Your bedtime reading routine is about to get a lot brighter. Swap a dim table lamp for a pendant of your own design, with a custom dome (this one comes in six colors) and as jazzy a cord (choose from 36 hues!) as your boudoir can handle. Just anchor the power line to the wall by winding it around a pretty piece of hardware, then plug it in. Voilà! Overhead lighting -- no electrician required.
To corral the hanging cord, we wrapped it around this cleat in a figure-eight pattern.
Color Cord Company Standard plug-in pendant light, in Polished Copper, $25; and Metal Dome Shade, in White, $60, colorcord.com. West Elm Burl nightstand, $399, westelm.com. Unison Himmeli Gray Matelasse coverlet, in Queen, $165; and standard sham, $40, unisonhome.com.
Make It Yours
Go Nautical
These sleek industrial prongs come in two handsome finishes.
Anthropologie Streamline hooks, in Slate and Bronze, $16 each, anthropologie.com.
Go Mod
A pair of bright wooden knobs can coordinate (or contrast) with the other colors you choose.
Muuto Dots coat hooks, from $23 each, ylighting.com.