Each circle of cording should be big enough to easily slide onto a candle, down to its base. Heavy FabricUse a full-bodied fabric, such as tapestry, brocade, or velvet, which coordinates with the colors and style of your room. This lighter, airier treatment is more appropriate for some rooms.Decorators' Top Favorite Instant Fabric Tricks for Unlit Fireplace Candelabra by Susan PenneyWho doesnt appreciate flickering flames in a fireplace? For those who dont have the inclination or time for burning firewood in their fireplace, fireplace candelabra are the obvious answer. Tuck in the ends, out of sight.Buy a tassel and a few inches of coordinating cording for each candle on your fireplace candelabra. They provide that special glow without the hassle or, in warm weather, the heat. Cut the cord into lengths a bit longer than the circumference of each candle. Adjust the tassels so they are hanging over the edge of the candle cups, facing into the room. Give it the same treatment as above, with visually interesting draping and folds of the material.2.A bit of fabric dramatically posed or some tassels elegantly dangling from your fireplace candelabra can be so charming, your fireplace candelabra can rightfully maintain the place of honor in your rooms natural focal point, the fireplace, even when its candles arent aglow. Either by sewing or by using your glue printing fabric gun, make a circle of each piece of cording and attach a tassel where you join the ends of the cording. Here are three of their super quick and inexpensive techniques using fabric that you can try.Slip each cording-with-tassel circle over a different candle on your fireplace candelabra. Remove them before lighting your candles and save them to put back on when you blow the candles out at the end of the evening. Lace or Sheer FabricFor a different, but equally appealing look, use a sheer fabric, such as chiffon or lace. Casually interweave the fabric among the arms of your fireplace candelabra, leaving dramatic folds of fabric spilling onto the inner hearth and over parts of the candelabra. Tassel MagicAt your local fabric store, find three to five inch long tassels in a color, or a mixture of colors, to highlight your room and the metal of your fireplace candelabra. Now, replace those candles, but dont, of course, light them as long as the fabric is in your hearth. But how do you keep those fireplace candelabra worthy of the visual focal point of your home even for those times when you havent lit the candles?Even without burning candles, decorators have their tricks for using fireplace candelabra as foundations for eye-appealing displays in the fireplace. These tassels so beautifully accessorize the candles of your fireplace candelabra, you may be tempted to leave them when you light the candles, but please dont.
