Use Antler Lamps To Create Unique Western Home Decor
Antler lamps are an excellent way to create western decor. Much more than average home lighting, antler lamps bring beautiful charm and character to any room. If you live in a rustic cabin or western style home, the wonderful beauty of antlers with their unique shapes and differences in natural color will give your home the authentic old west feel you are looking for.
Ranch style home owners as well as those constructing more sophisticated, modern houses have used antler lamps for decades as the ideal rustic lighting to enhance their western or southwestern home style. Because of the smooth curves of antler lamps and chandeliers there is a rustic charm inherent within the antlers that perfectly accompanies any form of western furniture. There is something special about antler lamps that combines all the elements and gives off a sophisticated rustic feel in the room. Antler lamps have a quality about them that definitely enhances balance and focus in any environment.
Antler lamps also go along with many other western elements in home decorating. In the Northwestern states or "north woods" as it is sometimes called, antlers may be fastened to snow shoes and adorned with rawhide lamp shades to use as one-of-a-kind wall sconces. The light colored wood and rawhide lacing on the shoe, in combination with the leather binding and luminous glow of the natural rawhide shade, make it a perfect combination. No matter if you choose to enhance the beauty of your antler lamp with rustic light rawhide shades or western style dark rawhide lampshades, the option is yours and the outcome will be fabulous.
Small antler chandeliers are fabricated from whitetail deer antlers while larger chandeliers sometimes have several tiers of huge elk antlers. Weather your area is large or small an antler chandelier will create western style.
In a small town in Wyoming, the town square is adorned with arches made from Elk antlers. It is truly unique and you can achieve the same look with antler lamps in your home. Small lamps can be made from whitetail deer antlers while larger chandeliers may have tiers of elk antlers with rawhide lampshades. One of the most popular lamps is fashioned with moose antlers, unmistakable with their broad dark palms and dark rawhide lamp shades.
Every year, clubs and organizations such as the Boy Scouts will go looking for the prized sheds. If you ever discover antler sheds outdoors, it is a thrilling experience. Antler lamps bring that same style in your home and can change your setting's atmosphere in a unique way.
Antlers are acquired in different conditions that are graded like rare coins. The best quality is awarded an "A" grade. The grading system, indirectly, has to do with the amount of time the sheds lie on the ground before they are found. The longer they are left in the wild, the more they lose their quality. Newer antler sheds are a darker brown color. Sheds that are not discovered quickly will begin to fade in the sun until they are a chalky white. Another reason they loose their value is because of chew marks from small rodents and stains from wet ground or moss.
There are also various ways of making the antler lamps themselves. Some lamp makers use glue to hold the antlers together. Others may lash them together with rawhide lacing for a rustic look. And some of the most attractive antler lamps may include a combination of being glued, drilled and screwed together, with the holes sealed for a natural look. High end lamps will almost always feature rawhide lamp shades.
Each antler is slightly varied than any other, so each antler lamp is a unique treasure and works wonderfully for rustic lighting. Try antler lamps with rawhide lamp shades in your home to create true rustic charm and to give it that warm, inviting look and feel that everybody loves.
Ranch style home owners as well as those constructing more sophisticated, modern houses have used antler lamps for decades as the ideal rustic lighting to enhance their western or southwestern home style. Because of the smooth curves of antler lamps and chandeliers there is a rustic charm inherent within the antlers that perfectly accompanies any form of western furniture. There is something special about antler lamps that combines all the elements and gives off a sophisticated rustic feel in the room. Antler lamps have a quality about them that definitely enhances balance and focus in any environment.
Antler lamps also go along with many other western elements in home decorating. In the Northwestern states or "north woods" as it is sometimes called, antlers may be fastened to snow shoes and adorned with rawhide lamp shades to use as one-of-a-kind wall sconces. The light colored wood and rawhide lacing on the shoe, in combination with the leather binding and luminous glow of the natural rawhide shade, make it a perfect combination. No matter if you choose to enhance the beauty of your antler lamp with rustic light rawhide shades or western style dark rawhide lampshades, the option is yours and the outcome will be fabulous.
Small antler chandeliers are fabricated from whitetail deer antlers while larger chandeliers sometimes have several tiers of huge elk antlers. Weather your area is large or small an antler chandelier will create western style.
In a small town in Wyoming, the town square is adorned with arches made from Elk antlers. It is truly unique and you can achieve the same look with antler lamps in your home. Small lamps can be made from whitetail deer antlers while larger chandeliers may have tiers of elk antlers with rawhide lampshades. One of the most popular lamps is fashioned with moose antlers, unmistakable with their broad dark palms and dark rawhide lamp shades.
Every year, clubs and organizations such as the Boy Scouts will go looking for the prized sheds. If you ever discover antler sheds outdoors, it is a thrilling experience. Antler lamps bring that same style in your home and can change your setting's atmosphere in a unique way.
Antlers are acquired in different conditions that are graded like rare coins. The best quality is awarded an "A" grade. The grading system, indirectly, has to do with the amount of time the sheds lie on the ground before they are found. The longer they are left in the wild, the more they lose their quality. Newer antler sheds are a darker brown color. Sheds that are not discovered quickly will begin to fade in the sun until they are a chalky white. Another reason they loose their value is because of chew marks from small rodents and stains from wet ground or moss.
There are also various ways of making the antler lamps themselves. Some lamp makers use glue to hold the antlers together. Others may lash them together with rawhide lacing for a rustic look. And some of the most attractive antler lamps may include a combination of being glued, drilled and screwed together, with the holes sealed for a natural look. High end lamps will almost always feature rawhide lamp shades.
Each antler is slightly varied than any other, so each antler lamp is a unique treasure and works wonderfully for rustic lighting. Try antler lamps with rawhide lamp shades in your home to create true rustic charm and to give it that warm, inviting look and feel that everybody loves.
