Many persons decorate their homes with rustic furniture and then enhance this furniture with complimentary lighting such as you might find with a deer antler chandelier. A chandelier is supposed to be a lighting fixture with branches that hold either light bulbs or candles for light that is suspended usually from a ceiling. People who love mountain cabins, ski lodges or own one of them often times will invest in an elaborate antler chandelier. Of course, you don’t have to own a ski lodge or mountain cabin to take on this type of decorating scheme. If you have the room, you can have the chandelier. Antler chandeliers are, if authentic, made from real animal antlers. Deer as well as moose or elk shed their antlers every year. These graceful branching creations are then selected for their beauty by craftsmen who intend to build the lighting fixtures out of them. Even though a nice set of antlers on the wall can be a prized center of attraction, it is not that uncommon to create lamps from the antlers. These lamps are even more fascinating because they serve a purpose, the purpose of lighting one’s way.
The supply of antlers is ample, so there is no reason for persons to not enjoy a creation from them. An antler artisan scans the antlers for the best size, shape and color for his lamps before outfitting them with their wiring. Antlers from deer, or any source, are strong. They are actually a bone that these animals grow, and shed each year, a strong bone. The chandeliers will stand up to years of use without crumbling, even though they may appear delicate. Craftsmen who custom build deer chandeliers, will often request that you wait four to six weeks for them to complete a project. The wait will be worth it, because it gives the builder of the lamp adequate time to engineer the wires and lights properly, test them out and deliver you a product that operates like a dream. You won’t have to turn right around and send it back.
Deer antlers make exceptional centerpieces in dens or game rooms. You may even love one in your dining area. A chandelier from an antler makes an elegant, but still informal, statement especially if part or all of your home is done in Western, Rustic, Country or even Early American style of decor. Antler chandeliers customarily hang above pool tables, bars or grace a person’s gun closet, just where antlers were previously displayed, but now the antlers are chandeliers that light the way. Deer antlers may be imported, not just from Alaska or other northern territories, but from Europe as well. Deer actually are found everywhere in the world but originally did not exist in Australia or New Zealand. The point about Europe is that the antlers from there are particularly prized for their appearance.
You can find antler chandeliers on the web. Prices on one website are $1250 and more for a beautiful triple tiered lamp with intricately carved light fixtures resting on the branches. The next size up costs $2450. Each of these can be ordered by putting half down and paying the rest of the bill in full when you pick up your chandelier. One of the lowest prices around on antler chandeliers are available online. For $150 you can get a small deer chandelier antler lamp. Other discount “boutiques” such as Amazon.com or countrycritter.com sell antler chandeliers from deer for around $300 or less. Deer chandeliers may come from fallow deer, mule deer or white-tail deer. CDN Antler operates a warehouse from North Dakota, they offer a selection of chandelier from each type of deer antler. At cdnantler.com. the chandeliers are priced at $598. An antler chandelier can be 24″ to 36″ in diameter, 16″ to 34″ in height and carry 6 to 9 lights on its branches. The extra large chandelier at CDN Antler is $998.
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