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Hi, I’m Joanna, a guest blogger for Design Shuffle, a premier online portfolio and home design site for interior designers. I blog daily about beautiful rooms for sites such as Design Par Deux. Thanks for letting me share my take on living room lamps today! Great lamps not only give light, they can balance a room’s design elements such as size, color and shape. From stately floor lamps to whimsical table lamps, the following lights will surely inspire quite a few decorating ideas. Which is your favorite?

An eclectic mix of modern and traditional in this living room provides the perfect setting for a tall brass floor lamp. The lamp adds height to the left side of the room which is balanced with the three ceiling lamps.

Shell lamps add color and whimsy to a space. Any of these three would be a perfect match for a coastal décor.

A whimsical coconut lamp would work well for an end table in pairs or alone for just the right touch of fun.

A glass globe table lamp allows for natural light to flow across the end table and into the room. This type of lamp would be just as lovely in a contemporary decor as it is in a country setting.

This lamp carries color from the floor and walls into a corner sitting area. Using colorful lamps gives a room just the right pop of color. Does this room inspire any living room design ideas?

A hand wrought silver table lamp adds height to the room which balances out the height of the plant in the corner.

Lamps in an usual combination of metal and glass balance each other out nicely in this traditional space.

Unusual table lamps balance color from the blue painted chair to the middle of the room. They also add shapely visual interest to this interior design. Images 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

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