Wireless Wall-Mounted Sconces

Wall sconces normally mean an electrician, a channel cut into plaster and a decision you cannot easily reverse. These do not. Each sconce mounts without wiring and runs on its own rechargeable power, which means a bedroom, a hallway or a rented flat can have proper wall lighting in an afternoon, and it can move to a different wall entirely when the room changes.

The design is deliberately classic: a black and gold metal frame carrying a white fabric shade, the sort of combination that suits a period room and a modern one equally. Light passes through the fabric as a warm, diffused glow rather than a spot, throwing soft illumination up and down the wall in the way a good hardwired sconce does at considerably more expense.

Mounted either side of a bed, they free the nightstands entirely, which is worth more in a small bedroom than almost any other change. They also suit a hallway, a stairwell, a reading corner, a home office or a living room alcove that never had wiring run to it. Charging is by ordinary USB, a single charge lasts through many evenings of typical use, and the fabric shade lifts off for cleaning without any tools at all.

• Mounting: tool-free, no wiring or electrician required
• Frame: black and gold metal with white fabric shade
• Light: warm diffused ambient glow, up and down the wall
• Power: rechargeable battery, USB charging, fully wireless
• Use: bedroom, hallway, stairwell, alcove, rented homes
• Care: shade lifts off for cleaning, dry wipe the frame