Decorating question 2: floor lamps. Yes or no?

We had some in our first home, but I didn't want them in our current home.

Only where light isn't sufficient eg by one desk and I do have a floor lamp with magnifier for needlework.

I have a really large arc floor lamp with a big shade and it nicely fills in an otherwise bare corner.

One day, when I thought for half a minute that I was going to actually do some home decorating, I thought I might buy a couple of floor lamps for either side of the TV unit. Then I changed my mind because we would never use them (it would be just for show) so I might as well save my money for something more useful like a new bathroom or kitchen.

They must have been expensive lamps!!! 
J/k 

Yes, I have one across the room from me right now in my family room. It sits beside/behind a chair in a location where there was only room for a very small side table and therefore no room for a lamp on the table.

I think floor lamps can add needed variety to some rooms, too. Our family room is quite large and already has three lamps on side tables next to couches and chairs. So the floor lamp adds a different height and some visual interest.

I used to have floor lamps. Then I had children. Somehow, someway, no matter where we put the floor lamps the children succeeded in knocking them over. And it's not like they had free for alls or wrestled or anything they were pretty calm kids. They were just awkward kids, with zero coordination, and somehow those lamps were involved in any chain reaction that occurred. So the few floor lamps that the movers didn't break didn't last long with the kids. We hired an electrician to install lights in the one room that didn't have lights and had to be lit by floor lamps after the kids broke the 3rd or 4th one ( I lost count ) I figured the install would pay for itself over 7 years of not buying new floor lamps.

I'll buy a couple if new ones when they are both off to college. Lol

We have 2. I don't love them, but we have them. We tuck them behind things to keep them mostly out of the way.

I despise most of them. I am transitioning to swags in the BR, to not only free the floor but free me from dusting the damn thing. With 3 dogs there's fur/hair everywhere, so the more things off the floor the better!

I have not yet decided about the LR.

I have several. The older I get, the more light I want!

I use this one a lot because it sits next to my recliner. I love the built-in shelves. It's NOT a sturdy, well-built item, though.

i really like them but I dont have a good spot for one in my house

we have some, and I like them. I don't like a lot of shadowy corners in a room, so there are a couple torchiere (I think that's how you spell it) lamps that cast light upwards that help get rid of the shadows. It's a light-colored shade, so you can use it to read by, too, but that's not why I like it.

(part of my love for table and floor lamps is because I DETEST ceiling fixtures anywhere besides the kitchen... to me they seem too cold and institutional feeling.)