The rustic ceiling fan has become one of the hottest trends in the ceiling fan industry in recent years. They can add class and charm to any ordinary room, making your plain-jane living room or den into a room you love to be in.

One rustic ceiling fan aspires to the natural. Features may include such options as backlit animal vignettes and twig patterns in the fan blades. These can often be found in hunting camps, lodges, and resorts, though, by no means are they limited to such environments. Some people who come to appreciate a rustic ceiling fan while on vacation bring their sentimentality home with them and choose to purchase one.

Another rustic ceiling fan, rather than looking for inspiration in nature, borrows directly from nature. A lot of these fans use real woods for their blades, instead of injected-moleded plastics or laminated plywoods. Some popular choices are polished pine blades, walnut, or hickory. Some of the more exotic fans use pieces of bamboo that are stitched or wrapped in another natural fiber. Shades for the lights can be constructed from plaited plants, such as vines or straw. They create a nice ambiance as the light filters through the chinks in the weave.

Other rustic ceiling fans even go so far as to incorporate larger themes into them. For example, some fans are modeled on rustic structures such as log cabins, ships, or lighthouses. Another idea used by manufacturers is to incorporate sturdy animal accessories into their fans, like using deer antlers as a structure upon which a fan can be built.

Ceiling fans can be made to appear more like a rustic ceiling fan by applying aging processes to them. Chemicals or expedited weathering tarnish and, on some fans, rust their parts to a small degree. Though these rustic ceiling fans appear older and aged, they work just as well as a brand new, modernistic fan.