When you think of room decorations you likely think of the pictures that you frame and hang on the wall.
You might think of the knick-knacks that you set on the tables like little figurines, vases for flowers, or ornate fruit bowls.
You may not think of wooden floor lamps as being a decoration in the room.
It is true that wooden floor lamps serve a practical purpose in a room.
They are placed in areas of the room that need more light cast into them.
They help brighten the area and they provided the needed light for activities like reading and sewing.
They also create a warm and inviting feeling when they are illuminated at night.
You can place a pair of wood table lamps on the end tables in your bedroom and create a beautiful look.
The wood table lamps can be identical or you can place two very different pieces that have common denominators like colors or matching lamp shades.
You can make these items of illumination the center focal point on the bedside table.
You can even use colored shades on the items to make a comforter set and the curtains on the window come together.
Many people think of a bankers' lamp as being an item that is to be placed on a desk.
The bankers' lamp is designed to cast light directly on the surface area of a desk to make paper work easier to read, but they also come in many different colors.
The different colored lamps can be used on headboards to provide reading light so you can read in bed.
They can also be used in other areas of the home to provide needed light and a decorative item.
The style of lighting that you choose says as much about your personality and decorating sense as the style of furniture you buy, or the type of floor coverings you select.
Bright fluorescent fixtures hung in the ceiling provide light where it is needed, but smaller objects that illuminate the area and glow in different colors creates an ambience in the room that the harsh fluorescent fixture cannot.
Many of these pieces come in shapes and designs to accent a child's room.
You can find them shaped like fish, and sailboats, and even some that have stuffed bears on the bottom of them.
You can get them in short sizes and some that are tall enough to reach halfway up the wall.
There is no limit to the sizes and shapes that these items are available in.
When you are shopping for these devices try to choose the ones that speak to you.
One way that people use these items for pure decoration is to place them on a table in the hallway or entrance foyer of the home.
They are often placed on tables behind the sofa in the family room to provide light and decoration.
One of the best things about these items is they are easily moved to another location, and by changing the shades on them you can change the entire look of the piece.