Mini Table Lamps Are the Ticket to a Cozy Glow

Here are 24 cutie-pies to scatter around your home like confetti.

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A hard truth about small-space decorating strategies is that they often involve sacrificing your wildest design dreams (RIP, sectional with an extra-deep chaise). But there are some pieces I’d keep small even if I had all the square footage in the world, such as very tiny table lamps. The mini table lamp trend is about more than the cute factor of a pint-size home piece; it can be particularly handy for creating mood-boosting lighting during the darker winter months. While larger lamps require valuable real estate and electrical outlets, minis are often portable and can be scattered around on mantels, bookshelves, windowsills, coffee tables, bar carts, or even your kitchen counter (they won’t hog your prep space). And with multiple light sources at different heights, you’re well on your way to creating effortless layers of that coveted ambient glow.

While perhaps I already have far too many lamps, I say there’s always room to squeeze in another (tiny) one. I’ve been a proud owner of Thomas O’Brien’s Tiny Terri lamp for a year—as far as I’m concerned, it’s straight out of the designer’s home. It sits atop my armoire, fitting right in with my indoor garden. 

Tiny Terri Lamp by Thomas O'Brien, Visual Comfort

$419

There’s no shortage of petite table lamps on the Internet; all of the picks, below, are well under a foot tall. With rechargeable options that allow you to skip the cord and mushroom-shaped nuggets for less than $18, it really is hard to resist buying at least one.

Shade Your Glow

Mini Ceramic Globe Table Lamp by Simple Designs, Walmart

$18.0 $9.53

Bibelot Wavy Black Metal Mini Table Lamp with Rattan Shade by Athena Calderone

Crate + Barrel
$129
 Bibelot Wavy Black Metal Mini Table Lamp

Korean Pleated Table Lamp

Amazon
$35.0

Portable Torso Table Lamp

Audo Copenhagen
$249 $99

Restaurant Style

Modern LED Cordless Table Lamp, Amazon

$32.99

Rechargeable Wick Lantern, Graypants

$149

Soft Spot Table Lamp (24.5 cm), Rosendahl

$189

Larkspur Petite Table Lamp, Serena & Lily

$298

Mushroom Mode

Setago Portable Table Lamp

u0026Tradition
$225

Panthella Portable Lamp

Louis Poulsen
$394
 louis poulsen panthella lamp

Bellhop Yellow Portable Rechargeable Wireless Table Lamp by FLOS

1st Dibs
$295.0

Metal Desk Lamp

Wayfair
$126 $69

TOKABO Table Lamp

Ikea
$18

Little Glass Table Lamp

Urban Outfitters
$49

Lantern Life

Muse Outdoor Portable Lantern, Tala Lighting

$325

Portable LED Lantern, Schoolhouse

$269

Kero Table Lamp by Noun Studio, Gantri

$198

Rechargeable Forest Camping Lantern, Barebones Living

$70

Globe-trotter

Cantilever Table Light by Louis Filosa

Gantri
$128

Bilia Mini Table Lamp by Gio Ponti

Finnish Design Shop
$325 $260

Turn On Table Lamp

HAY
$175 $88

Alumina Table Lamp with Sphere IV, GOODEE

Goodee
$175

Misewell Q Table Lamp

West Elm
$199
 Misewell Q Table Lamp

Ion Lamp

Schoolhouse
$299
 schoolhouse ion lamp

Julia Stevens

Contributing Editor

Julia Stevens is a Domino contributing editor. Basically, she’s a professional online shopper. She started at Domino as an intern and spent almost seven years in the style department curating products for our gift guides, trend roundups, and product reviews and on set styling the beautiful homes we get to share. Off hours, you can find her scouting New York’s newest design shops and restyling her shelves