Candlelight is living light, both decorative and functional.
Candles in quantity, and at a distance are magical compared with the uncompromising glare of the single statutory candle on the restaurant table, which is often too close for comfort and at the wrong height. (Move it aside to the edge of the table.) Distant candles give the reflected light that is flattering.
Arrange areas of candles: group them. Have matching ones together, or put short ones with tall ones. Replace each one as it gets low at its own pace.
Dependent on the space and what is planned for that evening, it needn’t be exclusively candlepower. Combine candlelight with artificial light - used to accent features in the room. But keep this low: use dimmers or gentle wall wash. And be sure to let the candles predominate, or at least hold their own with the artificial lights.
At it’s brightest, candlelight still gives a yellowish cast to its surrounding. The warming process can be exaggerated by choosing yellow, orange and red candles together until there’s a fire like glow, I chose to line or vessels with gold tones to mirror the reflection and achieve this glow without compromising style. bearing in mind the ever-presence of yellow, choose candle colours like everything else: with the context of the room in mind. In the same way, the scale and shape of the candles themselves can be as important as the colours. But for me there‘s nothing to beat waxy off white of a soy candle.
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