Home & décor3 min read
Styling Candles in Your Living Room: 9 Designer Ideas
Trays, clusters, mantels and shelves — simple ways to style candles so your living room looks curated, not cluttered.
By Avnika Creations
Candles are décor even when they're not lit. Styled well, they make a living room feel finished.
Nine ideas
- The tray vignette: a candle, a small vase and a book on a tray on the coffee table.
- Odd numbers: group candles in threes or fives — it looks natural.
- Mix heights: tall tapers, medium pillars, low jars.
- Repeat a material: brass holders echo brass lamps or frames.
- Mantel line-up: pillars of graded heights along a shelf.
- Bookshelf moments: a jar candle between stacks of books (unlit, or with plenty of clearance).
- Greenery: eucalyptus or a small plant beside the candles.
- Lanterns on the floor: a pair of brass lanterns beside the sofa.
- A signature scent: one fragrance for the room, so it smells as considered as it looks.
Keep it safe
Lit candles need 30 cm of clear space above and around, and should never sit on shelves directly under wood. Style freely; light carefully.
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