Rustic Lights and Lamps

When you were young did you ever get packed up in the car with your brothers and sisters for a weekend getaway to a friend or relative's cabin or rustic country summer home? I sure did and many of those dusty, forgotten homesteads looked like they'd had the same furniture for 50 years! 

Of course now that old furniture, those lighting fixtures and decorations would be considered charming. But back then cabins and old log houses on forgotten ranches were only occupied during the summer months. It wasn't fashionable or desirable to make a lifetime commitment to turning those places into year round homes.

Rustic Decorating is On the Move

Log Cabins or Cottage Retreats have come a long way since I was a kid. Back then whatever furniture was in the house when it was bought was the furniture that was used on those summer weekend jaunts.

If the rustic cabin or farmhouse was empty then pieces were picked up from local Salvation Army outlets or second hand furniture stores.

Nowadays we generally don't just bring oir old junk to the cottage or cabin. We shop for our retreats separately and furnish these summer homes with a style and personality all their own!

When we're shopping for the cabin we're shopping for charming country accents - reminiscent of days gone by - when every song had a story and every piece of furniture had sentiment or purpose.

It's no wonder, once you start to see some of the fun and whimsical log cabin decorating items. No where is this more true than in the area of rustic lighting.

The chandelier above is my favorite of all. It will last in our house for many generations of decorating trends. (click the image to see more like it, if you like, or check out the really cool rustic chandeliers over here.

Rustic Lamps

I think lighting has always been a passion of mine. There's always a right light and a wrong light for the job.

I'm not just talking form either - I mean function. The light I work by is not the same light I read or watch TV by. I'm getting off topic, here's some 'form' lamps - lights that you buy not only because you need lights in your cabin, but because they are beautiful and lend themselves so well to your cottage or cabin decorating style.

The glass rooster (isn't that splendid?), the bear or bird lamps are fine examples of this.

And what is with the cowboy lamp? Next to the rooster it is my favorite all time table lamp. It has the feeling of a lamp that was shuffled off to the cabin way back when... it has a whimsical air to it. A lamp that was inherited from the ranch, or sat in the attic for years after the original owner grew up and didn't like such things.

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You're probably wondering where you can see more rustic cabin lighting for sale? My favorite? Home Decorator's Collection at SHOP.COM You'll be surprised at what you'll find!