How to Use Candles as Decor for the Home

Candles are a popular way to add decorative elements to your home. The variety of holders and candle designs make finding the perfect candles for your home décor easy. Candles can suggest a relaxed, romantic or modern feeling in any room.

Candles are versatile accents that work well in any room of your home. Candles add romance, warmth and so much more.

• Install sconces. These eye-catching pieces quickly and easily to give walls a facelift. Sconces are pieces that mount to your walls, a place for a candle to sit sticks out. Sconces are available in metal or wood, and come in a variety of designs, from modern to traditional. Metal looks good in almost any room and can be simple lines or intricately detailed curves and swirls. This is an elegant way to dress up windows and doorways. Choose candle colors that tie into the room's color scheme.


• Create a new look by making a small change by using candles in your fireplace. Many fireplaces go unused for most of the year, making this area an unsightly empty space. Decorative screens are nice, but using candles can easily dress up a dull area. Look for tiered candleholders; these can hold a large number of votive candles or multiple sizes of pillar candles. The look adds detail to a once ignored area of the home as well as an interesting focal point. Light candles during parties or gatherings to add ambiance.


• Place or install decorative candle holders or candle chandeliers to add accents to any room. Weather it is table top or hanging from the ceiling a nice decorative candleholder can dress up your tabletops or ceiling spaces. Use candle lit chandeliers on outdoor spaces you use frequently. Choose pieces that are a subtle suggestion of the holiday to come; this allows you to keep your décor fresh.