The best floor lamps you can buy

The Brayden Studio Morrill Tree Floor Lamp has a stylish and graceful look that'll mesh with almost any décor, but it doesn't sacrifice usability or versatility.

The stylish Brayden Studio Morrill Tree Floor Lamp has a simple design that will look great in any room in your home. The thin stem of the Utecht floor lamp splits into three smaller branches that each hold a drum-style lampshade and a socket.

The lamp shades have a 12-inch diameter, and the lamp measures 82-inches tall. It's in an antique bronze metal finish. The Brayden Studio Morrill Tree Floor Lamp has an E26/E27 bulb base. You can decide how bright or dim you want the lamp to be based on which bulbs you choose. For help with choosing a great light bulb for your lamp, check out our light bulb buying guide here.

As far as downsides go, there aren't many. Some buyers on Wayfair said the lamp's assembly was difficult, while others didn't like the quality or had issues with damage. However, the product has received 5 stars from more than 2,700 commenters.

Editors' note: This lamp replaces our previous pick, the Utecht Tree Floor Lamp, also from Brayden Studio and sold by Wayfair. Both lamps are similar in style and function.

Pros: Nice-looking design, simple drum lamp shades provide a great look, four-way switch for turning on individual lamp sockets

Cons: Price is a little high, some customers complain of difficult assembly and workmanship

Buy the Brayden Studio Morrill Tree Floor Lamp on Wayfair for $142.58

It's tough to beat the classy and traditional look of the Barnes and Ivy Florencio Antique Gold Floor Lamp, which has a heavy, sturdy build quality and a torchiere-style design.

If you have an image in your mind of what a traditional floor lamp should look like, there's a good chance the Barnes and Ivy Florencio Antique Gold Floor Lamp matches the image in your head. This classy lamp makes use of an antique gold finish with black accents to look classy and traditional in any room.

The thick lamp pole and the heavy, ornate base provide a perfect look for a traditional décor. The top of the lamp contains a torchiere style light socket, which directs the light upward using a 5-inch height and 18-inch diameter amber glass shade.

The 72-inch lamp can accept incandescent light bulbs of up to 150 watts or lower wattage CFL or LED bulbs. For help with choosing a great light bulb for your lamp, check out our light bulb buying guide here.

One Amazon buyer appreciated the sturdy build quality and feel of this Barnes and Ivy floor lamp, which weighs more than 40 pounds. You shouldn't have to worry about knocking this lamp over. Another Amazon reviewer liked the style of the Florencio floor lamp, even though it was more bright gold than the antique gold color they expected.

Pros: Ornate design on the base and near the light socket, antique gold and black finish looks stylish, torchiere light design aims light upward, up to 150-watt bulbs accepted, traditional design looks great

Cons: Extremely heavy floor lamp, high price

Buy the Barnes and Ivy Florencio Antique Gold Torchiere Floor Lamp on Amazon for $299.99

The adjustable height and angle of the lamp socket for the Trent Austin Design Kaibab Task Floor Lamp makes it a great lamp for reading or performing other tasks.

We love the look of the Trent Austin Design Kaibab Task Floor Lamp, which includes an all-metal design that extends to the lampshade. It has an aged dark zinc finish that looks sharp to match almost any room.

It works very well as a task floor lamp because of the slight curvature at the top of the lamp pole as well as a hinge on the socket, which allows you to direct the light onto someone sitting in a chair when the lamp pole is directly behind the chair. The design lets you raise or lower the lamp socket bar by several inches, too.

Several Wayfair buyers said it was a great lamp for reading. Some others appreciated the ability to adjust the height and angle of the lamp socket.

However, some Wayfair reviewers did not like the way the power cord hangs from the adjustable socket bar, leaving it dangling a few feet off the floor. A few other reviewers questioned the longevity of the Kaibab floor lamp.

The Trent Austin Design Kaibab Task Floor Lamp measures 65 inches in height with a single 60-watt socket that accepts E26 bulbs. You can drop the height of the lamp to as low as 56 inches with the adjustable socket bar. The base has an 11-inch diameter, giving the lamp plenty of stability. The lamp shade has a 9-inch diameter.

