Beside lamps and reading lights to brighten up your bedroom

Amelia Thorpe picks out six of the best reading lights and bedside lamps.

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(Image credit: Pooky)

Stork wall light

In Antique Brass, £188 from Pooky.

020–7351 3003; www.pooky.com


Hanson wall light

(Image credit: Jim Lawrence)

In Beeswax, £122.03, and Candle Clip shade in Royal Oyster silk, £20.55, from Jim Lawrence.

01473 826685; www.jim-lawrence.co.uk


Medway reading light

(Image credit: Andrew Smart / Vaughan Designs)

£495, in Brass, from Vaughan

020–7349 4600; www.vaughandesigns.com


Bobble table lamp

(Image credit: Mike Moralee / David Hunt Lighting)

In Strawberry and Blush Pink, £294, with bespoke 40cm (16in) Pleated Gathered shade, £177 from David Hunt Lighting.

01295 672628; www.davidhuntlighting.co.uk


Hanover table lamp

(Image credit: Neptune)

In Black Bronze, small, with Nut Brown Rabanna lampshade, £250 from Neptune.

01793 934011; www.neptune.com


The Wilted Lotus lamp

(Image credit: Soane)

From £2,900 at Soane Britain.

020–7730 6400; www.soane.com


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(Image credit: Henriette von Stockhausen)

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Amelia Thorpe

Amelia Thorpe is a design and interiors journalist and regular contributor to Country Life. She spent the first half of her career book publishing, before jumping the fence to become a writer — a role that she adores. Amelia lives in London with her husband and two roguish dogs.

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