Styling may change an ordinary space into something really special, and it does not have to cost much. With the addition of props, or decorative things, to particular areas you can create interest, beauty and a feeling of place.
One quite straightforward styling strategy: clusters of candles. Mixing tall and short, traditional and contemporary candles in clusters creates visual weight and significance. They are also elegant and romantic and communicate a message of warmth as well as a passion for entertaining.
Here is how to create your home shine in more ways than you.
Studio Schicketanz
Silver candlesticks casually positioned in this contemporary dining area in a Carmel, California, home look fresh and inviting, and the magnificent yet easy bouquet of calla lillies echoes the sleek candlestick shapes, bringing our attention up to gaze upon the gorgeous retractable skylight roof, a design detail I’d take any day.
Tip: Add metallic glow in the form of decorative accessories — if silver, brass or copper — to give your distance that little something extra. Reflective surfaces behave like stones, elegantly embellishing the distance.
ReStyle Group Interiors
Rustic wooden candlesticks are cheap and ideal for this Mediterranean home in Phoenix. The blonde wood works well with the extreme sea-blue wall and balances the round wall mirror. What a difference these candlesticks make. Imagine if this table were vacant.
Tip: When incorporating decorative pieces to fill a vacant dining room table, try to discover a balance between too much and too small. Add five candlesticks to the table, either clustered in the center or set in a line. Step back and have a look. Now remove two of those candlesticks, step back and take another look. Which version completes the room?
Involve family members in the game to help train their attention for design. They may think you are a bit mad at first, but then again you may stumble upon some future designers in your midst!
Mackenzie Collier Interiors
If your taste leans toward vintage flea market, as in this Phoenix home, here’s a fantastic way to display your entire candles simultaneously. This screen, intentionally or not, is an intriguing visual play on the history of this lightbulb, together with the grouped bare lightbulb fixture hanging just over the candlesticks, causing the eye to dance between the two.
Don’t even consider lighting all of them at once. When it’s time to enjoy any candlelight, remove some of the candles from their bases. I originally considered to advise lighting just some of the candles, but I realized that well-meaning guests may believe you meant to light them all — and may unintentionally create a harmful situation. And of course together with candles put this closely together, a draft can cause 1 candle to light the remainder.
LDa Architecture & Interiors
Empty table got you thinking about how to make it seem not so bare? Here’s a hint, courtesty of a contemporary Boston home, that’s too easy: vase plus cluster of three candlesticks and voilà — things seem somewhat less boardroom plus a good deal more like home.
Tip: Wood floors? Wood table? Wood furniture? Go light with the accessories to detract from the heaviness. To play it safe, if your walls are cream, then go with lotion accessories. If your walls are white, then heap on the snowy.
LDa Architecture & Interiors
This selection of playful candlesticks in a contemporary Boston home bridges the gap between the contemporary wall color and the conventional dark table and chairs. And of course, the candles absolutely balance the colorful art.
I’d also like to view those candlesticks put on a long narrow menu to balance out the width of this large fixture over.
Cezign
Clusters of candles may also mean combining candelabras and candlesticks, a look that’s really working in this magnificent Manhattan penthouse. In contrast to the expanses of white and bold regions of reddish, the tiny ornamental candles on the coffee table are a personal touch.
Interieurs by Francine Gardner
A cluster of crystal candlesticks, or in this case tea light holders, is soft and pretty, and a fantastic complement to the dark and elegant neutral palette of the New York showroom.
There is something about candles put directly on a face that does not seem quite right to me. So put a collection of candlesticks like these on a gorgeous round platter so you won’t have some regrets. A base for this collection would really enhance the look too. I’d go to get a round silver-leafed menu or some thing Moroccan to bring some mystery.
Amy Lau Design
This loft in Manhattan’s Chelsea area is an ideal home with this collection of artful candlesticks. The shoji screen details match the fine lines of the candlesticks in a magically subtle way. I’d abandon these candlesticks here eternally; they work superbly on the wall-hung sideboard.
A nice choice to these vases of flowers would be a long trough-shaped bowl holding some gorgeous stones.
Isler Homes
The elaborate gold candlesticks here are an ideal reference to the design origins of the magnificent 1930s Italian Renaissance–style home in Dallas.
That I love how the candlesticks, which theoretically are really too large for this mantel, push the limitations of scale and proportion in a way that works.
Yvonne McFadden LLC
Candlestick clusters in the entry hall? Why not? Large candleholders like these add an extremely theatrical feeling. The message I am getting is, “Catch a candlestick and come investigate the castle!” But maybe I have just looked at one too many photos of candles.
Having said that, don’t overdo the candle item. In case you’ve got a screen similar to this one, candles everywhere in the home should be quite subtle or out of sight.
Isler Homes
Silver candlesticks set the scene superbly in the toilet, in the same Dallas home as previously. Most of us don’t have tubs similar to this one, but with candles you really can create an opulent environment in a more modest bath. And besides, when you light the candles and then turn down the lights, then you very well could be transported to the destination of your choice.
Consider using candles as a simple method to relax at the end of a long day. Simple pleasures such as candlelight will be able to help you confront the demands of normal life. They are really valuable.
Significant methods for candle safety at home:
Always keep burning candles in sight, and in the event that you are going to be leaving the room it’s wise to extinguish all candles.Make sure to put candles at a distance from anything that may possibly catch fire: drapes, furniture, books or anything else that’s flammable.When lighting your candles, put holders on a secure, heat-resistant surface, like a plate or tray. This prevents possible wax or heat damage to counters, cupboard tops and tables.Always burn candles in a well-ventilated room, and prevent burning a large amount of candles in a small room, as it may reduce the oxygen in the room.Place burning candles at least 3 inches apart to prevent 1 candle’s heat melting another.Keep candles away from pets and kids.