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Southwest Aspen Log Lamps For Your Cabin Or Home

By Craig Chambers

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A southwest aspen log lamp, made individual and unique by the growth of the wood itself, will conjure up natural images and remind you of rustic living whenever you turn on the light. For a long time, the American southwest was the nation's last area of undisturbed nature. The west and southwest still offer open vistas, magnificent grasslands and mesas, and swift streams shaded by aspens and willows. Many different aspen log lamps are available, from the simple to the elaborate, but all help to make your southwestern decor more authentic.

Aspen log lamps make good use of southwestern wood to create items of both beauty and utility for your home. The artisans who create them select pieces with interesting bends, knots, and occasionally branches to give a living, rustic touch to your light fixture. They choose those log sections that will make a stable, sturdy lamp as well. The bark is removed to reveal the smooth beauty of the wood and its natural grain. Next, a process of polishing and finishing is applied to ensure that your lamp not only looks elegant and rugged but will last for many years of use and display.

These lamps are available in many different shapes and sizes, to fit every decorating and lighting need you may have. There are small aspen log lamps that can stand on your bedside table or near your favorite reading chair, and aspen log floor lamps that light a larger area. All feature an aspen base for greater stability, and may include one of many different decorative or practical flourishes as well. Some artisans may mount a deer antler on the base to evoke the spirit of the southwest even more strongly, while others add shelves or other practical details to make your aspen log lamp a convenience as well as a light source.

Aspen is a light colored but warm wood, and fits into many different decor styles and color schemes easily. The fact that each aspen log is a unique creation of nature means that no two log lamps will ever be exactly alike. Finding one whose unusual shape fits your southwestern design exactly is one of the things you can look forward to when making use of these fixtures in your home.

Combining an aspen log lamp with a rawhide lampshade is a good way to bring even more southwestern charm to your interior decor. These two textures compliment each other and create a connection to the southwest that is unmistakable in any setting. Leather lampshades may also be available, conjuring up images of hunters in buckskins, swift Native American archers galloping alongside mighty herds of buffalo, and the untouched wilderness of the early American west.

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