How to Buy Rawhide Lamp Shades

Rawhide lamp shades are the easiest and most inexpensive way to develop the rustic style you are looking for. If your lamps and home furnishings are southwest, western or country, rawhide lamp shades have no equal in natural beauty to make your room come alive. And, if your current lamps and furniture are more traditional, a rawhide lampshade will create a warm western or southwest atmosphere.

Rawhide replacement lamp shades and table lamp shades will set the tone of your rustic home decor and bring in the warm feel that creates such a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere.

If you have chandeliers, rawhide chandelier lamp shades can create a focal point in your room to naturally draw elements together as your eye finds rawhide table lamp shades and floor lamp shades around the room. Mini lamp shades or clip on lamp shades made of rawhide are also perfect for a candelabra style lamp or wall sconce and will help complete the theme of your interior design.

How to Choose Rawhide Lamp Shades

Rawhide lamp shades are made by hand with genuine rawhide and old world craftsmanship. Leather workers with years of skill creatively form and lace each shade with stretched rawhide. Rawhide lamp shades are crafted with durable metal frames. Premium goat skin rawhides of superior quality are the desired hides for shades because of their translucency and strength. Each hide is hand stretched, slowly sun dried, then hand stitched with matching or contrasting rawhide lace to add a sense of rustic beauty. When a lamp is turned on with a genuine rawhide lamp shade in place, its translucent nature comes to life. The shade will allow light to emanate to create a natural atmosphere. Leather lamp shades are works of art that will make a dramatic affect on your rustic space and home furnishings.



Southwest rawhide lamp shades are made by using bleached rawhide for a more consistent color tone. A light creamy color, they are perfect for southwestern décor and compliment other southwestern accessories like pottery, carved wooden bowls, Indian rugs and rustic furniture. Their light color opens up a room and provides excellent light and texture. They are perfect for table lamps, sconces and chandeliers, log homes, cabins or cottage settings.

Western rawhide lamp shades are beautiful lighting accessories for western lamps and décor. Made with dark rawhide that is naturally a unique dark charcoal or smoked brown color, western shades create a dark warm glow and still allow 90% of the light to pass through. Western rawhide varies more in tone from one hide to another with natural lighter and darker patches visible in the hide.

Western lampshades are perfect for log homes and cabins as well as ranch or lodge styles, complimenting dark wood tables, leather furniture, tack, floor lamps and cowboy accessories.

Country rawhide lamp shades are most unique, hosting rich warm colors and patterns in the grain of the rawhide when illuminated. Using the same hides as southwestern or western, color is added to dye the rawhide to the desired colors. The most popular being dark brown, red and green. Called country lamp shades because of their color, they actually look great with southwest and western decor as well as any country or rustic setting. Dark and rustic by day, they are warm and rich by night.

Custom Rawhide lamp shadss. Don’t worry if you have a unique lamp that requires a special shade, rawhide lamp shades can be custom made to meet your needs. Rawhide lampshades are perfect for a log home or cabin as well as country, ranch or rustic decor. There is no substitute for genuine rawhide “raw hide" lamp shades for southwestern lamps, antler lamps, wall sconces, chandeliers and home lighting and rustic western lamps.

Rawhide shades for rustic lighting compliment cottage, lodge style, rustic chic and rustic furniture like nothing else can. Copyright © Mission Del Rey. No part of this article or images may be used without permission.