Southwest Painted Leather Lamp Shades - A Decorator's Choice

The vistas of the west can be portrayed beautifully on southwest painted leather lamp shades. Distant mesas looking out over a spectacular sunset desert, a cabin tucked into a meadow beneath the mountains, or a quaint pueblo are scenes that will all add to the ambiance of the southwest theme you have chosen for your home. The rugged naturalism of the southwest portrayed on leather lamp shades will make any room more unique and individual. You will almost be able to hear the wind and smell the sagebrush when one of these lamp shades tops your lighting fixture. Nothing can compare to the beautiful hand painting used in creating southwest painted leather lamp shades. Starting with rawhide or pigskin, the artist first decides what scene to portray. 

There are so many subjects that evoke the southwest and old west that a great variety will be provided for anyone wishing to decorate in this style. The skin becomes the palette, and soon a cowboy, a herd of buffalo, or an eagle soaring over the mountains has appeared. When teamed up with antler or aspen log lamps, these unique southwest painted leather lamp shades are especially great. The rustic look provided by these shades and the thoughts they evoke, will give your home the feeling of a bunkhouse or cabin. Almost any home, anywhere, can be made to feel like a ranch in the southwest when these painted leather lamp shades are used. There is nothing like the casual and friendly feeling created by these painted shades to help friends and family relax. Painted lamp shades will brighten a desk, table, or provide a different approach to office decor and are appropriate in any room in your home. 

They can be used on any lamp you own to give a touch of the southwest to any corner of your home and work especially well with metal and antler lamps. Just by adding several of these hand painted shades to your home, you will find that you can make a real decorating statement without going to the trouble and expense of redecorating. These unique lamp shades are normally used for floor lamps, but can also be used with any of the larger table or desk lamps as well. The leather used for the shades has been carefully cured and treated and you will not have to worry about maintaining the good looks of the shades. You can be assured that the spirit of this incredible region will be brought to any room with one of the painted leather lamp shades regardless of which shade you choose.

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