Christmas candle ideas-15 ways to make your home look new

2021-12-06 11:22:43 By : Ms. Christine Wu

Light up every room with Christmas candles and let your holiday decoration plan start to sparkle. Candlelight can instantly change the mood, create a soft and comfortable light, and make any space feel warm and pleasant.

Light up the space by dimming overhead lights and lighting lanterns or candlesticks, creating an instant atmosphere in the hallway or living room. Layered lighting in several places is easier to attract the eye than a dazzling overhead light, helping to create a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere.

Decorating the dining table with candles has become part of the tradition. It is a simple Christmas table decoration idea that makes it look more festive. The center of the candle will create height and make the table the focal point, just make sure the candle is not too high so that guests can still see each other correctly across the table.

Whether it’s a Christmas candle idea in the hallway, a way to illuminate a mantel or console in the living room, or a simple table center idea, our holiday choices will make your home glow instantly.

Create a warm and pleasant winter corridor to welcome cold guests. The console table or wall shelf is an ideal place for winter display and will lay the foundation for further celebrations indoors.

Decorate your dining table with a series of lanterns, jars and candle holders arranged on the tabletop. Choose frosted glass, tin, and copper finishes that glow.

By adding winter leaves and greenery to fill in the gaps, spruce cut from the Christmas tree is ideal. Make other natural contacts here and there, such as pine cones, nuts, and sprigs of holly and berries.

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Without candles to create an atmosphere and bring the table from day to night, any Christmas table is incomplete, so they must be included in your dining environment.

The classic red, white, and green are always the winners of the festival, so use these colors as the basis of your plan, starting with the cheerful scarlet cloth as the background. The core idea to create a Christmas table is to use an extra-long green wreath extending along the length of the table and decorate with bright red apples, berries or pomegranates everywhere.

Finally, use tall red dinner candles to link your color themes together, and increase the height of the arrangement, placing one in each environment.

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Candle rings are a must-have item this season, and one of the easiest ways to make Christmas decorations. The designs range from clever brushed brass and metal to simple white or black matte ceramic candle rings.

Choose super-high dinner candles to create an elegant display effect. Keep all white candles or bold berry red for a more festive look, trim the bottom with a sharp knife so that they are firmly fixed to the holder. Simple and stylish, or dress up by dragging berries and green plants around the circular base for a more beautiful appearance.

Create a comfortable Christmas dinner atmosphere with candlelight tables and entertain after dark. The Christmas flower arrangement ideas with flowers and festive leaves look very beautiful and create a delicate fragrance that fills the room with fragrance.

Use a small bowl or plate, fill it with florist foam, and then add three tall and thin dinner candles. Then add your flowers, choose soft-colored hydrangea, winter rose or snowberry, and fill any gaps with eucalyptus and fir branches.

For any arrangement including candles and leaves, always make sure that your candles are at least 15-20 cm higher than the green plants so that there is no danger of exposure to light.

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Make a sparkling candle center decoration to make your Christmas restaurant decoration amazing after dark. Collect candle lanterns, candle holders and offerings of various heights and sizes. You need a lot to increase your influence, so if you can, borrow them from other rooms and replace them after Christmas.

Keep similar color themes for best results. Mercury glass candlesticks like this will add extra sparkle, but all-white displays or other single colors are also suitable. Then simply gather your candles together, use the linen pulley as the base, start with the largest, and then stagger the height and size while working.

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Use rows of sparkling candles to create an eye-catching display for the mantle. A simple idea, but with a high impact, a symmetrical arrangement like this makes the fireplace an eye-catching display of focus.

The red wall is the perfect background for any Christmas display, and the white is a strong contrast color. Use tall white dinner candles in a simple red glass holder to get the look and extend them along the length of the mantle for the full effect. Add a row of wreaths to the upper wall to echo the symmetry.

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Recycle a series of transparent glass bottles to make elegant candle holders. It is used to decorate the mantle arranged in a row, or to gather several together as the center decoration of the table. The dark gray walls are the perfect backdrop for such a festive display.

First fill the bottles with water below the neck, and then carefully push a leaf such as fir, ivy, or eucalyptus into each bottle to make it stand upright. Add tall green dinner candles to finish.

