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Craig Chambers
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 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. The friendly look created by these painted shades wil help offer a relaxing feeling to both your friends and family. 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. Just by adding several of these southwest painted lampshades to your home, you will find that you can make a real decorating statement without going to the trouble and expense of redecorating. 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.
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