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Using Rawhide Lamp Shades To Add Country Design Style

Rustic lamps with rawhide lamp shades are some of the most recognizable western lamps you come across in cabins and in rustic decorating or western decor. If you have lived in the west or visited western States, you understand what I mean. Lamp shades made of rawhide are easy to decorate with, working well with just about any home decor. Rawhide leather lamp shades are also made in many colors to make it possible for interior decorators to use any color pallet. Try using rawhide shades in your decorating project and realize for yourself how well they enhance your southwestern design theme.

When you are ready to purchase rawhide lamp shades you will want to decide the way your lamp will be used. This is just a matter of choosing where in the room you will be using it. For example, you could be illuminating a huge area or just brightening a dark corner of the room. Rawhide shades are also a must for antler chandeliers and antler lamps since rawhide lampshades are a standard for western style home lighting. From little chandelier shades with built in bulb clips for candelabra bulbs or sconces to big table lamps or desk lamps, rawhide shades fit the bill for southwestern home lighting.

If using rawhide lampshades for home accent lighting, you will really be impressed by the warm space created by the lamps light coming through the stretched rawhide. This is the way rawhide shades function to create that inviting warmth. It is a perfect combination of color and texture that brings that warm glow. While it may not be the focal point of your room, it will no doubt add a lot of character to your space.

When you use raw hide skin lampshades for reading you will most likely want to choose a bigger lamp and lampshade that you can use to give off light from above and behind the person who would be reading. This gives you the most comfortable environment for reading. Floor lampshades also allow for good reading light and rawhide shades are available in just the right dimensions for your reading and decorating needs.

Remember, when you are purchasing the lighting fixtures for your home, the light from rawhide wall lamp shades will allow you to cancel out the glare and bring out the beauty of the light while focusing it where you want it. Bleached rawhide, sometimes called southwestern lamp shades, will let the maximum amount of light shine through while dark colored rawhide shades, known as western lamp shades, are more subdued producing a smoke tone when your lamp is on.

One of the incredible things about the rawhide lamp shades offered online is that they work well with so many different kinds of lamps including southwest lamp styles as well as traditional ones. Like the impressive antler lamp with a rawhide leather lamp shade, they also look great with desk lamps or wooden lamps. Iron lamps with rawhide shades are another great choice in home lighting for southwest decor.

You do not have to make major changes if you own more traditional style lamps. It is a rawhide shade that is creating the southwest look and feel which is why professional decorators love designing with them. You can use rawhide with traditional lamps and achieve a very nice rustic flavor.

The many different variations of size and color lend these lamp shades to be placed in almost any environment where you want to add rustic charm or are enhancing your room with rustic chic style. Just as appropriate in the living room, family room or den as well as bedroom or study, rawhide shades can be used in just one corner or used to bring in a western theme throughout your whole home.

Popular as accent lamps as well as on end tables or on wall lamps and chandeliers, lampshades can make a dramatic statement and bring a warmth and charm to any room. Buying rawhide lamp shades online is quick and easy and often saves you a lot of money. Decorating with rawhide in your home is an investment in tranquility and peace that you will cherish forever.

If you love the rustic decor used in the southwest, or want to enjoy your own all season Arizona room or bring in the Native American style of New Mexico, you will love enhancing your southwestern decor using rawhide lamp shades.

About the Author

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free tips online about buying rawhide lamp shades for rustic home decorating. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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How To Measure Replacement Rawhide Lamp Shades

Are we communicating? That might be the question that comes to mind when ordering new rawhide lamp shades or replacement lamp shades. It can be very frustrating because different people measure lampshades differently.

The whole matter is complicated by telephone conversations and internet ordering. If you know how you should measure a shade to get the proper fit and also communicate the correct size, you will avoid problems and receive the lamp shade you are expecting.

It doesn't matter if the shade is made of rawhide or not, there are a few tips you should know to correctly measure and order a shade and also terminology that will help you insure that the person receiving your order is on the same track. We create custom rawhide lamp shades for rustic western lamps and southwest home decorating. Because we encounter this issue all the time we have some tips that we use to insure the correct look for a lamp, even without seeing the lamp ourselves.

How to measure:
1. You will need to have three key measurements, bottom diameter, top diameter and height. The bottom diameter is the measurement across the bottom opening of the lamp shade. The top diameter is the distance across the top opening of the shade. The height of a lampshade should be measured straight up and down vertically, not along the slant.

