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7 Tips to Update Your Home for Spring

Refreshing your home decor for spring is a great way to breathe new life into your space and create a more uplifting and cheerful atmosphere. Here are some tips to help you refresh your home decor for spring:

  1. Bring in fresh flowers and plants – Flowers and plants are a great way to add a pop of color and a fresh scent to your space. Consider getting some potted plants or cut flowers for your home.

2. Add colorful accents – Consider adding pops of bright colors like pink, yellow, or green to your decor. You could add colorful throw pillows, a colorful rug, or some colorful wall art.

3. Switch up your bedding – Changing your bedding can be a great way to freshen up your space. Consider getting some new bedding in lighter fabrics and brighter colors.

4. Declutter and organize – Spring is a great time to declutter and get organized. Donate items you no longer need and organize your space to make it feel more spacious and calming.

5. Bring in natural textures – Natural textures like wicker, rattan, and jute can add a cozy and inviting touch to your home. Consider adding a woven basket, a jute rug, or our NEW Gray Washed Wicker Illumination Fragrance Warmer to your space.

6. Use lighter fabrics – Swap out heavy winter fabrics like wool and velvet for lighter fabrics like cotton and linen. Lighter fabrics can help create a breezy and fresh feel in your home.

7. Incorporate scents – Use scented candles, diffusers, or essential oils to add a fresh scent to your home. Consider scents like lavender, lemon, or peppermint for a spring-like feel. Our NEW Spring Fresh Classic Wax Melts are the perfect choice to brighten your home with a fresh, clean, laundry scent.

Overall, refreshing your home decor for spring can be as simple as adding a few pops of color, bringing in some natural textures, and decluttering your space. With these tips, you can create a space that feels fresh, inviting, and perfect for the spring season.

5 Cottagecore Home Decorating Ideas

A cottage core home has the feeling of a rustic cottage in the countryside. It’s a simple way of decorating using simple and clean pieces. It is reminiscent of the past and creates a cozy atmosphere. It has a strong focus on softness and comfort. Today we are sharing with you 5 ideas on how you can incorporate this style in your own home, with items you might already have.

Now close your eyes and imagine yourself in a cozy cottage nestled in a fairy forest and listening to the babbling of a nearby brook. 

1. Choose your flooring wisely.

Starting from the bottom up and updating your floor using materials that give the floors a weathered look is the first step. You can find many options that are cost-effective and still give the worn and textured look that you are going for. Go for a rustic wood with lots of texture or a tile that looks worn and scuffed.

2. Lean toward furniture pieces that are natural

When it comes to furniture for your cottage core home, go for items that are natural wood, soft colors, and vintage. Using natural-looking fabrics with plaid or floral prints for throw pillows will create that cozy cottage feeling. Use several prints and textures together to add a touch of whimsy.

3. Cottagecore accents

When it comes to accents for your cottagecore home, look for thrifted, second hand pieces. Using nature scented candles with a candle warmer helps to bring the outside, in. Try to use fragrances like pine, floral, or fruity to give the feeling of fresh, clean spring air. 

Bring in a variety of houseplants to help bring nature inside. Climbing vines and trees are a great way to add an organic feel to your space. Hang dried herbs and flowers to help with the organic vibe. 

4. Color palette for cottagecore

When it comes to paint choices for cottagecore, choose a soft, neutral palette for the walls. Stick with warm wood tones or creamy shades of white or gray. You can always add pops of color by painting furniture with earth tones.

5. Don’t forget the outdoors

Carrying the concept of cottagecore to your outdoor space helps to create a seamless transition from the outdoors. Use your outdoor spaces to create a refuge for wildlife with birdhouses, hummingbird feeders, and a birdbath. Use beautiful shrubs and trees along with wildflowers that grow naturally in your area to create a native-looking home.  

It’s easy to create a comfortable, vintage, and cozy cottage getaway right in your own home thanks to the cottagecore decorating style!

6 DIY Home Decorating Tips

We have 6 great tips from professional home stagers to help you freshen your home decor without ruining your budget.

1. Start at the front door.

We want our homes to make great first impressions, so it’s important to start at the front door. Use paint to make your front door stand out and feel like it’s inviting us in. Historically, a red door meant “welcome to weary travelers”. What does your front door say about your home?

2. Anchor rugs under furniture feet.

To create a comfortable sitting area it’s always best to place the front feet of all couches and chairs on the area rug. Make sure your rug fits the size of the room. A big room requires a big area rug.

3. Style decorative objects in odd numbers.

Using the “rule of thirds” in home decorating makes things more visually appealing to the human eye. Three seems to be the magic number for interior design, but the rule also applies nicely for groupings of five or seven. Our fragrance warmers, like this Gather Illumination, are the perfect addition to help balance a room out.

4. Add a mirror to every room.

Mirrors seem to make a room brighter because they bounce the light from the windows around the room. They also help to make a room look larger by reflecting the opposite side of the room. Place mirrors on walls that are perpendicular to a window so they don’t bounce the light right back out the window.

5. Use tricks to raise the ceiling.

Painting short walls white helps to make a room feel less claustrophobic. Place your curtain rods close to the ceiling to draw the eye upward. Using verticle stripes and placing a tall mirror against a wall can also help a room seem taller.

