The Rustic Lighting
With so many styles to choose from in lighting it could be daunting to find the perfect light at a store and not find what you need to pull the room together. Thankfully the internet has changed the way we now source and purchase products; saving time, gas and money in the process. Apart from those three features explore the rustic lighting category to help you get the best deal available.
Rustic Lighting? Cabin Chandeliers? Country Pendant Lights?
Gaining in popularity, country decor continues to please many home decorators and with continued interest has had more products and selections made available to the consumer than at any other time in history. No longer is the average person stymied with scouring country auctions and garage sales to fit a themed room. No longer will you need to order custom made pieces or to antique unfinished pine furniture.
The first step to finding your perfect chandelier or fixture is to define your sub-style. Rustic is definition itself of a style but it is not enough to narrow down the choices. A drill down of choices include: rustic country, primitive rustic, and rustic cabin to name but a few.
Rustic lighting options aren’t what they used to be ten or even five years ago. Composition, materials, sizes and various decor sub-styles exist today which result in being lost in a sea of selection – many of which just won’t work with your room.
More on Rustic Styles
Cabin lighting would have been made by hand in the previous century from articles found in nature. Consider the stacked antler chandeliers recently made popular or simple circles of bulbs (such as a wagon wheel chandelier) decorated with vines, pine cones or birch bark.
Cast iron or wrought iron fits into the country decor sub-theme of rustic. They sport thick iron bases and arms which may or may not be twisted to give the light added interest. This style of lighting would have come a little later than the cabin style after tradesmen learn how to forge, manipulate and cast raw iron.
Rustic Primitive: If you’ve ever seen the work of the Pennsylvania Dutch in furniture and lighting, you’ll recognize these fixtures immediately. These are usually a balanced blend of wood and metal. The wood is found painted in the primitive palate which is crazed by age, worn on the edges or lightly antiqued before being polished. The metal structure is thinner than earlier styles and displays attention to detail and fine craftsmanship.