This is where the confusion begins. When communicating the measurements different individuals and stores will place the three dimensions in different order, it's not standard, so be careful that you are not confusing the bottom and height measurements for example.

2. The height should be measured straight up and down, but some will measure along the slant. These two measurements can be quite different and cause the finished shade to be incorrect if confused. Always clarify how the height is measured. We have found that many people who measure the slant of the shade refer to it as the shade's length rather than height.

Height Measuring Tip:
The reason you should measure height up and down, vertically, is that the height measurement of your lamp from bulb socket base to top of harp is probably the minimum vertical height you will want to cover the electrical components with the shade

Height Adjustment Tip:
If you are considering a stock replacement shade, your lamp's overall height and look can be adjusted. The wire harp that holds the shade over the bulb is interchangeable. That is great news if a standard shade is say an inch to short. Rather than having to order a custom shade you could change the harp causing the shade to sit lower on the lamp to give you the desired look.

Shade Mounting Type:
A standard shade mount has a center bar across the top with a hole for the harp mount or a washer centered by three supports that attach to the top rim of the shade. Both allow the shade to be secured to the harp. Some smaller lamps and chandeliers don't use a harp but instead use a bulb clip to attach directly to the bulb. A bulb clip is simply two wire loops that are attached to the shade's center bar and grip the bulb.

An bulb clip adapter can be added to any standard shade to allow it to be placed over the bulb. Chandelier lamp shades usually have built-in bulb clips made for the small flame or candelabra shaped bulbs. Shades used as hanging lamps may use an uno mount which has a center ring large enough for the bulb socket to pass through. These also appear on some table lamps. You can use a bulb clip on a replacement shade instead of an uno mount.

Try putting these simple tips to work on your next rawhide lamp shade or replacement lampshade project and you will be sure to measure, order and receive the right size lamp shade the first time.

About the Author

Craig Chambers is a lamp designer who creates rustic western leather and southwestern rawhide lamp shades. He also offers extensive free home decorating tips and resources on his website www.missiondelrey.com

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Rawhide Country Lamp Shades Enhance Unique Mountain Interior Design

The unique look of rawhide country lamp shades for home decor has been popular since the end of the great depression when women first began to look at their homes in ways other than utilitarian. Decorating kitchens, living rooms, family rooms and dens soon became the fashionable thing to do.

What is now known as southwest decor and western style, as well as ranch style, evolved naturally as the home decorating styles sprung from essential everyday items. The same happened with country style homes. As the wealthy started to have second homes called country homes, the working class started to use the same concepts in their decorating also.

As primitive style lighting such as oil lamps and lanterns were exchanged for the first rural style lamps, it was rawhide that was chosen as material for making lamp shades. Since then, it has been used in home lighting and for lighting fixtures. If you truly enjoy the handcrafted work and style of times past, the natural looking style of rawhide will definitely be part of what you want to use in your country kitchen and rustic design style. There are also a few other things that will help you create the country look you see in designer homes.

For a country kitchen, consider decorating with wood. Primitive wood with rough edges and uneven surfaces is desirable when using it to create country style. If you have a big kitchen, dark colored woods can be used whereas light tones look better in smaller areas. Rawhide country lamp shades look wonderful when used with wooden accessories and look nice in any area where a floor lamp or southwestern style lamp would be placed. One very nice feature of rawhide shades is that they come in light or dark as well as many colors to fit your particular color scheme.

As you think about adding rawhide country lamp shades in your kitchen, along with other rustic decorating accessories, it may not be imperative to purchase new lamps. Western style lamps are best but it is the leather lampshades that make the difference. You may be able to use lamps you already have by just replacing the shade to give it the same southwestern look and style. Whether you choose to keep the lamps you already have or decide buy new ones, you will be happy at the transformation that occurs in your home.

There is no easier way to incorporate fabulous southwest style in your decorating than by decorating with rustic lamp shades. Add a few country style accessories like Native pottery or tapestries along with the shades, and you will create a unique style that will have people talking about your beautiful decorating style long after they leave.

It is easy to find one of a kind, decorative lamp shades in various colors and sizes in stores that sell southwest and rustic style decorating accessories, or purchase them online. If you would like to enhance western decor in your home and create a true, rustic and western design, do so by simply decorating with rawhide country lamp shades.

