Fireplace Candelabra: Holiday Decorating Ideas

VALENTINE’S DAY

There isn’t a fireplace candelabra that doesn’t convey romance, so fireplace candelabra are the perfect Valentine’s Day gift--for her or for him! A fireplace candelabra combines the tender moments sitting by a fireplace and the romance only candlelight conveys to make the ideal Valentine’s Day gift.

But there is one fireplace candelabra that just says “Valentine’s Day” from the tip of its candle pins to its feet: The sweetheart of a fireplace candelabra, the Victoria fireplace candelabra, is a wonderful way to say, “Happy Valentine’s Day” to a special someone. Centered in its mellow copper ironwork is a lovely heart!

Add heart-shaped candles, red or pink candles, or candles with a romantic, personal scent ( such vanilla, sea breeze, or Kahlua) and you’ve created a romantic dynamo!

Holiday Decorating with Fireplace Candelabra

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Make Fireplace Candelabra Part of Your Lazy Days of Summer!
Keep that delightful, inviting flicker of fire in your fireplace without the heat of wood or gas logs. Just because the weather is warm, your fireplace doesn’t have to be a big, black, empty hole! Use summery scented candles, such as honeysuckle or lilac, in your fireplace candelabra to extend the sensory delights of the season.

If you are spending evenings outside in your yard or on your deck or patio, take your fireplace candelabra with you. Pestered by mosquitoes? Enjoy both candlelight and fewer bugs with citronella candles in your fireplace candelabra outdoors.

Make an Autumn Fireplace Candelabra!
Use your fireplace candelabra to give your room an autumnal display. Take out those boring white candles and replace them with candles in golden tones, burnt orange, and mellow browns. In front of the fireplace candelabra (and safely away from the candle flames!) arrange a display of autumn-colored gourds and mini-pumpkins.

Want to try something really different? Replace the candles in your fireplace candelabra with little pumpkin-shaped candles! Some craft stores and online candles stores have the darling little pumpkin candles. Mixing cylindrical candles in autumn hues with the little pumpkin candles makes a great fireplace candelabra display for fall.

Thanksgiving Fireplace Candelabra
Give your fireplace candelabra a Thanksgiving look:

If you are using candles in your fireplace candelabra, switch to candles in autumn colors of gold, orange, and browns.
Go for the “smell of Thanksgiving” with your fireplace candelabra: Your whole home will have a warm Thanksgiving aroma when you use Pumpkin Pie scented candles in your fireplace candelabra.
Try specialty candles in your fireplace candelabra for Thanksgiving: candles shaped like gourds, little pumpkins, Pilgrim hats, and turkeys.
If you choose not to use candles in your fireplace candelabra, replace each candle with an autumnal vegetable for a cornucopia of the season. On each candle cup, place 2 or 3 artificial autumn leaves and top with a little gourd, ears of Indian corn, golden apple, or mini-pumpkin and . Fill in around the fireplace candelabra with pine cones, artificial autumn leaves, and acorns.

Happy New Year! Great Decorating Idea to Welcome in the New Year with Fireplace Candelabra
Let your fireplace candelabra welcome in the New Year using numerical candles. Look for the number candles with the birthday cake supplies at the store.
Lined up candles on your fireplace candelabra to create the new year’s number. If your fireplace candelabra has space for more than four candles, add other candles that coordinate with the colors of the number candles. If you are using fireplace candle holders, put one number candle on each of four fireplace candle holders. Now, don’t forget to light the new year candles in your fireplace candelabra on either New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day!

It’s Time for the Wearin’ of the Green: Fireplace Decorating for St. Patrick’s Day
Decorate your home and fireplace for St. Patrick’s Day in as little time as it takes to read this! Here are a few quick and easy ways to decorate your fireplace candelabra for St. Patrick’s Day:

Easiest: Simply place green candles or green and white candles in your fireplace candelabra!

Almost as Easy: Buy ribbon at your local craft store decorated with green shamrocks. Tie the ribbon around the base of some or all of the green or white candles in your fireplace candelabra. When you light the candles, keep an eye on them and make sure they do not burn all the way down to the ribbon.

Easy: Except for the shopping time, this is as easy as the first suggestion, above. Craft store leprechaun candle for fireplace candelabra s, dollar-priced stores, and internet shamrock candles for fireplace candelabra candle sites have some adorable candles shaped like leprechauns, shamrocks, and even little pots of gold! Intersperse these cute candles among your other green or white candles, and you will have eye-catching St. Patrick’s Day decorations for your fireplace.

