Lamps

Saturday we took the new lamps back & got a refund. In the post of the same day we received a catalogue from some company which, among other things, had a lamp with a wooden stand of the right height. We’ve sent off for that. Hopefully this time at least one of the lamps will have found its replacement.

Our lounge has a lot of wood – wood desks, wood occasional table, wood shelves, wood coffee table, wood TV stand – so hopefully this two-toned wood lamp should fit in fine. Its shade is a beige colour which should stand out against the white walls & echo the gold of the curtains & the browns of the differing woods.

Our gardener recommended us to get a Himalayan salt lamp. Yesterday we had a look at some on-line. They apparently give off a pinky orange glow. They are supposed to have a therapeutic effect on negative feelings in people & computers alike. We’ve looked. We could certainly do with de-stressing. The price is fine. When the light is switched on I can see the attraction. My problem is that most of the day we do not have lights on, & I’m not about to start doing so now. The unlit lamp looks like just a rough lump of orangey unshaped rock on a wooden stand. I’m not sure how long I could look at that without getting irritated. We’re still thinking about this one.