This tried and true classic floorlamp is a must have in every home (I read, write and laptop the evenings away in the comfy chair under mine!) and this roundup has my traditional as well as modernist friends covered…

Target, Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $39.99

IKEA, Barometer Floor Lamp, $49.99

IKEA, 365+ Brasa Floor Lamp, $79.99

JC Penney, Linden Street Adjustable Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $109.99

Lamps Plus, Lite Source Aged-Copper Adjustable Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $124.91

Van Dykes’s, Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $129.99

lampsgalore.com, Grandrich Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $139.98

World Market, Rust Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $139.99

Bowery Lighting Co., House of Troy Floor Lamp, $144.00

Ballard Designs, Weston Floor Lamp, $149.00

JoAnn’s, Shiloh Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $161.99

ylighting.com, Tenda Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $170

Restoration Hardware, Baxter Pharmacy Task Floor Lamp, $199

Crate and Barrel, Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $199

Pottery Barn, Wyatt Floor Lamp, $199

lumens.com, Bruno Adjustable Pharmacy Floor Lamp, $200.20