How To Use Painted Lamp Shades For Chic Southwestern Interior Design

How To Use Painted Lamp Shades For Chic Southwestern Interior Design

By:


Painted lamp shades provide beautiful rustic style for any home lighting fixture. The appealing look they add to your home will have your friends talking about your wonderful designer look long after they leave. In fact, I enjoy decorating with these rustic shades so much that I like to give them as gifts for birthdays or special occasions. These lamp shades are an interesting way to enhance wonderful rustic or Native American style in your home decor and achieve a look that is definitely one of a kind.

From interesting portraits of Native American Indians and extraordinary mountain wildlife, to colorful paintings of arid desert landscape and Indian pueblos, you will definitely be pleased with how these hand made lamp shades enhance your home's Native American design and style. The thing I like most about decorating with leather lamp shades or giving them as gifts, are the many different colors and options to choose from.

You can choose from beautiful works of art on dyed pigskin suede lamp shades that come in a variety of colors, or choose a painting you like on a rustic rawhide shade in a light or dark color. No matter which you choose, you will no doubt find one that combines with your color scheme and your decorating style. The amazing handywork of the hand-stitched lacing on the leather lamp shade adds great character and true Native American design to your rustic cabin or country home.

Trying to simply incorporate western style in a room in your home? The greatest part about painted lamp shades is that they look just as wonderful in homes, offices, kitchens and anywhere else you would like to add southwestern design. The wonderful thing about painted lamp shades is that they are a very easy way to change your home lighting or redo a room without having to spend a fortune or do a lot of work. Try painted lamp shades on special western style lamps such as wrought iron or antler lamps to bring out a an authentic natural mountain look, or simply replace the shade on the traditional style lamps that you are already using to enhance western design.

Popular for use on floor lamps for lighting large areas or for table lamps and desk lamps, painted lamp shades are great for anywhere you would like to create a splash of color with western style. You will be excited to see how a simple lamp shade can adjust the design of the entire room and create true southwestern style in your home. Combine painted leather lamp shades with other western or Native American style accessories for genuine western design. Painted lamp shades look wonderful when combined with Indian blankets and throws, kiva ladders, ceremonial drums, or Indian baskets and pottery.

These unique shades are hard to buy in retail stores where western decor items are sold, but you can find them online. If you like the Native style homes typically found throughout the southwestern states, or are simply wishing to bring authentic rustic design to your interior decorating, try incorporating the beautiful art of painted lamp shades.


About the Author:
Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and author offering free information online about using painted lamp shades for chic southwestern style design. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com



Article Originally Published On: http://www.articlesnatch.com


|

Loading...
Related....
Videos...

Recent Home-and-Family Articles

Comments

Still can't find what you are looking for? Search for it!

Loading

Copyright 2005-2011 ArticleSnatch, LLC - All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Service.