Glass cylinders give you the chance to bring a vision to life, especially if you’re trying to match a specific décor or color scheme.  Fill the bottom of the cylinder with something colorful that compliments your room color, like glass marbles, or compliments your theme, like seashells or sand, then place a candle securely on top.  Personally I like to use a short scented pillar, usually a 3” size, so we can enjoy both color and fragrance.

One of the most aromatic ways to use a glass cylinder is by filling the base with coffee beans, then placing a white or ivory candle on top.  The fragrance of the beans will gently fill the room, and will become even stronger when the candle is lit.  The result is absolutely irresistible!  By the way, this makes a great gift for coffee-loving friends.

I like to decorate for the holidays by filling the glass cylinder base with things like red hearts at Valentine’s Day, orange marbles for Halloween, and shiny little ornaments at Christmas.  It’s colorful, inexpensive, and I can change it every year so I never get bored.

Make sure to keep a few glass cylinder candle holders in assorted sizes around your house, and let your imagination run wild!

With its open design, this candle holder would work perfectly inside or outdoors, since it is very easy to light the candles through the bars comprising the ball.   For speed, I would definitely recommend using your favorite style of candle lighter. 

It’s pretty hard sometimes to find something that works outside, but the since the votive candles in this one are protected by their votive holders, chances are that unless it’s really windy, your candles should remain lit. 

I like the fact that you can adapt this to any décor or theme just by changing the color of the votives.  It’s also open enough to adorn it with flowers or green sprigs to add color and perhaps even a gentle fragrance if you like.   

Using one inside gives the same options – changing the candles to match the holiday or season – like green votives for Christmas, red votives for Valentine’s Day, pretty pastels for the spring or summer,  autumn gold, orange, and brown for the fall.