LED Mushroom Bedside Table Lamp

The mushroom shape has become the default for a bedside lamp for a practical reason rather than a fashionable one. The domed cap sits over the source and pushes everything downward, so the light lands on the table and the book rather than in the eyes of whoever is lying next to it. It is the least antisocial lamp shape there is, and it took a long time to become common.

The light is warm rather than neutral, which matters more at a bedside than anywhere else in a house. A cool LED beside a bed reads as an office at eleven at night; a warm one reads as a lamp. It is bright enough to read by comfortably and soft enough to leave on while someone else is trying to sleep.

Two colours are offered at the same price: orange, which is the bolder and reads as a genuine object on the nightstand, and white, which recedes. The shape is simple enough to suit almost any scene, which is why the same lamp turns up on restaurant and bar tables as often as bedside ones. Indoor use. Wipe with a soft dry cloth, and let it cool first.

• Shape: domed mushroom, light directed downward
• Light: integrated LED, warm tone
• Colours: orange, white, both one price
• Suited to: bedsides, reading, bars and restaurants
• Voltage: 110V-240V
• Use: indoor
• Care: wipe with a soft, dry cloth once cool