Home Decorating Tips for Sprucing-Up Your Home with Taper Candles | Pottery Barn

Watch some helpful home decorating tips for decorating with candles in this Pottery Barn video. Here we see some super-easy tips and tricks using household supplies that can help us fix the different design challenges presented to us when decorating with taper candles.

Too Thick: When decorating with candles that are too thick, shave it using a peeler. This simple kitchen tool can help us shear away the wax and create a narrower taper candle easily. You can collect the wax shavings and melt them to pour a new candle.

Too Narrow: For home decorating tips for taper candles that are too narrow, use tape to thicken the base of the candle. Use tape in the same color as the candle for a neat effect.

Not Upright: Decorating with candles that lean can be made easier by dipping the base of the candles in adhesive before adding them to candle holders. The adhesive will ensure that they stay in place.

Too Tall: Simple home decorating tips for candles that are too tall is trimming them at the base using gardening shears.

Enjoy creating candle centerpieces and seasonal displays using these simple taper tips.

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