These Bedside Lamps Help Create a Calm and Cozy Atmosphere

The Casper Glow Light is more than just a bedside lamp — it's a smart device that helps users wind down and wake up using gentle light cues. The Glow Light gradually dims and lights up each day in accordance with your schedule, which you can set conveniently from your phone. 

It also works wirelessly, so it can be used as a lantern or accent light anywhere, then can be docked back onto its base to charge up. To adjust the brightness level, just give it a twist and its internal gyroscope will turn the glow up or down.

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A great bedside lamp should evoke a feeling of calm — even when not switched on. Gantri's Weight lamp looks like a chic sculptural object in its off-hours, featuring a playfully modernistic globe-shaped diffuser atop a base that is available in three neutral shades. 

The piece is 3D-printed and made from bio-based plastic, giving it an elegant matte finish. When switched on, the Weight lamp provides 360 degrees of warm light at just the right brightness for bedtime reading.

This bedside lamp is another model that helps to facilitate a more restful night of sleep, leading to happier mornings. The Philips Wake-Up Light is equipped with sunset and sunrise simulation, 25 brightness settings, and eight soothing sounds. Its sunset mode can be used as a night light, a reading lamp, or simply as a relaxing, soft red ambient light.

We love plug-in wall sconces because they look beautiful, they're a cinch to install, and they also free up your bedside table space. This sconce, from Amazon's Rivet home decor line, comes in a brass, nickel, or dark bronze finish, and features an Edison-style LED bulb inside of its transparent globe shade. Buy it in a pair to balance out your bedside lighting!

For those who do their best work in bed, or who enjoy spending their late-night hours curled up with a book or crossword puzzle, a task-style bedside lamp angles the light right onto the activity. This one from Target features a matte-black cantilever-style shape with elevated brass hardware accents.

Serving as reading light, night light, or even as a late-night lantern, this touch-activated, rechargable lamp is a great bedside companion for all types of sleepers. 

It offers four different warm-white brightness modes, along with three different colors to set a moodier tone. This lamp is great for putting in spare bedrooms, so that your guests can find their way to the bathroom in the dark.

Any bedside lamp, even the one you already own, can be completely enhanced by screwing in a smart bulb. The Philips Hue smart bulbs work as normal 60-watt bulbs, but can be programmed through their proprietary app, or even voice-controlled through Amazon Alexa, Apple Homekit, and Google Assistant. Basically, if your lamp lacks a dimmer switch, you can simply tell your device to set the right shade for you.