Description
One candle on a table looks like an afterthought. Nine at three heights looks designed. And a taper rated for four hours, lit at five o’clock in a draughty barn, is gone before the speeches.
The Candle & Tabletop Styling Guide gives you the numbers behind candlelight so you can quote it accurately and set it up once. It covers every candle type from tealight to church candle with realistic burn times, which vessel takes which candle, and how to layer heights so guests can still see each other across the table. It also covers the part most people skip: the fire questions you must put to the venue in writing before you quote a single candle.
What is inside
- Why candlelight earns its place, and how to plan it against the room’s other lighting
- A candle type table with sizes and approximate burn times
- How to read burn times honestly and work out the hours you really need
- Matching candles to vessels — votives, candlesticks, candelabra, hurricanes, lanterns
- Eight steps to layering heights, including the seated sightline rule
- Venue fire rules, and the questions to confirm in writing
- Flameless options that do not look flameless, including colour temperature
- A per-table shopping list you can price and multiply
- A printable candle plan worksheet covering burn hours, layers and bump-out
- On-the-day habits: wicks, lighting order, drip trays, snuffers and packing
Who it is for
Wedding stylists and planners costing and installing candlelight, florists adding tabletop styling, and couples buying their own candles who do not want to guess quantities.
After you use it, you buy the right number of candles at the right burn time, you know before you quote whether the venue allows open flame, and every table in the room matches. Your rooms photograph warmer and your set-up gets quicker.
Anything touching insurance cover for open flame is framed as a conversation for you and your own insurer or broker.
What’s inside
- Candle types with real burn times
- Vessel and candle matching table
- Height layering and sightline rules
- Venue fire questions to confirm
- Flameless candle guidance
- Per-table shopping list
- Candle plan worksheet
- On-the-day setup and packing tips