About the Author

Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about purchasing rawhide country lamp shades for rustic decorating and design. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com

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Home Decor to Add Panache to Your Home

Home is the ideal place to unwind and the only place you want to rush to, after a day's work. A lion prefers his den to the wilderness and this holds good for all creatures. Living in a habitat is interesting but having a niche or a place, you can call your home is indeed a blessing.

In the past, by virtue of civilization, there have been incessant changes in trends which have by and large, improved the way of life. Today, home decor and home furnishings epitomize good civilization. Home furnishing is considered to be an art; so much so that professionals are specifically trained to add ingenuity to your home with suitable home decor.

The whole concept of ideal home furnishings can be explored and simplified as follows.

Oriental home decor- an overview:
Oriental home decor is ideally suited for Indian homes and is widely seen across Asia. The house is generally spacious and there is often ample space for wooden furniture. The very common items of oriental home furnishings include wall hangings, ethnic curios, curios with carvings, Idols of gods, artificial or fresh flowers, pottery, bamboo craft and much more. The way you arrange them will define their resourcefulness. A few key points to consider when you do up your home are as follows:

Is space a constraint?
Size does matter when it comes to your abode and it is important to decorate your home accordingly. If space is a constraint, make sure the curtains and walls are of a lighter shade. The more the light filters in, the wider the space will appear. Let the various curios and artifacts adorning the floor, tables and walls be smaller. Vertical wall hangings festooned with smaller designs and subtle hues are ideal for smaller homes.

On the other hand, a larger interior space can have dark colored walls and curtains adorned with bold prints and embellishments. The artifacts can be of appropriate shapes and sizes, as space is not a limitation. Wall hangings with darker hues and bold designs may seem ideal. Dangling wall hangings, suspended cane swings or the traditional swings festooned with carvings and oriental wind chimes may be included in home decor.

Art of choosing ideal home furnishings
The type of home furnishings you choose will depend on the wall color, the type of furniture (if the abode is furnished), number of people living in the house and the type of flooring, in addition to the size of the abode as mentioned earlier. Here are a few aspects that are integral to home decor which you may find useful:

Curtains: Choose them right
Your living room and bedroom curtains need to be of thicker fabric while door curtain fabric can be the thin and flowing type, exuding fluidity to the ambiance. This not only enhances the relaxed atmosphere native to a drawing room but also adds a touch of panache to your interiors. Translucent curtains embellished with embroidery or self prints make ideal door curtains. If you do up your house in a particular pattern and want similar curtains for the whole house then go for pastel shades like beige, off white or the lightest shade of pink.

A pair of window curtains can be teamed with netted or translucent curtains in lighter shades, to enhance the look.

Furniture:
A leather couch, cozy sofa with fabric upholstery or the very oriental cane chairs, makes ideal home furnishings for a contemporary house. If you want wood in the house and do not have the space to add an ensemble, a pair of rocking chairs or chairs with elaborate carving which exude a traditional touch is recommended. This could be complemented with a magazine or paper stand in the same material. Cane furniture is cost effective and ideal for people who keep changing homes.

Bedding:
If you spend most of your time in the confines of your room, make it more appealing by including the precise elements of home decor. Match the bed cover with the color of the lamp shade. It is ideal to have lamp shades in neutral colors like cream or light beige which complements almost every shade of the curtains and bedding you may wish to use. Take care to choose the curtains too, lest it should appear out of place.

Decorative flooring for that extra element of style:
Carpets are another integral part of home decor. Not only do they enhance the look of the floor but add a distinct panache to the interiors. The color, design and quality are the decisive factors before you zero in, on the buy. The flooring need not be done up entirely in carpet, more so if the home decor boasts of attractive flooring. Besides the flooring, intricate ceiling is in. A wide gamut of artistically designed ceilings and art fiberglass for windows are the latest trend.

If home decor is on your mind now and you have been considering these options, wait no longer. Take time to analyze the house, its pros and drawbacks and choose home furnishings accordingly. Shopping for home decor at renowned outlets is no doubt a good option but if you have been contemplating buying and presenting them as gifts, an online mart is the best bet. They assure a wider product range, easy website tools and hassle free delivery. What more could you ask for?

Time spent in planning and smart shopping is any day better than time wasted in finding a suitable niche to place curios. So plan and get started to make your home a pleasantly trim and amicable place to live in.

