12 Creative Ways to Decorate your Home with Candles.

12 Creative Ways to Decorate your Home with Candles

When it comes to decorating your home, candles are an amazing way to add colour, warmth and style. As well as smelling great, candles are a versatile addition to your home thanks to the different shapes and sizes candles come in, as well as the different colours which you can use to either complement or contrast common shades in your living area and add a little life to your home. Here are twelve creative ways to decorate your home with candles!

1. Candle wax melts

Candle max welts are a fantastic alternative to standard candles and candle holders. Candle wax melts work by using a max welt burner to rest an actual scented wax melt in what can only be described as a small bowl above a tea light which melts the wax and releases the aromas of the wax. The wax melt burners come with beautiful designs on them and can be got in lots of different colours which is ideal for decorating any kind of living space 

2. Hanging candle holders

Hanging candle holders are not all that common but they really do look amazing outdoors and in a living area if they can be safely located. You could use either hanging lanterns or smaller hanging glass candle holders. Just because they are hanging does not mean they have to be suspended from the roof. Hanging candle holders can also be suspended from hooks fixed to the wall which would likely be safer while still offering a cool alternative style.

3. Homemade candles

A great way to reflect some of your personality on your home decor is by making your own homemade candles. This can be done using some wax, a wick, a container along, fragrance and colour. You could add some decorations like flowers to the wax before it sets to add extra style to your DIY candle

4. Patterned candle holders

In most homewares it is so easy to find a wide range of patterned candle holders. Patterned candle holders are a great way to decorate your living areas with small bursts of colour. 

5. Glass tea light holders

A glass tea light holder provides both light and style to a living area. A glass tea light holder can compliment basically any aesthetic you can think of. It looks equally as good in a modern contemporary living room as it does in a cosy rustic living room. Placing three glass tea light holders either on a window sill, mantlepiece or the centre of a kitchen table will add a lovely touch to any room. 

6. Driftwood tea light holder

A driftwood tealight holder is a great way to emphasise a rustic feel to a room. As the name suggests, a driftwood tea light holder is a treated piece of driftwood with slots for holding tea lights carved into the wood. This is a great way to bring a piece of nature into your living area whilst adding character and style. A driftwood tea light holder is also a lovely feature for a garden patio!

7. Seasonal candle displays

Decorating candle displays based on the time of year is a beautiful way to help set the mood and create a positive atmosphere. This can be achieved by decorating around your candles using seasonal plants such as holly in the winter and golden leaves or pumpkins in autumn. 

8. Candle lanterns

Lanterns would typically be associated with outdoors settings, but as recently candle lanterns have become a creative way that people have been displaying lanterns indoors.. Having an arrangement of three different sized lanterns displayed beside each other offers a warm, classy look.

9. Wall mounted candle holders

Wall mounted candle holders are unusual to find in living rooms, but they are very versatile to suit any surrounding. You can find candle holders in any style or colour and with a little bit of shopping around you.   would definitely find one that suits exactly what you are looking for. Wall mounted candle holders also look great outdoors if you have anywhere on your patio or back garden to suitably place them.

10. Using different coloured candlesticks

Short and simple: try out different colour arrangements for your candles.  Alternatively you can take one colour and break it up into different shades to create a quirky aesthetic in your living space.  

11. Upcycled glass bottle candle holders

Alcohol and other beverage companies put a lot of time into the look of their glass bottles. As a result, many of these brands have beautiful designs that you can use in your home.  A creative trend which can allow you to make the most of these bottles is using them as candlestick holders - simply insert a candlestick into the neck of a glass bottle and voila, you have an upcycled candle holder.

12. Candle dishes

Candle dishes are a great way to display your candles in your home. A centrepiece on your kitchen table or even on a table in the corner of your living room - a candle dish can be created by decorating a dish or plate with candles and other different accessories of your choice. You would typically decorate it with different rocks and plants as you see fit.

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