Pros: Stylish lamp with aged dark zinc finish, adjustable lamp socket and height is great for reading, slight curve in lamp pole helps direct light, all-metal design, sturdy 11-inch diameter base, good price point

Cons: Only a 60-watt socket, can't use 3-way bulbs, cord hangs from socket bar

Buy the Trent Austin Design Kaibab Task Floor Lamp on Wayfair for $69.99

The Catalina 3-Way Étagère Floor Lamp has a unique look with four legs to provide a sturdy base, as well as two small shelves that make it a great fit in a corner.

The Catalina 3-Way Étagère Floor Lamp isn't very tall at 58 inches in height, but it works great in the corner of a room, thanks to the two shelves attached to the four legs of the lamp.

The four legs provide a sturdy base to the lamp, and there are 14 inches between each of the legs, meaning the base occupies a little more space than a typical floor lamp. Each shelf is square in shape and sturdy.

The Étagère Floor Lamp has a distressed painted iron finish and a simple linen shade in ivory beige. You can use a 3-way incandescent bulb with this Catalina Lighting lamp up to 150 watts, or you can use lower wattage CFL and LED 3-way bulbs. For help with choosing a great light bulb for your lamp, check out our light bulb buying guide here.

Home Generosity appreciates the unique look of the Catalina floor lamp with its practical shelves. For example, you can put a book and reading glasses on a shelf for easy access or place your mug down between sips. One Amazon buyer loved how easy assembly was with this lamp, and another liked the shelves, even though they are small.

Pros: Great looking lamp, small shelves are handy to have inside the floor lamp base, accepts 3-way bulbs up to 150 watts, works well in the corner of a room, good price point, sturdy base at 14 inches wide

Cons: Lamp is shorter than average at 58 inches, square shelves are very small

Buy the Catalina 3-Way 58-Inch Étagère Floor Lamp on Amazon for $62.99 (pricing varies)

The tall Artiva USA Micah Arched Floor Lamp has a contemporary arched style design with five separate light sockets and adjustable shades for spreading the light.

If you're terrified of Medusa-like multi-headed snakes, you may want to pass on this arch style lamp. But if you want an arch style floor lamp that'll fit into a room's contemporary design, the Artiva USA Micah Arched Floor Lamp offers five arms that arch over a chair or couch, providing a great source of light … even if it does look a bit like a multi-headed snake.

The Artiva USA floor lamp is huge, measuring 88 inches in height, so it won't work in low ceiling rooms. Roughly halfway up the silver lamp pole, the pole changes into five arms, each of which have a round lamp socket at the end. Each socket features a 360-degree rotatable shade, helping to angle the shades so you aren't looking directly at the bulbs. Each shade measures 5.5 inches in diameter.

Some Wayfair buyers said assembling the Micah Arched floor lamp was tricky, especially when it comes to putting the base together. Another buyer loved the ability to dim the light with its dimmer switch, as well as the overall look of the lamp.

The Artiva USA Micah Arched Floor Lamp weighs 40 pounds with a 15-inch diameter base, which provides a sturdy build quality, according to the Home Lights review, but it does occupy more floor space than other floor lamps.

You can use 5-watt LED bulbs in each socket, equivalent to 40-watt incandescent candelabra bulbs with an E-12 socket. One Wayfair reviewer decided to replace the incandescent bulbs that shipped with the lamp with LED bulbs to minimize heat buildup. We recommend you do that for energy efficiency as well. For help with choosing a great light bulb for your lamp, check out our light bulb buying guide here.

Pros: Stylish and contemporary look, five light sockets to spread the light, heavy base keeps lamp sturdy, includes dimming feature for the lights, metal design, 88-inch lamp great for high ceiling rooms

Cons: High price, assembly is tricky, only accepts candelabra style bulbs

Buy the Artiva USA Micah Arched Floor Lamp on Wayfair for $252.99