I have 2 floor lamps - one by my chair in the TV room and one next to my sewing machine in my sewing room. I also have 2 desk lamps - one in my kitchen (under a cupboard that is a dark spot) and one on a shelf in the sewing room that also lights the other side of my sewing machine.
One floor lamp did go bad on me - it has a starter or whatever they call it - that went out and my husband had no idea how to fix it, and it wasn't worth having it repaired and just got another one. I am not sure how old it was, but those things happen. It turned out Joann's was having a good sale at the time and I had a gift card so it came out cheap for me.