This demo configures an illustrative floor lamp with a satin opal glass globe on a thin stem and a flat round base. Choose a finish for the metalwork, pick a foot switch or a dimmer, and the summary records the build for a quote.
Floor lamp buyers are usually matching something they already own. The stem and base sit in full view from the sofa, so a brass lamp beside chrome picture lights or black window hardware looks like a mistake. The globe settles a second question. Opal glass diffuses the bulb, so this kind of lamp works as soft room light rather than as a reading lamp.
Lighting Configurator demo
Sphere Floor Lamp
- Product
- Sphere Floor Lamp
- Colour
- White
- Switch
- Foot
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
Four of the six finishes appear in the demo: white, black, satin chrome and brass. The opal globe stays the same in each, so the swatches isolate the metalwork. The switch choice is recorded alongside. A foot switch suits a lamp that is simply on or off in the evening. A dimmer suits a living room where one lamp has to work for reading, films and late conversation.
- Colour: White, Black, Satin Chrome, Brass
- Switch: Foot, Dimmer
Why a configurator suits floor lamps
Six finishes and two switch types give twelve versions of one lamp. Most lighting sites photograph two finishes properly and show the rest as small swatch chips. Brass and bronze are where that fails, because a flat chip cannot show how a warm metal reads beside a cool painted wall.
A configurator shows each finish on the actual lamp, in the same light and at the same angle. That matters for returns. A floor lamp is bulky to repackage and a glass globe is fragile in transit, so an avoided return saves more than the refund. Buyers who have seen the brass properly on screen are less likely to send it back for looking yellower at home.
There is also a trade angle. Interior designers often specify a floor lamp alongside wall lights and pendants in the same metal. If the retailer holds the finish as structured data, a designer can request a matching set in one quote rather than three separate emails.
How a production version would be built
For this lamp, a layered image build fits well. The glass globe is shot once, lit and unlit, and the stem and base are shot per finish from the same camera position. The configurator stacks them, so a new finish means one new image. You would need finish names, SKUs for each finish and switch pairing, the lamp holder and recommended bulb, and overall height. On WooCommerce or Shopify, retail orders drop into the normal basket. Trade buyers can be routed to a quote form instead, with the same finish data attached.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Switch choices: 2
- Combinations to support: 6 × 2 = 12
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 36
- Images if switches can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 24
- Data each of the 12 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about floor lamp configurators
Can the configurator show the lamp switched on as well as off?
Yes, and for a glass globe it should. Opal glass looks flat and slightly grey when unlit and quite different when lit, so buyers need both views. The usual method is to photograph the globe twice from the same position and let the buyer toggle between them. The metal layers sit underneath either version, so lit views do not double the shoot.
How do we stop brass and bronze looking the same on screen?
Shoot them in identical light, then check the images against physical samples on a calibrated monitor. Close-up crops of the base help, because warm metals differ most in their highlights and texture. I also suggest naming finishes descriptively, so a buyer reads the difference as well as seeing it.
Should the dimmer option change the picture?
Only where the dimmer is visible. A foot switch on the cable and an inline or base-mounted dimmer look different up close, so a detail image per switch type is worth adding. The main image can stay the same. In this demo the choice is recorded in the summary but does not change the photograph.
Can one configurator handle our floor, table and wall lamps in the same finishes?
Yes. The finish list can be shared across product families, so brass means the same thing on every product page. That makes a matching set easy to quote and keeps naming consistent in stock records. My lighting configurator demo shows how a range can be presented together.
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