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If anywhere in the home has specific lighting requirements, it’s the bedroom. From getting dressed to winding down, reading a novel to applying make-up, this edit means you'll always see what’s what.

Harriet Wall Light Anthropologie

This is perfect if you are tight for space on the bedside table or at the end of the sofa. Fix it as low as you can for a deliberately intimate look and swing it out of the way when not needed. There’s a black version too.
GREYSON FLOOR LAMP Soho Home

A good floor lamp is hard to find. So often they are angular metal, which tends to look a bit more officey or contemporary than you might want. Or they have a wide base, which means they take up too much room to be tucked at the end of the sofa, or the lamp is so wide it sticks out too far from the corner. I know this because I have a beautiful standard lamp that has all these problems and I may have to move house just to accommodate it. But this one has a narrow base, a narrow shade, and its wooden bobbin form makes it an instant classic. If you’ve solved your sitting room lighting problem but are struggling with a small WFH desk, put this to one side instead of a task lamp and instantly win back more space for that essential clutter.
Pleated shade pendant light H&M

The fabric shade will diffuse the light in all directions (so many direct it straight up and down) while the frosted globe will soften it even further making this a perfect bedorom light when you need things to be a bit gentler. The fabric cord is 2m long so you can easily move it to where it wants to be with the aid of a hook in the ceiling and then draping the flex across from the central rose to where you want it to be.
Orta Cone Wall Light Lights & Lamps

For anyone who has been wondering about mixing metallics, here's the solution. Basically it works when the two are slightly "aged" in appearance, so this is a dull silver with a dark brass creating a rather gorgeous combination. Plug-in wall lights are so much easier to use, as you can move them where you will (wall fixings not withstanding) and this also has a smart black fabric cable and a dimmer switch - perfect for evening sitting rooms and bedtime reading.
larger spangle domed pendant pooky

This is made from neatly coiled strands of brass wire which will focus on the object below (always consider what your pendant is shining directly on to – make sure it’s more than just a bare patch of floor) as well as allowing slivers of light to escape round the sides. For bigger impact, you could buy the smaller version as well, and hang it adjacent but slightly higher.
empire shade in blue and red pooky

Wall lights used to be terribly difficult - in that most of them were awful. I know one designer who is so scarred by hideous wall lights from rented flats and 80s houses that he won’t use them to this day. But the times they are a changing and you can find some beauties now. Like this. Try adding a fun floral or plain velvet shade to bring another layer of pattern and print to your room. It comes in a variety of designs and colourways, too.
larger pumpkin in opaline glass pooky

Rather like those classic paper shades seen in a million student homes in the 70s (and recently making a comeback) this is made from blown glass so elevates that original idea. The opaline glass will soften and gently diffuse the light from the bulb and it comes with a lovely olive cord flex. Simple, classic, beautiful.
melville wall sconce pooky

This mercurised glass sconce will diffuse the light gently outwards. Bring a bit of luxe to the kitchen (instead of the dreaded grid of spotlights) or try them in a bedroom to create a softer effect than a pendant would bring.
Connaught Ceiling Light Dowsing & Reynolds

A pendant that doesn’t actually hang down, so this would be good in a low-ceilinged dining room, for example. The arms also mean the light will stretch to every corner. Fix it to a dimmer switch if you can, then it works for a romantic dinner as well as a wake-up breakfast.
Grosvenor Wall Light Dowsing & Reynolds

This will involve more effort to install as it’s not a plug-in, but it will look gorgeous and elegant – either by the bed or at either end of the sofa if there’s no room for a floor light. Wall lights can also be the best solution for halls, as pendants can get in the way of the front door and/or the stairs and there’s often restricted space for furniture.