The bedroom is the one room where the ceiling light should almost never be the last light on. A lamp at the bedside, dimmed low, is what the room is for after dark.

What bedroom lamps include

Bedside table lamps and dresser lamps: the Angelica, Ora, Arabella, and Velina table lamps, the Pearl, and the Aris, Dara, and Vera rechargeable lamps for a nightstand with no outlet behind it. All dim, and all share materials with the bedroom chandeliers and sconces.

How to choose

Buy in pairs for the bedside so both sides of the bed match. Keep the lamp height close to the mattress top plus about 20 inches, so the shade sits at eye level when you sit up. The full range is on the table and floor lamps page, and the wall-mounted option, which frees the nightstand, is on the bedroom wall lights page.

Pairings

A pair of alabaster bedside lamps under an alabaster ceiling light makes a calm room. A rechargeable lamp on the dresser gives a third point of light without a cord along the wall. The rest of the room is on the bedroom lighting page.

Every lamp here plugs in or charges, and every one dims.