Buy Mission Style Lighting | Lamps, Shades and Chandeliers

Mission style lighting conjures up a feeling of a simpler time and place. . You couldn’t tell it now, but Mission Style architecture and furniture was the anti-establishment decorating style of it’s time. In the early 19^th century the English Arts and Crafts Movement was making a statement about the over ornamentation of the Victorian era. The movement made its way across the pond to blend beauty, simplicity and organic construction into a still popular decorating style. One trend of that popular furniture type finds it ways into homes no matter what the décor. Mission Style lighting, with its combination of wood, copper, brass and art glass works with many types of decorating styles – from cottage to contemporary and yes, to Craftsman.

No one style defines Mission Style lighting, especially when it comes to lamps. You find lamp bases made from wood or metal and lampshades fabricated from a mica or art glass. And evenMission Style art glass shades can represented by different styles – a geometric style of sharp angles and angular lines, Craftsman interpretation of nature-inspired themes or softly curving shapes of blown glass.

What you will find with mission style lighting is a variety of lamps that suit every need in your home:

• Table lamps
• Floor lamps
• Accent lamps

Drama and beauty can be added to a foyer or dining room with a Mission Style chandelier, but without all the fussiness of crystal and glass.

Chandeliers provide ambient light to provide ample illuminations, but when put on a dimmer, they can provide provide romance and drama to a room.

Like their siblings, Mission Style chandelier shades come in a variety of styles – from multi-colored stain glass to soft and shapely glass shades.

Mission Style complements a variety of architectural styles for both the interior and exterior of your home. Use a large metal and glass Mission Style pendent to light an entryway or add Craftsman style sconces to the outside of your home.