EASTER

It’s the season for daffodils and tulips, bunnies and decorated eggs. It’s time to put away winter decorative accessories and bring out the decorative accessories for spring and Easter.

Want a terrific and quick way to decorate your room’s natural focal point--your fireplace--for Easter? Fireplace candelabra are the perfect accessories. And using candles in the shape of decorated Easter eggs in your fireplace candelabra is a super-simple, but visually dramatic way to decorate for the season.

Candle-eggs come in a delightful variety of sizes and colors and include everything from the simplest plain white, Fireplace Candelabra: candle eggs for your fireplace candelabra and fireplace candle holders speckled brown, or robin’s egg blue candle-eggs to fancy, multicolored, traditional Easter egg designs. Look online and in craft stores for candles in the shape of eggs for your fireplace candelabra. (Just don’t be too surprised if the Easter Bunny replaces one of the candle-eggs with a chocolate one!)

Also look for candles in the shape of rabbits, the Easter Bunny, baby chicks or ducks, and spring flowers for your fireplace candelabra. They instantly perk up your not only your fireplace candelabra but also the whole room with a joyous Springtime air.

Remember, when it gets too warm for a real fire this Spring, your fireplace candelabra is the perfect way to have fireplace flames without heat.

The Top 10 Reasons a Fireplace Candelabra is a Perfect Mother’s Day Gift

Fireplace candelabra won’t wilt and die like flowers.
Fireplace candelabra are calorie free and fat free!
Fireplace candelabra make managing a fireplace easy for Mom, since there are no logs to carry.
Fireplace candelabra can be used outdoors during the summer months on the patio or deck.
Mom will think you are so-o-o-o clever to think of a gift as original as a fireplace candelabra.
Fireplace candelabra can be bought and sent to her over the internet, so you can get the package to her before Mother’s Day.
Mom can share the friendly candlelight of her fireplace candelabra with family and friends---and you know how Mom likes to share!
When Mom’s alone, the flickering candlelight of her fireplace candelabra will fill her home with a friendly glow to keep her company.
Each time Mom uses her fireplace candelabra, she’ll think warmly of you.
Since you’ve always been the light of her life, what gift could be more perfect than one that brings light into her life ?

Let your fireplace candelabra be a centerpiece of your home decorating for Fireplace Candelabra with Thanksgiving Candles Thanksgiving. Place candles in the autumn colors of orange, brown, and beige in your fireplace candelabra. Or really dress up your fireplace candelabra for Thanksgiving by adding adorable Thanksgiving novelty candles such as the Pilgrim, Indian, and Turkey candles from The Vermont Country Store.

When your family and friends gather around the fireplace after the Thanksgiving meal, be sure to light those candles and complete the experience.

Thanksgiving Fireplace Candelabra

Don’t forget to light the candles in your fireplace candelabra over the holiday season! In this season of light, those flickering candles add holiday spirit to the whole room!

Christmas candles and candles in red and green are the tried and true way to give your fireplace candelabra some Christmas spirit. If your holiday decorations feature other Christmas colors (such as coral and lime, blue and white, or gold and silver) add candles in those colors to your fireplace candelabra.

Look among your holiday decorating items. Find some that capture the Christmas spirit and place them in front of your fireplace candelabra. They might be small poinsettias or a vignette of Christmas ornaments. Just remember, if they are not fire resistant, to move them before you light the candles!

Need a super quick and easy idea for turning your fireplace candelabra into a Christmas display! Just add gather some pine cones and group them in front of your fireplace candelabra or fireplace candle holders. It doesn’t get simpler than that, yet you’ve created an arrangement that works throughout the winter!

Wrap some small, empty boxes or children’s blocks in a couple of dramatic but simple Christmas wrapping paper and add ribbons. Arrange these miniature gifts around the front of your fireplace candelabra. Add jingle bells, holly sprigs, or pine boughs to the arrangement.

At the base of your fireplace candelabra, cluster some Christmas tree ornaments such as balls. Use balls either in colors that coordinate with your room or chose ones in the colors you are using for your Christmas decorations. Place candles in similar colors in the fireplace candelabra. Tuck in some greenery, and you have turned your fireplace candelabra into a Christmas motif!

Make the holidays even jollier by decorating at the base of your fireplace candelabra! Coordinate the decorations around your fireplace candelabra with the ones on your fireplace mantel. Or try some of the ideas below:

Decorating Your Fireplace Candelabra
for Christmas