| Antler lamps are an excellent way to create | | | | It is certainly unique and you can create the same |
| western decor. So much more than a way to | | | | spirit with antler lamps. Small lamps are created |
| light your home, antler lamps add character to | | | | from whitetail deer antlers while large light fixtures |
| your home. If you own a rustic cabin or | | | | such as chandeliers may have tiers of elk antlers |
| southwest style home, the rustic appeal of antlers | | | | with rawhide lampshades. One of the most |
| with their beautiful shapes and variations in natural | | | | popular lamps is created with moose antlers, |
| color will give your area the unique old west feel | | | | recognizable with their beautiful dark palms and |
| you are hoping to create. | | | | dark rawhide lamp shades. |
| Ranch owners as well as those designing | | | | Every year, groups and associations such as the |
| contemporary houses have chosen antler lamps | | | | Boy Scouts will find the prized sheds. If you ever |
| for decades as the beautiful rustic lighting to | | | | discover antler sheds in the wild, it is an amazing |
| enhance their ranch style home decor. Because of | | | | occurrence. Antler lamps create that same style |
| the smooth shape of antler lamps and chandeliers | | | | in your home and can change your home's |
| there is a unique charm in the antlers themselves | | | | ambiance in a beautiful way. |
| that wonderfully accompanies any variety of | | | | Antlers are acquired in varying qualities that are |
| western furniture. There is something distinctive | | | | valued like rare coins. The best quality is awarded |
| about antler lamps that ties in every element and | | | | an "A" grade. The grading system, indirectly, has |
| gives off a sophisticated country feel within the | | | | to do with the how much time the sheds lie |
| room. Antler lamps have a unique quality about | | | | exposed on the ground before found. The longer |
| them that distinctly enhances rustic beauty in any | | | | they are left exposed, the more they break |
| environment. | | | | down. New antler sheds are dark brown in color. |
| Antler lamps also compliment many other rustic | | | | Sheds that are not discovered quickly will begin to |
| elements in home decorating. In the Northwest or | | | | bleach in the sun until they become a chalky |
| "north woods" antlers may be added to snow | | | | white. Another reason they loose their value is |
| shoes and complimented with rawhide lamp | | | | because of chew marks from small rodents and |
| shades to use as fabulous wall sconces. The light | | | | stains from wet ground or moss. |
| colored wood and rawhide lacing of the shoe, | | | | There are also different techniques for making |
| combined with the leather binding and pleasant | | | | the antler lamps themselves. Some lamp makers |
| glow of the rawhide shade, make it a wonderful | | | | use glue to hold the antlers together. Others may |
| match. No matter if you decide to adorn your | | | | fasten them together with rawhide thong for a |
| antler lamp with southwestern light rawhide | | | | rustic Indian look. And some of the most |
| shades or western style dark rawhide | | | | attractive antler lamps may include a combination |
| lampshades, the choice is yours and the effect will | | | | of being glued, drilled and screwed together, with |
| be stunning. | | | | the holes sealed for a natural look. Better quality |
| Smaller antler chandeliers are sometimes | | | | lamps will almost always include rawhide lamp |
| fashioned from whitetail deer antlers while large | | | | shades. |
| chandeliers may have many tiers of huge elk | | | | Each antler is a little different than any other, so |
| antlers. Weather your decorating space is large or | | | | each antler lamp is a unique treasure and works |
| small an antler chandelier will compliment western | | | | wonderfully for rustic lighting. Try antler lamps |
| home furnishings. | | | | with rawhide lamp shades in your home to create |
| In Jackson Hole, WY the town's square is | | | | true rustic charm and to give it that warm, |
| embellished with arches created from Elk antlers. | | | | inviting look and feel that everybody loves. |