Styling: How to Decorate With Twinkling Candlelight - There are not many people who fail to be encouraged by the sight of a room full of twinkling candles, especially on the eve of a cold winter. Yet how many times have you light candles in your own home? If the answer is not very often, maybe you just need a little inspiration to encourage you to adapt to your own style and space. Try some of these style ideas to give your home that magical glow.
Celia Bedilia
Embrace the simplicity
Jam jars are a good size support (and free!) for tealights. Why not customize by introducing natural elements? Wrap the leaves around inside the jar and add a little water, creating a miniature floating "pool" for each light, or wrap a sheet of bark around the outside to the rustic simplicity.
Jam jars are a good size support (and free!) for tealights. Why not customize by introducing natural elements? Wrap the leaves around inside the jar and add a little water, creating a miniature floating "pool" for each light, or wrap a sheet of bark around the outside to the rustic simplicity.
Jeanette Lunde
work a little fancy plate
containing candles on a platter is a good choice for convenient display, making it easy to erase your table if needed, and help them feel more curated. Go for a bright metal plate, or even a mirror plate to help bounce light candles throughout the room.
containing candles on a platter is a good choice for convenient display, making it easy to erase your table if needed, and help them feel more curated. Go for a bright metal plate, or even a mirror plate to help bounce light candles throughout the room.
Charles Bateson Interior Design
Exploit niches
If there is natural corners in your house, candles can be a great way to fill them, with their golden glow making thumbnail light pockets in 'space.
If the area is small enough, consider the heat of the candle could throw on the surface above, especially if it is made of wood . If the surface is near, consider getting a battery operated LED candles instead. If you use it in a votive, you will not see directly, and this way you will get a flickering candle effect without heat.
If there is natural corners in your house, candles can be a great way to fill them, with their golden glow making thumbnail light pockets in 'space.
If the area is small enough, consider the heat of the candle could throw on the surface above, especially if it is made of wood . If the surface is near, consider getting a battery operated LED candles instead. If you use it in a votive, you will not see directly, and this way you will get a flickering candle effect without heat.
Garden Studio
Add a natural touch
candles nestled among the leaves make for a beautiful setting, whatever the occasion. This zinc container is perfectly consistent with this winter tablescape, but the look would work just as well for Easter with the addition of daffodils and tulips, or even for a summer wedding with some pretty heads of seasonal flowers.
Try other room table centerpiece ideas
candles nestled among the leaves make for a beautiful setting, whatever the occasion. This zinc container is perfectly consistent with this winter tablescape, but the look would work just as well for Easter with the addition of daffodils and tulips, or even for a summer wedding with some pretty heads of seasonal flowers.
Try other room table centerpiece ideas
Jeanette Lunde
Create alternative firelight
Fill a redundant fireplace with candles looks pretty, especially when they are on, and stops the feeling of space as a black hole. Group several different sizes for the best effect.
Read about the integration of a fireplace in your living space
Fill a redundant fireplace with candles looks pretty, especially when they are on, and stops the feeling of space as a black hole. Group several different sizes for the best effect.
Read about the integration of a fireplace in your living space
Mowlem & Co
Go graphics
A striking arrangement of three candles seem contemporary and thoughtful. Even if your table is quite long, keep candles close to the impact. A runner or doily runs under the earth visually in the table space.
A striking arrangement of three candles seem contemporary and thoughtful. Even if your table is quite long, keep candles close to the impact. A runner or doily runs under the earth visually in the table space.
interior by Francine Gardner
Fall to
a contemporary alternative to large, conical chandeliers is enough holders of large and sophisticated that take a tealight instead. They feel less insecure than large candles, so could be a good choice for a family space.
a contemporary alternative to large, conical chandeliers is enough holders of large and sophisticated that take a tealight instead. They feel less insecure than large candles, so could be a good choice for a family space.
KWB Building Services Limited
Arrange mass
Gather basic pillar candles in a large group can look greater than the sum of its parts. If you are short of points to achieve this goal, consider going up - this ceiling bookshelf candle offers a great place to set up a group affair. Mix in a few different plug heights for a more interesting look.
Gather basic pillar candles in a large group can look greater than the sum of its parts. If you are short of points to achieve this goal, consider going up - this ceiling bookshelf candle offers a great place to set up a group affair. Mix in a few different plug heights for a more interesting look.
Armstrong Keyworth
Flirt with a start color
glass votive candles are often a neutral tone, but a number of colored glass may be just the accessory to tie together the accents of your room. This shocking pink votive fits this towel, toilet brush holder and radiator, helping unite space.
glass votive candles are often a neutral tone, but a number of colored glass may be just the accessory to tie together the accents of your room. This shocking pink votive fits this towel, toilet brush holder and radiator, helping unite space.
Colin Cadle Photography
Light the lamps
lanterns outdoor hurricane may work as well inside in a wide corridor, especially in winter when you might want to get them from the garden. Opting for the same design for each media creates a simple look, graphic.
Note Never leave burning candle unattended.
Tell us ...
Are you a fan of candles? Share ways that you bring into your home in the comments below.
lanterns outdoor hurricane may work as well inside in a wide corridor, especially in winter when you might want to get them from the garden. Opting for the same design for each media creates a simple look, graphic.
Note Never leave burning candle unattended.
Tell us ...
Are you a fan of candles? Share ways that you bring into your home in the comments below.