Tripod lamps are hot, hot, hot. I’m seeing them in advertisements, shelter mags and certainly in the stores I visit. The shot above is from the Art Shoppe website; the high-end Toronto furniture store has been featuring the stylish black-and-white room in their ads although when I went to shoot and price the lamp, I discovered that they don’t actually carry this model anymore. They do, however, have the tripod below with a silk shade for $998, which definitely represents the high side of my price equation.
But fear not, I found lots of less expensive options on recent scouting missions . . .
I was very surprised to learn that IKEA doesn’t have a tripod among its lighting offerings. The brushed nickel floor lamp and table lamp, above, are from Structube; the floor model is $229 and the table lamp is just $119. I also found similar table lamps at Toronto’s L’Atelier (1224 Yonge Street), below; the black iron model retails for $279 and the brushed nickel ones are $198.
Design Within Reach, below, has tripod floor lamps on sale at the moment for $279 (regular $350). The lamps really update the Frank Lloyd Wright furnishings although I’m not crazy about the proportions of the shades.
West Elm‘s product line includes interesting riffs on the tripod: the Open Wood Floor Lamp, below left, is on sale right now for $199 (regular $299) and the Adjustable Metal Floor Lamp, below right, is $149 (although it’s not technically a tripod since it has four legs).
And then there’s the ultra cheap tripod floor lamp below that I rescued from the dead-stock room at Toronto’s Aristocrat Lamps and Lighting. The sad cast-off had no shade, not even a plug, but the shop rectified both elements for me in due course. The best part was the price, just $100; unfortunately it was the only one they had so I can’t steer you back there for one of your own.
I was so crazy about the lamp that I bought it even though I have no real use for it at the moment. I staged the vignette, below, simply so I could include it in this post. I wonder if there’s a 12-step program for bargain hunters?
September 24th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I have the DWR tripod and must say the proportions of the shade is what drew me to it. It works quite well in my setting.
September 24th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Love your lamp from Aristocrat. It and the first (unavailable) one are the only ones where you can see the tripod legs intersecting and then diverging, which adds so much interest!
Thanks for the great post.
September 24th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I really enjoyed this post. I love that you took a high-priced item and found similar ones with an equally high style quotient but without the equally high price tag. I would love if you did more of these posts. p.s. I think the Structube lamps outshine them all…they are gorgeous! I already have a floor lamp but if I didn’t I would run out and buy this asap!
September 24th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
i too have no use for this lamp, but i want it. thanks for the post. I think i just might go get one this weekend.
September 24th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I think your choices from the less expensive stores are actually the nicest.
September 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Good evening, less expensive works for me. Renovation budget is overrun with extras…Lois of is there one of us whom really DOESN’T enjoy a good deal?
September 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
this is more the kind of post i think stylenorth should focus on – great designs and where to get them. and shops too, feature some good shops!
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:16 am
Thank you for this post. I’ve been looking for the right tripod lamp for months now and this has helped me decide on the one from DWR.