Floor Lamps

Shop for Floor Lamps to Illuminate Your Home

If you've ever struggled with too little overhead lighting in your home, you should take a look at inexpensive floor lamps, which are great pieces when you want to incorporate multiple sources of light into living rooms, bedrooms, offices, and more. When you're looking for beautiful floor lamps for a specific room or space, you have many options, and you can find a lot of cheap floor lamps on eBay.

There are many home décor styles, so you're sure to find used floor lamps on sale for your home environment in whichever room that you choose. Some of the main types of floor lamps for sale that you'll find on eBay include:

• Contemporary
• Traditional
• Children's themes
• Victorian antique

One of the most common types of materials that is used to make standing lamps for sale is metal. Some metals might have a paint finish, and other types might be copper, brushed nickel, brass, or chrome. Another material that is used is wood. In fact, floor lamps with shelves are often made of wood. The socket and harp are almost always made of metal because both pieces are close to the light bulb, which usually gets hot. The shade can be made out of a variety of materials, including glass and metal, but cloth is one of the most common materials. Unusual floor lamps on eBay might include unconventional materials, such as wood shades, and they might even have shells, beads, and other decorative materials.

Halogen, incandescent, LED, and CFL are some of the most common types of bulbs that are used with new or preowned eBay floor lamps. Most bulbs fit into a standard socket that you find on a floor lamp on sale, but you have to check the socket of your floor lamp before buying light bulbs because some bulbs have a pin socket. When choosing a floor lamp on eBay, it's worthwhile to know which type of socket the floor lamp that you're buying requires because some bulbs are more expensive, and different bulbs emit different shades of light.

Floor lamps on eBay will usually include a shade, and one of the most common shapes of lampshades is the drum. This shape looks like a percussion drum with the top and bottom cut off. Many times, this type of shade has a metal frame with fabric wrapped around it. Another common shape is the torchère, which directs light upward. Usually, this type of shade is made of metal or glass. There are also lampshades shaped somewhat like a bowl turned upside down. This shape directs light downward, and it often has a decorative appearance that's highlighted when light shines through it.