Modern Wooden USB Bedside Table Lamp

Timber does something to lamplight that painted metal cannot. The grain warms the tone as light passes across it, and the material ages into the room rather than out of it, which is why a wooden lamp still looks right a decade after a painted one has started to feel dated. This one keeps the form simple: a turned base, a clean stem and no ornament competing with the wood itself.

Power comes over USB rather than a mains plug, and that is more useful than it sounds on a bedside table. It runs from a phone charger, a wall socket adapter, a bedside charging hub or a power bank, which means it works in rooms where the only free socket is already carrying three things and behind a bed where a plug will not fit.

The light is warm and diffused rather than bright and directional, so it suits winding down, guest rooms and shelves better than close detailed work. Pair it with a dedicated reading light if you read in bed. The base is weighted enough to stay put when the cable is tugged, and the timber wipes clean with a dry cloth. Part of the Veyra Home table lamp range.

• Solid timber body with a clean turned form
• USB powered from a charger, adapter, hub or power bank
• Warm diffused output suited to bedsides and guest rooms
• Weighted base stays put if the cable is pulled
• Wipe with a dry cloth; avoid wet cleaning on timber