained glass that were formed then into mosaics. Tiffany’s first customers were rich families who desire great decoration pieces for their homes. Production was at its peak from 1895 to 1920.

Today, however, you can find many of them Tiffany-style lamps, which are essentially knock offs of the same, very expensive, genuine Tiffany lamps.

Tiffany-Style Lamps

Tiffany-style lamps are by no means cheap. They are, in fact, expensive. But the real Tiffany lamps, however, Read the rest of this entry »

The best way to funk up environ of your room is to buy yourself a giant lava lamp. The market is raving about the 250 oz. lava lamps. This time they have come up with their cousins, the glitter lamps. They have been trademarked as the Lava Grande. They are perhaps the best lava lamps in the present line. They have made sure that the style remains as classy as ever and the lava lamps maintain their retro soothing feel. The emperor of all lava lamps, this lamp stands 27 inches tall.

One rule to stick to is when you it comes to lava lamps, bigger is absolutely better. The lamps come in various lively color combinations and the wax in it moves with the typical lava motion. The boisterous lava is bound to fill up your room with the scintillating freshness of the bright colors. These lamps do have a mood shifting effect so watch out for that. All you need to do to get you lamp functioning is to plug it in a regular AC outlet and the Read the rest of this entry »

Lamps have been used to spread light since old ages, even before electricity was invented, and lighting was given a new meaning. The use of lamps can be broadly classified into two eras: The pre-electrical era and the post electrical era.

The Pre-electrical Era

The invention and first usage of lamp can be dated back to 70,000 BC. At that time, there was no metal or bronze to make lamps instead the then civilization used hollow rocks and shells. These hollow rocks were filled with moss and other natural substances and then soaked in animal fat. Animal fat acted as oil and this is how the first lamps were ignited.

With the advent of pottery, and the bronze and copper age, humans started to make lamps that imitated other natural shapes. Wicks came into existence much later and were used for controlling the flame or the rate of burning. In the 7th century BC, Greeks started using terra cotta lamps, which Read the rest of this entry »

While other types of lighting cast a harsher light and promote a business-like aura. Desk lamps come in many different types including Tiffany, Banker, Modern and Traditional models. This article introduces the different types of desk lamps in order that you can find one that best suits your needs.

Tiffany Desk Lamps

Tiffany style desk lamps are probably the most unique style you will see. These desk lamps are based loosely on the designs Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany created unique stained-glass lamps at the turn of the last century. Offering an array of styles that range from pleasant and warm to unique and even startling, Tiffany style lamps are available with metal or wood bases, with or without adjustable extension arms and often come with ornate metal and glass shade. If you want a desk lamp with a style in its own class, Tiffany lamps offer several varieties.

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