Fireplace Revamp

We have a big fireplace in our rental house, the likelihood of us using the fireplace is low and I was getting SO tired of looking at the big bulky metal screen. My girlfriend Lydia was in town visiting and I was telling her how I needed to do something with our fireplace, she suggested candles. Why hadn’t I thought of that…. I decided I didn’t want to do all loose candles in the case that we did decide we want a fire and removing ALL of those candles would take forever. So I headed out to find a candelabra for the fireplace. The hardest part (next to cleaning out the old fireplace) was finding big grey candles to go in the candelabra apparently grey candles are hard to find. They ended up being the most expensive part of the whole revamp.

Here are a few more detailed shots, I added some mercury glass candle holders and included them in the fireplace. I’m still looking for a few more tall ones, but the right ones haven’t come my way quite yet. I will continue to search! I like the mixture of the candelabra, the candle holders and votives.

Details: $20 Candelabra from Hobby Lobby, Martha Stewart Votives and Candle Holders (Wedding Presents), $12.99 Bed Bath & Beyond Grey Candles (I used a coupon so they weren’t as expensive).

All in all it was a under a $100 revamp and I love love love it!! Happy redecorating my friends.

Jess