Photography: Brigid Arnott / Styling: Alice Ierace
Is it just me who’s started to gauge the success of my dinner parties by how far down the candles burn? Depending on the quality, a good tapered candle should burn as lively as the conversation, until it finally extinguishes, creating a well of wax in your favourite candlesticks at the end of the evening. Better still if they burn out altogether – now that’s some sparkling conversation!
Tapered candles are having a moment, and we are here for every last waxy drip, obsessed with the way they flicker and burn between the faces of friends, casting a glowing ambience over even the most modest of table settings. The best part is the fun you can have mixing colours and styles of tapered candles with candleabras and candlesticks to suit whatever mood you’re creating. Pair heirloom silver candle holders with contemporary dinnerware, or place a cheeky ceramic candle holder in the centre of your tablescape to make a fun statement to loosen up a lunch. There are hundreds of combinations to play with.
Whatever your mood, we’ve got the perfect candlestick and its tapered mate to set the scene – just add matches.
Shop tapered candles
Trudon Madeleine tapered candles in Burgundy 6/pack,
$59, David Jones
Daphne Pink & Red Taper Candles Pack of 3,
$19.49 (usually $14.99), Adairs
Dinner candle in Otter, set/12
$44.50, Pepperwhites by Tara Dennis
Viyffo 12 inch taper candles in Green, set/ 4,
$30.06, Amazon
25cm tapered dinner candles in Red
16.95, Big W
Tall taper candle. set/2,
$19.95, The Iconic
The Asparagus Bunch in Olive,
$31.20 (usually $39), Maison Balzac
Porter Green Array in Peach + Petal
$19.97 (usually $39.95), The Iconic
Let’s Get Lit Linea LED taper candle set/2
$29.95, Myer
Tapered candle pair in Pink Clay
$28, L&M Home
Ribbed taper candle in Deep Red,
$14.95, Pillow Talk
Luna By Camilia 12 inch taper candles,
$32, Amazon
Shop candle holders
From left: ‘Westgarth’ cut crystal glass candlestick, $29.95, Freedom. ‘Bloom’ stainless steel floor candlestick, $405/medium, Georg Jensen. ‘Hotham’ marble candlestick, $79.95/set of 2,
Freedom. ‘Opus’ marble candlestick in Nougat, $149/medium, Saardé. Black Blaze ‘Beaded Fountain’ brass candlestick in White, $129/large, David Jones. ‘Loreto’ aluminium candlestick in Brass, $80, and ‘Carin’ glass candlestick, $25, both Provincial Home Living. ‘Orb’ white onyx candlestick, $129/large, Black Blaze. ‘St Piere’ glass candlestick, $25, Provincial Home Living. Stoneware
candlestick, $14.99, H&M. For similar candles, try taper candles in Sand, $16.90/set of 2, Pepperwhites by Tara Dennis. Red velvet ribbon, $19.95/3m, Bespoke Letterpress.
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