Ours are pretty much right above our night stands:

This post was edited by beaglesdoitbetter on Sun, Dec 8, 13 at 20:26

I just put some up in what used to be my son's room that is now an extra guest room. Mine are between the tables and bed. I slept there the other night to check the height of the lights and they were perfect for reading and turning on and off from the bed, although there is also a wall switch that can control them. Now, I just need a dimmer.

This post was edited by cyn427 on Sun, Dec 8, 13 at 20:35

The sconces look fabulous on both your rooms, and they're in both locations I mentioned. I guess there's no design law for this one, like "NO white shoes after labour day"!

I've attached a screen shot of the sconce...Cyn's sconces & room are more similar to mine, except my sconces are oil rubbed bronze with a cord cover, and I just know that dark cord cover is going to draw the eye. That's why I'm thinking centre over the night stand would be best...but I don't think they provide enough light for reading there. Unfortunately, the room is wallpapered so I'll have to replace an entire section if I pick the wrong spot and need to move the lamp
P.S. Cyn, where did you get your sconces? They'd be terrific in the office/sewing room...

And Beagles, after seeing your blue room I've decided my guest room is going to be blue and blingy with lots of white trim! What color did you use, and where did you get that rug???

The sconces look fabulous on both your rooms, and they're in both locations I mentioned. I guess there's no design law for this one, like "NO white shoes after labour day"!

I've attached a screen shot of the sconce...Cyn's sconces & room are more similar to mine, except my sconces are oil rubbed bronze with a cord cover, and I just know that dark cord cover is going to draw the eye. That's why I'm thinking centre over the night stand would be best...but I don't think they provide enough light for reading there. Unfortunately, the room is wallpapered so I'll have to replace an entire section if I pick the wrong spot and need to move the lamp
P.S. Cyn, where did you get your sconces? They'd be terrific in the office/sewing room...

And Beagles, after seeing your blue room I've decided my guest room is going to be blue and blingy with lots of white trim! What color did you use, and where did you get that rug???

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I remember bronwynsmom commenting on my swing arm lamps that they were too close to the bed...she liked them to be located where a lamp would be, centered over the end tables. However, I see on houzz.com that many people have constraints, including the length of the swing arm...you want to be able to read in bed with them...whether there are windows or moldings or other things on the sides of the bed and so on. When I wallpaper my wall, I will be replacing mine and move them away from the bed some but they will have a fairly long arm so that will still work for reading in bed.

Baroo2u, you should definitely do the blue and white, we love it!

The rug is an old oriental from a NYC rug dealer. Our color was a custom color - I tried to find a paint can so I could take a picture of the formula but unfortunately we don't seem to have any around here. I can try to call Sherwin Williams and see if they have it on file under our account if you want me to?

We did the same blue in the sunroom w/ white trim too. The color we used needs to be in a room w/ a lot of white and w/ fairly good light though or else it gets pretty dark (we tried it in the dining room in our FL house and it made the room a black hole b/c there wasn't enough white trim or natural light to brighten it up.)

Baroo, I don't remember where I got it-online from a place I had never tried. It is by Sonneman. I will look for the receipt, but here is a link to it at YLighting and it is on sale through the 15th. I also like the Thick Thin sconce by Sonneman.

Well, it would help if I included the link, wouldn't it?

Here is a link that might be useful: Sconce

When decorating a completely bare room from scratch, where does one start. Walls, rug or what.
Maureen

Oh I forgot, it is a living room with nice wood floors
Maureen

jones3g, if you want to start a new topic with a question like that, it's better to open your own thread and not hijack an existing one. Thanks.

I think, as you can tell from the responses, it depends on if you need/want them for reading or not. To me, beagle has them positioned for decor purposes and cyn has them positioned for utilitarian purposes. I moved into a home with sconces already installed and they are in a similar position as cyn's sconces. I think ours are a tad high compared to our bed and unfortunately they aren't on a dimmer. The light is a bit bright. One day we will replace them but they work ok for now.

So, no way is "wrong". Place them where you need them! Here is a pic of our master.

Ok, I think I'm going with centred over the night tables! I did some experimenting with bulbs and heights and should get enough light if they're in that location.

Thanks everyone for your pictures!

Beagles, the room I was thinking of painting blue is smallish, orthern exposure, very little light. Sigh. Oh well, the nice thing about being in the military is you get to move a lot! Maybe our next house will have a suitable room for blue?

Cyn, thanks for the link!

Annie, the lamps are going in the room you suggested usimg BM bone white as a trim color--I love it! Once the lamps, pictures & curtains are up, I'll be able to post pictures!

Where would you put swing-arm sconces if you had a canopy/four poster bed? Inside or outside the frame? I actually have curtains on the frame. Needed for reading, so I guess inside makes more sense; however, I find them too squashed together.

Whoa, Equest, what a brilliant idea! I have indeed already drilled the holes, but I'm definitely filing that one for future use!

nosoccermom, I think it would depend on the length of the swing arm...if it's short, then inside so the light is also functional, if it's long then it can be either...mounted outside and the lamp swung in, or mounted inside and the lamp swung out. I've even seen where someone used the crook in the swing arm ...mary gilliat I think... to be the "tie back" for the canopy curtains.

I guess it's something that I just need to try out with DH holding the lamp up :)