Lighting

Most rooms are lit by one fixture in the ceiling, and it shows. Seldens' lighting collection exists to fix that, with lamps from Uttermost, Mercana, Stickley, Tommy Bahama Home and Flexsteel, weighted toward table lamps with a smaller group of floor lamps.

Why One Overhead Fixture Is Never Enough

Good lighting works in three layers. Ambient light fills the room, task light lands where you read or work, and accent light picks out art, a plant or a shelf. A single ceiling fixture only does the first, and it does it flatly, from directly above, which is the least flattering angle in the house. Adding two or three lower sources at different heights around a living room changes how the space feels more than new furniture would. Aim for at least three sources in any room you actually spend time in.

Bulbs, Dimmers and Getting the Warmth Right

Buy bulbs in matched sets. Mixing color temperatures in one room is the most common reason a carefully chosen lamp looks wrong: one bulb reads warm and yellow, the next reads blue, and the eye catches it immediately. Around 2700 kelvin is the warm white most people want at home. Put everything you can on a dimmer, because the lamp that is right for reading is too bright after dinner. Our Uttermost table lamps and accessories are the deepest part of this assortment.

Shop Lighting in Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia

Nothing about a lamp survives a product photo: not the scale, not how the shade diffuses, not how a ceramic glaze or a metal finish behaves under warm light. Our showrooms in Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia have these switched on. Come see the light itself, and our complimentary design services team will help you plan the layers room by room.