Filed under: Your Home, Living Room, Fun Stuff, Parties & Entertaining
Everyone associates the warm glow of candlelight with winter -- so they'll be that much more surprised to see the clever ways you style them for summer parties.
Check out this story from our friends at Real Simple!
Pair with Surprising Pieces
Display pillar candles atop unused thick-walled Champagne flutes, flipped upside down and grouped on a mantel or tabletop.
Bring the Outdoors Inside
When the weather grows cool, move a window box indoors, set it on a ledge, and "plant" taper candles in the soil or floral foam (making sure they don't burn too low).
Create a Centerpiece
A sophisticated centerpiece for a dinner party: Arrange an array of candles on top of a mirror that runs the length of your table.
Put Them in Unexpected Vessels
Votive candles anchored in sand or small pebbles in thick-walled wineglasses cast romantic shadows on a dinner table.
Layer with Care
A vintage glass cake stand lined with votive and pillar candles creates a stately centerpiece for a wedding or other affair.
Line a Staircase
Light the way up a spiral staircase with simple glass candleholders.
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