Bedside lighting can be both practical and decorative, especially when its finish echoes the bedroom’s hardware, headboard, or wall treatment. Black fixtures create contrast against light bedding, brass adds a warm accent, and woven shades soften the look beside wood furniture. Explore arrangements that make it easier to settle in with a book without overlooking the room’s overall design.
Brass Lamp on Woven Bedside Chest
A woven chest with black leather serves as a bedside table and supports a brass lamp. Next to it, an ivory bed covered in white bedding sits before a black board and batten bedroom wall.
Bedside Wall Light in Black and Beige
White shiplap walls and a sloped ceiling surround a bedroom with a black metal bedframe dressed in white and gray bedding. A stained wood nightstand sits beside the bed, lit by a black and beige wall-mounted reading light.
Black Reading Lamp for a Table
Against a stained wood wall, a beige painted wood headboard belongs to a bed covered in beige and gray bedding. An antique stained wood nightstand with a glass front stands beside it, holding a black table lamp for reading in bed.
White Sheer Canopy and Black Spindle Bed
Above a white and pink floral-print bed hangs a black accordion reading light. In this bedroom, white, green, and pink house-print wallpaper surrounds a black metal spindle bed frame draped with a sheer white canopy.
Black Bedroom Reading Lamp
In this bedroom, a black reading light illuminates a beige studded linen bed dressed in white and gray bedding. The fixture hangs above a black drawer nightstand holding artwork in light wood frames.
Reading Sconce on a Black Headboard
Over the white and gray bedding, a brass and woven sconce rises from the black shiplap headboard. Behind the bed is a black sliding chevron door fitted with brass rails.
Gold Reading Lamp by the Bed
Above a stained wood cane side table, a gold wall lamp is fixed to a gray beadboard half wall for reading in bed. Its light falls on a beige bed made up with white, beige, and gray bedding.
Black Bedside Wall Sconce
A bed dressed in white, gray, and beige bedding has a beige linen headboard and leans against a white shiplap wall. Beside it, a black wall-mounted reading sconce hangs above a stained wood bedside table.
Black Sconces for Bedside Reading
Against a gray-painted wood shiplap wall, black sconces provide light beside stained-wood drawer nightstands. They stand on either side of a bed in white, gray, and beige, finished with a beige tufted headboard.
Gray and White Lamps for the Bedside Table
On either side of a black metal bedframe, gray reading lights with white shades stand on white drawer nightstands. The bed is dressed in white and gray bedding, while the lamps sit before a wood shiplap wall finished in different stains.
Black and Brass Bedside Sconce
Above a white bed frame dressed in gray buffalo-check bedding hangs a black and brass sconce reading light. In front of a white board-and-batten accent wall, the bed is positioned beside an army green dresser.
Bedside Wall Reading Light
White and gray bedding covers a black metal spindle bed beneath a black reading fixture with a beige shade. Attached to the white shiplap wall, the light hangs above a stained wood drawer nightstand.
Black Bedside Reading Lights
On white bedside tables to either side of a gray bed, black reading lights stand beside bedding in white and black. Above the headboard hangs white and black artwork, while a rattan pendant light illuminates the bedroom.
Rattan Wall-Mounted Light for Bedside Reading
Interior designer Huong Vu is a strong proponent of rattan wall-mounted reading lights in bedrooms. She says a sleek rattan wall-mounted reading light gives off a warm, focused glow of 2700 to 3000 Kelvin, ideal for getting into a favorite novel without overwhelming the senses. She adds that this arrangement preserves as much nightstand room as possible, so personal items remain within arm’s reach.
Here, a rattan wall light is mounted above a stained wood bedside table, putting the concept into practice. Besides serving a practical function, it brings a stylish accent to the room and complements the beige and gray bed with its black tufted headboard.
Huong also discusses what the headboard adds in this arrangement. In her view, the plush upholstered headboard suits the room aesthetically and gives readers or people working late a comfortable surface to lean against.
Brass Bedside Reading Sconce
Above a stained wood night table hangs a brass wall sconce intended for reading in bed. Between beds covered with white, tan, and blue bedding, the table sits against a gray shiplap half wall with a ledge.
Black Accordion Lamp for Reading
Brass and White Globe Lamp in the Bedroom
White bedding on a dark gray tufted headboard is set off by black-and-white buffalo-plaid pillows. A brass-and-white globe bedroom lamp occupies the space between the bed and a black metal-and-wood blanket ladder.
Bedroom with a Black Reading Light by the Bed
On a gray feature wall, macrame decor hangs above a gray linen bed made up with white and beige bedding. Next to the bed, a stained wood nightstand rests beneath a black light for reading.
Gold Reading Light by a White Nightstand
In this green bedroom, a light wood cane bedframe is layered with white and beige bedding. An antique white nightstand beside it supports a gold reading light for bed.
White and Gold Lamp for Bedside Use
White, beige and tan bedding covers a beige tufted nailhead bed. Next to it, a gray wood drawer nightstand supports a white and gold table lamp intended for the bed.
Black Lamp with White Shade for Reading
White board and batten walls frame a bedroom furnished with a black spindle bed and rustic, narrow wood bench. Beside the bed, a black table holds a jug-style black lamp fitted with a white shade.
Dual-Head Brass Desk Reading Light
On a white desk beside a blue tufted bedframe, a brass dual-head reading light is set for use by the bed. White and blue bedding covers the bedframe in this white bedroom, which has stained wood flooring.
White and Gold Reading Light in a Bedroom
A white, pink, and beige bed, set on a gray metal spindle frame, rests over a brown vintage rug. On the stained wood nightstand beside it, a white and gold reading light sits near the bed.
Brass Sconce for Bedside Reading
Above the beige tufted nailhead bed, white and gray bedding is paired with an ivory juju hat on the wall. Beside the headboard, a stained wood nightstand sits beneath a mounted brass sconce bed reading light.