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Let teenagers rock their room decor — within limits
Establishing independence is the very marrow of adolescence. And bedrooms are oases of autonomy. For most kids, it’s the only part of the house over which they — and nobody else — can claim sovereignty.

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In the 20th Century, the householdsstarted filling with wardrobes, the sliding door kind, or the walk in kind. But until then, clothes used to b stashed away in chests, drawers, hung on several kinds of wall coat racks and racks of which the wall coat rack was a patent.

So if you want to get something utilitarian for your house which decorative and has a charm of its own as well, maybe it is the antique hat rack you should try.

This is a good idea especially for those of you who have renovatedold homes and moved in. These houses won’t have closets near the door where you can store your coats away, so getting one of the wall coat hooks is a good idea. This will especially add to the old, grand touch if the coat stand is rebuilt moreover, such old houses have more space to accommodate such elaborate things unlike today’s modern matchbox sized apartments.

What you have in mind for your house is very important for buying a wall mount coat rack because there are hundreds of varieties to choose from. There are especially some grand ones found in plantation homes that serve as an elaborate sitting and storing equipment along with being a foot resting, mirror keeping, decorating piece. But these as mentioned before are too big for modern day homes, hence can end up being cumbersome.

The other choice is the Victorian styled wall coat hooks, which were usually like a lamp shade around which hooks have been put to hang coats. They also have extra storage facilities like the umbrella stand at the foot where one can leave their umbrellas to dry. But these often cam with the handicap of tipping over, if not crafted nicely. So check for construction before buying one. Moreover, do notice if there is proper drainage facilities in the umbrella rack as lack of it will lead to the wood rotting away and damaging your precious wall coat rack.

So, go ahead and get that wall mount coat rack you have always desired. Not only do these come in various forms but can be easily fit into your house. But just in case you cannot find the exact one you had in mind, go to the nearest artisan, give the design, and ask him to replicate it for you. In fact, there are certain craftsmen who specialize in recreating antic stuff. So go to them and get your dream coat stand made. Not only will they be convenient to the users but they will add the old world charm, the class and grace of the bygone eras you so like to watch in the films.

The work on a home to improve its appearance can be an expensive endeavor. Replacing kitchen equipment, upgrading bathroom fixtures, and other beautifying improvements can all dig a deep hole in one's pocket.

But there are affordable options available to make attractive changes. Consider your living room - the area that most home designs present when first walking in the front door.

If you plan to update your living room, but don't want to spend a fortune - keep reading for 8 great tips on how you can redecorate this critical family space for less and keep more in your pocket.

1. Check the Classified Ads

Keep your eyes open for garage sales and, in particular, moving sales. Look for listings in higher-end neighborhoods where you're more likely to find a nice couch for a discounted price.

2. Visit Auctions

Auctions and estate sales can be great for tracking down full living room sets, repossessed furniture and antique finds. Before you bid, make sure you have the money on hand and understand the legal implications of placing a bid on an item. Online and offline, a good auction can deliver some great deals.

3. Update the Lighting

By updating your ceiling fixtures and floor lighting you can instantly make a room look more modern. Replace old, dusty lamp shades with something more contemporary and take down those retro ceiling fans in favor of a hipper, cleaner fixture.

4. Get Some Free Inspiration

Browse through design books and popular decorating magazines at your local library to get inspiration. You can also use the Internet or tune into popular home design programs.

While these methods aren't a replacement for a personal interior design consultant, they'll help you build your own style file as you take your living room from freak to chic.

6. Start Cleaning

Often a thorough cleaning can really brighten a room for minimal cost, making it feel new again. Start by de-cluttering the space and getting rid of any items you don't use on a regular basis. Then, invest in some storage solutions that'll help you keep your clutter at bay. Ideally, you want the kid's toys and Disney movies hidden from view.

From there, spend a little money on carpet cleaning and having your couch and curtains cleaned by a professional. Simple and inexpensive, professional cleaning is a great way to instantly make your home feel new again.

7. Create an Indoor Green Space

Plants are an inexpensive design tool that packs a big punch. Plants not only filter the air and regulate indoor humidity levels, they look good too. Create an indoor garden by grouping a collection of plants by an unused window.

8. Throw Down a Rug

An area rug is an affordable way to make a room feel comfortable, cozy and new, but without paying for wall-to-wall carpeting.