There are only so many thing one should think about before any lighting purchase especially if you are contemplating whether to go with a group of Lamps or a single Chandelier. If you feel that lamps are your choice then you will want to take into consideration both the amount of floor traffic you have in that area and also of course the age of that traffic.

Yes, I said the age of that traffic. What does this mean, the meaning is the age of the people that will represent a good portion of the traffic that passes through that area. Why would this matter? Simple, children can easily pull down lamps but even the most persistent would find it challenging to reach a chandelier without help. Let’s face it kids pull on stuff and they tend to not posses forethought until a certain age and then even some adults would still no qualify in that regard.

This may also decide for you the type of table lamp that you decide to go with. As an example; wooden lamps don’t need the constant polishing as do brass lamps if you have youngsters or toddlers with the propensity to touch everything and leave fingerprints on everything they meet up with. I can vouch for the polishing of the brass lamps with children. If they’re like most kids you will be doing it about once a week.

The next issue is lighting coverage. Table Lamps Lighting coverage can be rather limited they will tend to only provide light in the very near circumference of their placement. Tall wide area floor lamps will generally provide even more whole room light while overhead lighting such as that from a chandelier will generally provide the most. However, if you have extremely tall furniture or huge solid pieces where no light passes through them then your overhead lighting will need just a wee bit of help.

Don’t worry, if this is the case then all you have to do after you buy your overhead lighting such as a chandelier is to buy a few lamps to fill in what are termed as the dead spots and you will be all set. An easy way you can determine if this is a good idea for you is to simply hang a high wattage light bulb from the ceiling that you would be looking at overhead lighting from and figure out where the shadows are cast or “where the dead spots” are. Then with that light still shining see if placing furniture in the dead spot areas where you would need table lamps would cause problems with the flow of your decor. If it does then you will want to take any floor lamp you already have and place it in those spots to ensure this won’t be problematic as well. Now you will know that you have full coverage of light in your desired area and won’t have issues with the Tikes and toddlers.