subject: Southwest Painted Leather Lamp Shades - An Unusual Choice For Your Lighting [print this page] Capturing the look of the southwest is more than adding a pillow or area rug to your home. To add the real artistry of this region, a southwest painted leather lampshade is exactly what you will want. Being able to view a western scene, beautifully reproduced on a leather lamp shade will not only delight the eye, but will also transport you to the cabin or ranch house. There are so many southwest themes available that you can be assured of finding the perfect one for your home and tastes. All have been painted with skill by talented artists familiar with this historic area.Nothing can compare with the beautiful hand painting used in creating southwest painted leather lamp shades. The artist first decides what scene to portray and then begins to create their masterpice on a rawhide or pigskin frame. 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 the 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 shades will brighten a desk, table, or provide a different approach to office decor and are appropriate to any room in your home. These southwest hand painted leather shades 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. You will also find that you can make a real decorating statement in your home without going to the trouble and expense of redecorating just by adding several of these southwest painted lampshades to your home.These shades can be used with any of the larger table or desk lamps and are most times used for floor lamps. You will not have to worry about maintaining the good looks of the shades because the leather has been carefully cured and treated. 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.
Southwest Painted Leather Lamp Shades - An Unusual Choice For Your Lighting
