Holiday Candles The Best Way To Change Your Home For The Season.
Changing your home for the holidays into a winter wonderland has never been easier. In fact, all it takes is decoration. Holiday candles serve as decoration to transform your everyday home into a seasonal sanctuary, and the light they give off creates a celebratory ambiance, whether you’re entertaining or spending an intimate winter night indoors. In no time, with holiday candles, your home will feel like the season. But why use holiday candles to change your home.
Why Buy Holiday Candles?
There’s something about a scented candle that fills a space with warmth. Holiday candles promote a festive vibe and ensure your home is aromatic from the first raise of a glass to celebrate to the last whisper of the holiday season.
The historical use of candles for holiday celebrations.
Candles have been used to celebrate the holidays historically. From menorah lightings in traditional ceremonies to the candles of Advent, various cultures feel that candles represent light in the darkness and the promise of a new season; therefore, holiday decorations with candles are almost a requirement.
Why Candles Make You Feel Better.
Merely being in the presence of candlelight is comforting and puts one in a calm, pleasurable state. Your home not only generates serotonin and dopamine the feel-good hormones but it renders everything warm and fuzzy. Thus, when you add scents from different candles, your home can become an aromatherapy wonderland.
Which holiday candle fragrances belong in which spaces.
Holiday candle scents belong in certain spaces.
For example:
Living Room: Spicy scents or scents that mimic pine to make things warm and inviting.
Kitchen: Scents of orange or lemon to provide a citrus booster over food scents.
Bedroom: Scents of vanilla or lavender to promote tranquility and comfort.
Bathroom: Scents of eucalyptus or jasmine to invigorate and provide a spa experience. Moreover scenting these spaces with the suggested fragrances encourages a “scent story” for the larger atmosphere.
Holiday Centerpieces with Candles.
Use candles as festive centerpieces for your holiday table. Here are some options to match your vibe.
Classic: Use a group of pillar candles attached to greenery and pinecones to decorate.
Minimalistic: Choose one candle holder and a candle for your table and keep additional decor to a minimum.
Earthy: Use woods and nature decor with unscented candles to avoid flavour clashes. Stick to varying heights and textures for a visually appealing centerpiece.
Candle Holders.
Candle holders are a necessary component to your holiday decor. Using varying materials glass metal and wood adds texture to your decor. Or use varying heights of candle holders but the same finish for a uniform appeal.
You can choose:
Glass: Elegant and sophisticated
Metal: Rustic and industrial
Wood: Organic and natural Can be used all year round with festive garland or decorations for added embellishment.
Holiday Candle Safety.
We love candles but we love safety more. Keep these tips in mind.
Placement: Always place a candle on a stable surface and away from anything that could catch fire.
Monitoring: Always blow out a candle if you leave the room.
Children Safety: If you have children pets in your home use battery operated candles instead. These recommendations promote a safer holiday season.
Window Decorations with Candles.
Whether they’re LED or battery operated candle window decorations provide such a cozy feeling in your house. Use varying heights and widths pillars tea lights and garlands across your window or embellishments to add other features. These candle windows will glow from the inside out and from the outside in creating the perfect ambiance.
Candleholder Mantels.
The mantel is the perfect place for a candle display.
Height Stacking:
Use candles of varying heights to create tiers.
Color Coordination:
Use candles that match your decor color scheme. Metallics or more natural accents like greens can also be used to offer a more winter wonderland feel too.
Outdoor Candle Decorations.
Make your outdoor decoration just as inviting with candles that survive the harshest of Mother Nature. Lanterns and pillar candles that resist the weather come in many shapes and sizes to line porches and patios resplendent with matching seasonal ribbon or pine cones. Surround your backyard fire pit with them to emphasize warmth and magic. These simple additions make sure your outside is just as welcoming.
