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Do you like decorating with candles in your home? Almost any
room in the house or an apartment can accommodate candle use, as
long as you set it up safely and don't leave candles
unsupervised. Although you may think of candles primarily as
table ornaments or birthday decorator items for a cake, there
are many uses to which you can put candles, and their
accessories, to make your home more warm and inviting.
Consider adding wall sconces along your central staircase. Use
the electric kind to prevent fire hazards. These candles may run
from batteries in their base or by electric plug-in cords. Wall
candles add a lovely, romantic feel to a stairwell, creating a
sense of intimacy and perhaps an old fashion look to blend with
your decorating style. Wall sconces work well outside oft-used
rooms, like the bathroom, as well as home offices, dens, and
family rooms. You can get faux candles for your sconces just to
be sure no one accidentally lights them to create a potential
fire hazard.
Votive candles add a decorative
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touch around the holidays,
especially. Set out a candle ring of plastic, vinyl, or fabric
flora, taking care that it is fireproof before lighting the
candle at its center. Smaller candles can be placed around the
main one as accents in color-coded arrangements that emphasize
certain holiday or pastel shadings for purposeful design. Votive
candles may be white, but then are placed inside colored glass
holders. These make great Advent or Easter centerpieces, as well
as table decorations for religious celebrations like First
Communion, baptism, or church membership.
Large, round candles help to create attractive centerpieces for
holiday themes, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, or even
Memorial Day. Trim the candle base with related decorator craft
items, albeit it fabric, flowers, or a basket, and add whatever
else helps to make the candle fit the occasion.
Special dinner celebrations can be commemorated with candle
centerpieces or candelabra in the center of the table or on a
side area, like a buffet.
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