One of the features in our family room for the past few months has been this lovely brick holding down the floor lamp so that it wouldn't tip over. I won't go into the technical specifics but because of some vigorous pole exercising, the force required to bend the vertical bar at the base was much less than the head of the lamp multiplied by the 6 foot leverage.
I tried to show in this picture how much the lamp leaned over even with as little weight as possible.
Carolyn had the answer all this time - a new lamp from Target Here are the pieces all laid out and waiting like a jigsaw puzzle to be put together.
And here is the finished product back in the previous lamp's location. It's hard to tell from this far away but both the vertical pole and the light covers are larger and more protective. Also, the pole maintains its vertical position so we no longer have to use the brick.
We don't have a before of just this lamp but this is the after, the new lamp in place.
And by removing two of the three pole sections for the old lamp and rewiring the plug we have a desk light that is sturdy and practical. By reducing the lamp's height it is no longer unstable or prone to tip over.
And the table lamp turned on. Just goes to show you that sometimes size does matter and that bigger isn't always better.
One of the features in our family room for the past few months has been this lovely brick holding down the floor lamp so that it wouldn't tip over. I won't go into the technical specifics but because of some vigorous pole exercising, the force required to bend the vertical bar at the base was much less than the head of the lamp multiplied by the 6 foot leverage. 
I tried to show in this picture how much the lamp leaned over even with as little weight as possible.
Carolyn had the answer all this time - a new lamp from Target Here are the pieces all laid out and waiting like a jigsaw puzzle to be put together.
And here is the finished product back in the previous lamp's location. It's hard to tell from this far away but both the vertical pole and the light covers are larger and more protective. Also, the pole maintains its vertical position so we no longer have to use the brick.
We don't have a before of just this lamp but this is the after, the new lamp in place.
And by removing two of the three pole sections for the old lamp and rewiring the plug we have a desk light that is sturdy and practical. By reducing the lamp's height it is no longer unstable or prone to tip over.
And the table lamp turned on. Just goes to show you that sometimes size does matter and that bigger isn't always better.
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