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Southwestern lamp shades can make a difference in any room and bring your rustic lighting to life. If you have worked hard to outfit your room or new home, you want to be able to create the right mood for specific occasions. Create a really neat ambiance in a room by selecting southwestern lamp shades for your lighting needs. By using rustic lamp shades, the aura of a room can be transformed, from the stark reality of a typical light bulb, to a natural and more calming atmosphere. When you …

There is no substitute for genuine “raw hide” or rawhide lamp shades for southwestern lamps, antler lamps, wall sconces, chandeliers and home lighting. Bell style rawhide lamp shades are 50% taller than standard rawhide shades and perfect for taller, larger lamps.  Rawhide lamp shades come in light southwest or dark western rawhide. Our southwestern rawhide shades compliment cottage lodge style, rustic chic and rustic furniture.Rawhide "bell" lamp shades are made by hand with old …

Rawhide lamp shades can be used as replacement lamp shades on your existing lamps or as the perfect accessory to your new rustic lamps. Each rawhide lamp shade is handmade and the shade of choice for southwestern table lamps, vintage or antique lamps or western floor lamps. Old world craftsmanship and the natural material characteristics of rawhide allow rustic lamps to create perfect ambiance. If you want rustic lamps that hang from the ceiling such as antler chandeliers, rawhide chandelie …

When it comes to rustic decorating, the styles termed shabby chic and rustic decor have combined and made a big hit with everyone who loves the warmth and comfort it embraces. At first it seems to be a conflict of terms. After all, the things that usually are thought of to make something seem chic is just the opposite of those that would be considered shabby. This type of rustic style requires a lot of imagination and creativity. Once you begin to realize that you are not following a true s …

When it comes to rawhide lamp shades for western decor, rustic lamps with rawhide lamp shades are some of the most recognizable western lamps you see in log homes and in southwest decorating or western design. If you have lived in the West or visited Western States, you know what a wonderful impression they make. Rawhide lamp shades & southwestern lamps are popular in all parts of the country. Lamp shades made of rawhide are functional and very versatile, fitting into just about any dec …