Using Rawhide Country Lamp Shades To Enhance Beautiful Rustic Home Decor

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Saturday, 01 March 2008

More info... By Nelson Montana  Rawhide country lampshades became popular after the great depression when women started decorating their homes and became interested in interior design. This was the case with not only kitchens, but living rooms and later family rooms and dens also. What is now known as southwest decor and western style, as well as ranch style, evolved naturally as the styles sprung from essential everyday items. The same transpired with country style homes. As the wealthier class started to buy second homes called country homes, the working class started to use the same styles in their home decor also. As antique style lighting were exchanged for the first rural style lamps, it was rawhide that was chosen as one of the first materials to serve as a shade. Since then, it has been chosen as a great way to add southwestern style to home lighting and for lighting fixtures. If you truly enjoy the unique, old-fashioned style of years ago, the natural style and color of rawhide will certainly be part of what you want to use in your country kitchen and rustic interior design. There are also other things you can do to achieve the country style you see in designer homes. For a country kitchen, consider using wood. Natural wood with rough edges and uneven surfaces is desirable when trying to create country style. If you have a spacious room, dark colored woods can be used whereas light colored tones look better in smaller areas. Rawhide country lamp shades look beautiful when used with wooden accessories and look nice in any area where a table lamp or desk lamp would be placed. One fabulous thing about rawhide shades is that they are available in light or dark as well as many colors to fit your individual color scheme. As you consider adding rawhide country lamp shades in your home, along with other rustic decorating accessories, it may not be necessary to purchase new lamps. Rustic lamps are best but it is the leather lampshades that add great style. It may be possible to use lamps you already own by just changing the shade to achieve the same rustic look. Whether you choose to keep the lamps you already have or decide buy new ones, you will be excited at the change that happens in your home. There is no greater way to include beautiful southwestern style in your home decorating than by decorating with rustic lamp shades. Add a few country style accessories like Native rugs, tapestries and pottery along with the shades, and you will develop a unique style that will have your visitors talking about your beautiful home for a long time. You can find unqiue, decorative lamp shades in a variety of colors and sizes in stores that sell southwest and rustic style decorating items, or purchase them online. Create a unique southwestern style in your home, by adding the unique rustic beauty of rawhide country lamp shades. Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and author offering free information online about how you can use rawhide country lamp shades for unique Southwestern interior design. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com Home And Garden Decor Share Your Opinion. (0 posts) Tag it: ?

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