Using the mantel mirror as a background will reflect the candlelight and add extra sparkle to any display. For a simple, rustic arrangement, put a series of sparkling baubles, festive pine cones and nuts in a bowl. Arranged on the mantle, put several tall glass candlesticks so that they reflect in the glass. Add sparkling paper parcels and a string of fairy lights here and there to create a double sparkle.

Create a winter village scene to decorate the sideboard or mantle. Mini house-shaped tea lamp holders can now be seen everywhere on the street. They are grouped together in the distant view, and they look amazing when they are lit after dark. Children will like them too.

Group as many as possible on your surface. Buy some bottle brush trees, spot them everywhere in the gap, and add some fake snow to get a truly magical effect. To replace real candles more easily, try using battery-powered tea lights, they will last longer Long time, and you don’t have to worry about leaving them unattended.

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Use ordinary window frame flower pots to make a simple Christmas decoration idea for the table center decoration. Galvanized metal or rustic terracotta longline bathtubs are perfect for long rectangular dining tables, or you can choose round flower pots to create a similar display effect for round tables.

Fill the pots with florist foam, then arrange the candles in a row and gently push them into the foam to keep them safe. Sturdy columnar candles are perfect for rural displays like this, or you can use elongated dinner candles and fill the space with more candles. Finally, cover the foam with a layer of moss and add a string of lights on the tabletop to make the display more shiny.

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Try a simple place setting idea that looks very special. Collect a series of mini candles wishing objects and various porcelains. Choose holiday patterns or vintage floral items. If you don’t have a matching collection, don’t worry, using unmatched items will increase the charm of such an environment.

Place a candle wishing object on a small side panel, one in each position. Wrap the offering with ribbon, tie it to a bow, and add a sprig of berry and some sparkling baubles. Turn on and light up a night light inside before the guest arrives.

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Instead of spending a fortune on a ready-made dining table center, it is better to make your own dining table using leaves collected from the outdoors. Desktop arrangements like this can be used for festive dinners, and can also be placed on sideboards or consoles to add decoration to the corridor or living room.

Starting with a bowl full of florist foam, push the stems of the leaves into the foam around the foam and let them tail for a lush effect. Place a simple metal candle ring on top of the foam, push it in to fix it, add candles, and then cover the top with a layer of moss dotted with pine cones and berries.

Although candles are a lovely visual mood regulator, their gorgeous aroma can also enhance the senses. During the Christmas season, layer holiday perfumes so that they will drift throughout the house. Combine the best scented candles with indoor diffusers, essential oils and passion incense to make their scents complement each other. Try the spicy cinnamon and cloves, sandalwood and orange or eucalyptus and cedar.

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Combine candles with winter flowers and leaves to easily arrange the mantle or window sill. Choose winter white and natural green themes to get a simple and effective display effect.

Place column candles at regular intervals along the length of the ledge. Fill some mirrored offerings with water and arrange them between candles. Float your flower head on top, then add strands of variegated ivy along the display shelf and weave it into candles and offerings. Finally, add bunches of berries and fruits at regular intervals.

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Place the candles on the mirror tray to make them more shiny. The flickering candlelight will be reflected and the effect will be doubled, so it is a perfect mini display for dark corners.

If you need to quickly place a table in a restaurant or corridor, using a tray can also make it easier for you to lift and move the arrangement. Follow the quick tricks stylists use for mini monitors like this one, and always use odd numbers instead of even ones. Odd numbers like three, five, or seven are more visually appealing and help avoid excessive symmetry.

Store candles in a cool place, as cold candles burn more slowly and therefore last longer. Trim the candle wick before use. If the wick is too high, the flame will grow too high and may leave black burning marks on the candle holder.

Used candles are wiped off the dust and the wick is trimmed to 0.5 cm before they are lit to prevent them from smoking. If the dust has become entrenched, blow it with a hair dryer in a cool environment for about 10 seconds, then rinse the top of the candle with warm water and dry it.

Push the edge of the candle inward very carefully as the candle melts to keep the candlestick free of wax.

One of the most important things to consider when using candles is safety. Only place candles on a stable, heat-resistant surface in a well-ventilated room, away from air currents and away from open windows. Make sure to keep them away from anything that might catch fire, and keep them away from children and pets.

Always put out the candles before leaving the room or going to bed. Use snuffers because blowing them out will produce sparks and hot wax. If the candle smokes or the flame is too high or flickers repeatedly, please extinguish the candle, because the candle does not burn correctly and safely.