I am a true believer in having lamps throughout your home! One of my favorite things to do each morning is to turn on my lamps in the rooms that I’ll be in throughout the day. I don’t like overhead lights on unless we need them. Lamps create a nice mood and soften a space.

Now more than ever, we are needing our homes to feel comfortable and cozy. This pandemic has us all sheltered at home and it’s hard. Our homes should make us feel embraced, as if it hugs us each time we enter it. Right now, home is the only hug we can have.

I thought I’d share 7 fun ways to incorporate lamps into your home that are more unexpected. You may have lamps in rooms you don’t use, bring them out into the spaces that you use the most and TURN THEM ON!!!

NUMBER ONE

A lamp is perfect on a small console table at the END of a hallway!

NUMBER TWO

If you have a covered patio, put one outside on a table or maybe even put a floor lamp out there!

NUMBER THREE

I love it when I see lamps on a bathroom counter. Small or large it looks amazing!

Adding a small lamp to a guest bathroom also creates a calming feeling! Especially if it’s a gorgeous one like this!

NUMBER FOUR

Place lamps in your kitchen if you have space on a buffet or maybe a small one on the counter or bar.

NUMBER FIVE

How fun is it to put a lamp on a bar cart?

NUMBER SIX

A bookshelf is another great place to add a small lamp. I’ve been known to make holes in the back of the bookshelf so the plug can be hidden!

NUMBER SEVEN

There are lots of plug in sconce options (they count as lamps in my book) that you can place anywhere! In a kitchen nook like below or in a living room, office or bedroom.

NUMBER EIGHT

Add lamps/sconces to your mantel. If you have a plug on your mantel, add lamps!!

I challenge you to add more lamps to your home! When friends and family come to my house ,they often comment on how warm and inviting my home feels. I can guarantee you, it’s because of the feeling that lamps add to my space.