Decorating With Candles

Decorating with candles will add warmth and ambiance to any room. A single candle looks good, but a grouping of candles looks great.

When placing several candles together in one grouping try to use the same color candles. It looks better than the mix-and-match option and makes a stronger impact.

There are no hard and fast rules about where you should be decorating with candles. Although tall, slender tapers are traditional accents in a dining room or on a mantle, you can put just about any style of candle anywhere in your home for instant interest and a touch of color.

Centerpieces

Gather together some fat pillar candles and place them together on your favorite serving plate. Use candles of different heights. To add a little holiday flair add some Christmas greenery around the bottom. Embellish it with pinecones and berries if you wish.

Place a bunch of candles in candlesticks and group them together. The candlesticks don't need to be exactly the same, but it's best to use the same material. For example, use mercury glass or clear glass candlesticks of varying heights and shapes.

Put a bunch of fat pillar candles (matching ones) on top of a cakestand. Birch bark candles are festive and will lend a rustic look to your table.

If you have large jar candles, you can show them off in their clear glass containers or set them down into the center of a nice arrangement of fresh flowers, fruits or nuts to set a lovely holiday table. Placing your candles on a small mirror is a great way to double the beauty and light of the flickering flames and gives a wonderful “fire and ice” effect.

Mantels

Mantels practically call out for candles. Place a bunch of fat pillars on your mantel and then weave some garlands around them. (You might want to place them on top of something so wax doesn't drip on the mantel.)

Just as with centerpieces, you can use candlesticks of the same material, but not necessarily matching, to display candles. Place several along the mantel and intersperse them with votive holders of the same material. It will look cohesive, yet the different sizes will give it visual interest.

Stairs

If you have enough space on your stairs candles can be a great decorative accent, however, don't use them if you have pets or children – it's simply too dangerous. That said, you can use battery operated flameless candles to get the same look. They're safe and can look just as good.

Place candles in clear glass hurricane vases and place one on each step (or every other step).

Fill clear glass vases about one third of the way up with cranberries or tiny pinecones and then nestle a pillar candle inside. Place one on each or every other step.

Candles look great just about anywhere. My wife finds herself decorating with candles every time we have dinner guests. She has 12 different kinds of crystal candlesticks that she picked up at yard sales. It looks pretty good when they're all lit.

Just be sure to use common sense. Never leave them unattended and don't place them anywhere they can be knocked or blown over. Also, be sure not to put them too close to anything that can catch fire such as curtains or drapes. Be careful, be sensible, and be safe.

Finally, be sure you decorate with top quality, scented candles to minimize smoking and give your guests the opportunity to enjoy wonderful, inviting aromas whenever they visit.

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