Crate & Kids Modern Dome Touch Kids Table Lamp
Crate & Kids Modern Dome Touch Kids Table Lamp by Crate & Barrel — kids lighting, Overall: 8" W x 16.5" D. Compare it with similar pieces across brands, and see the rooms it appears in.
- Brand: Crate & Barrel
- Category: Kids lighting
- Dimensions: Overall: 8" W x 16.5" D
- Colours: green
- Rooms: kids, Dining room, Home office
Room×Lab Review · Review updated September 29, 2026
One green-lamp owner reports flicker, the other mostly downward light; across all colors, owners praise the touch control but keep reporting flicker
Crate & Barrel's 62 ratings, averaging about 4.0, cover every Modern Dome color, not only green. Room×Lab read 60 distinct written reviews from 2020 to 2026. Most are on the white lamp's page; one of those owners also bought two grey lamps. Two sit under green and two under purple; one purple review covers only a wrong-color shipment and refund delay. Only two owners say they used a green lamp. Uses include nurseries, toddler and grandchild rooms, an adult's bedside, a living room and a grandparent with dementia. Reports on other colors are labelled. Below: both green-lamp owners, then the most common praise and two detailed faults from white-lamp owners.
Room×Lab rating: 5.8 out of 10 (limited confidence). One green-lamp owner reports flicker on a dimmer setting; the other says the light barely reaches past the nightstand. Across all colors, owners praise the touch control, sturdy metal build and gender-neutral look. Repeated flicker reports with no proven bulb fix, plus mostly downward light, hold the score back.
- Touch control kids and busy parents can use: 33 favorable and 6 critical mentions about the touch control. — Owners describe toddlers switching the lamp on alone and parents tapping it with an elbow or knuckle while holding a baby. Critics call the touch finicky or say it works better on the base than the shade. One owner of about eight months says it responds about 9 taps in 10. Owners disagree on where touch works.
- Flicker or buzz, often on one brightness level: 13 critical and 2 favorable mentions about flicker or buzzing. — A green-lamp owner had flicker on one setting on a green and a purple lamp. Reports run 2020 to 2026, often on the brightest setting, some across two or three units. Several owners still had flicker with LED, incandescent, dimmable, 3-way and smart bulbs. The other green owner saw none with a 60W incandescent; another found a working bulb after a few tries.
- Downward light is poor for reading: 8 critical and 3 favorable mentions about light for reading or the room. — One green-lamp owner says it lights little beyond a short toddler nightstand, too little for bedtime stories. Other critics say the short lamp and metal dome mostly light the tabletop, like a nightlight or accent lamp. Yet one owner reads books by it at night, a toddler reads in bed by it, and an adult likes it at their bedside.
Before buying
Buy the green Modern Dome as a tap-on nursery or bedtime light, not as a reading lamp. Test every brightness level with your bulb while you can still return it, because owners keep reporting flicker, and ask Crate & Barrel for the green lamp's height.