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See the light in colors. Western-style decoration colors should be warmer and nature-oriented. The color red and its many hues may suggest sunsets in the desert or plains; while brown, black, or beige denote nature at various times or locations like forests, night, earth, trees. Select your over-all décor motif and work around it in choosing lighting fixtures.

Antler lights can be appropriate to most, if not all, Western decorating styles. Antlers sheds or not are fixed with light bulbs at the points to simulate the rustic candle light of long ago. These are great in portals and dining rooms of house interiors with the log cabin or cottage look. They also look very nice in game rooms or bars, and best when accompanied by replica muskets, bows and other old hunting paraphernalia on the wall.

Lamps may also accentuate a Western style interior when the designs are derived from the Old West forms. In some styles lamps with fringes or tassels such as the Tiffany style ones would fit in, but for more rustic decoration styles, rawhide shades may be more appropriate. It will be easy to research what fixtures are common if you know which years you wish your decoration to reflect. The lamps may even use metal of brushed or wrought iron varieties rather than wood, but they should be in keeping with the rest of the decorative items you use.

Wall lighting fixtures such as sconce lights may also be styled in the Western motif, generally of metal, but using wood and leather may be more evocative. Carved wood sconce lights would fit cottage or log cabin interiors, while metal would suggest the ambience of better Western homes or hotels. Perhaps you can base your lighting fixture decorations from Western movies, as movie set decorators are more knowledgeable about the era they portray in the films, down to the lighting details of the room, cottage, cabin or hotel of the time.

Lastly, the fixtures you use must conform to the over-all theme and motif of the room or home decoration. If you opted for the Western style you cannot mix in Native American fixtures, even if cowboys fought Indians in Western folklore. Pistols, rifles, horses, saddles, spurs, lassoes, and boots are some of what Western style decorations consist of, so the lighting fixtures must complement them, too. Best if the lighting fixtures are made with them, but that is for another time.

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