6. Make your furniture “speak” to each other.

Arrange your furniture in groupings to invite conversation. Face the couches and chairs towards each other and pull the furniture away from the walls. “Floating” furniture actually makes the room look larger.

8 Easy Updates for Yellow and Gray Home Décor

“Pantone has announced Ultimate Gray and Illuminating as their Colors of the Year for 2021!”

1. We’ve all spent more time at home the past year, and many people are working from home offices. Small updates to accent pieces in this space can help you to feel more motivated and productive.

2. Throw Pillows are an easy way to bring color into a room. You can find these at discount stores at a great price. Changing out throw pillows is one of the easiest ways to change the mood of a room. 

3. Updating your bathroom is a breeze when you start with neutral colors and update with fresh towels or a colorful shower curtain.

4. Another space where switching out linens is a quick, easy update is in the bedroom, where bedding becomes a style statement all on its own.

5. A rug may be considered an accessory, but it can become a focal point of any room with a beautiful pattern. A rug should be the anchor of the room and should set the color scheme.

6. Beautifully designed pieces like this Slate 2-in-1 Classic Fragrance Warmer add the finishing touches for your new color scheme. This warmer features a simple geometric pattern in sophisticated slate gray.

The Best Fragrances for Selling Your Home

“Any good real estate agent will tell you that one of the main things buyers are looking for when viewing a home is the way the home smells.”

Scent Sells

You can go for something overtly delicious, like fresh baked cookies, but this could be distracting to buyers. A more subtle fragrance that still sends a clear message will be more appealing to buyers, and help you to seal the deal.

Floral

Fragrances that include jasmine or peony can be calming and grounding for many people.

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Citrus

Boost moods and leave a positive first impression with an energizing citrus fragrance.

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Cinnamon

The comforting scent of cinnamon can make visitors feel instantly at home.

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Evergreen

Impart a sense of wellbeing with the familiar, fresh fragrance of pine and other evergreens.

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Vanilla

Stress and anxiety take a back seat in the presence of the traditional fragrance of vanilla.

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5 Tips On How To Keep Your House Smelling Good All The Time

Smell is arguably our most powerful sense. Good and bad smells help tell us about our environment. If we are getting ready to eat some leftovers, we smell them first to see if they are bad or not. When it comes to our homes, whether it smells good or bad gives us signals as to how clean or dirty it is. We have 5 tips for you on how to keep your house smelling good all the time. 

Here’s our tips:

1. Keep it clean

  • If you have a litter box be sure to keep it clean all the time. 
  • Replace open garbage cans with garbage cans that have lids.
  • Clean out the fridge and get rid of rotting food then scrub it clean at least every other week. 
  • Clean your soft surfaces. Upholstery, pillows, bedding, carpets, and curtains can hold on to smells for a long time.
  • Pull out appliances and clean under them and inside of them. There could be rotting food under there.

2. Open your windows

Opening your windows is the fastest way to bring in fresh air. It’s a great way to clean out lingering cooking smells or home improvement smells. If it’s possible, open a windows on the opposite sides of the house so you can get a good cross breeze through the house. 

3. Use odor eliminators

Our Odor Eliminating Wax Collection neutralizes odors and fills your home with the finest home fragrance. High-quality fragrance oils, soy blend wax, and our proprietary odor-eliminating component are combined in clean, fresh fragrances like Island Paradise, Sun-Dried Linen, Tropical Citrus, and more. Our wax melts are poured in the U.S.A. Odor Eliminator attracts malodors like a magnet. Odors bond and are eliminated. These Odor Eliminating Wax Melts are easy to use with our beautiful fragrance warmers. 

4. Use essential oils

Making homemade refreshing sprays with essential oils is a natural way you can deodorize your home. Use this spray on your upholstery and clothing to help eliminate odors. Here is our favorite refreshing spray recipe:

  • 1/2 cup of white vinegar
  • 1/2 cup of rubbing alcohol
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 20 drops of your favorite essential oil

Mix together in a spray bottle and shake before each use. 

5. Choose the right scent

It’s a misconception that in order to make your house smell good, the smell needs to overwhelm the room. That’s not true. You want your home to encourage energy or relaxation. You want your home to be inviting to everyone who is visiting so it’s a good idea to stay away from overpowering scents. Scents like woods, citrus, or florals are great scents to help please everyone. 

How to Incorporate Blue Into Your Home Decor

Copper table on carpet in front of grey corner settee with pillows in spacious blue living room

Pantone Color of the Year 2020

Blue is a favorite color across the spectrum because it is so understated and versatile. Blue can be both conservative and traditional. Blue brings up feelings of calmness and serenity. It invokes peace and tranquility. Because of this, blue is a great color to incorporate into your home décor. Each year Pantone chooses a color of the year, and this year the color is Classic Blue. We are excited to share with you some ideas on how to incorporate this calming color into your home.

1. Blue glass bottles and vases add a pop of color to your bookshelves, fireplace mantle, sofa table, entry table, or end table. Blue glass is easy to find at thrift stores for an eco friendly, inexpensive color update.

2. Throw pillows are an easy way to bring color into a room. You can find these at discount stores at a great price. Changing out throw pillows is one of the easiest ways to change the mood of a room. 

3. Picture frames are the perfect way to showcase your favorite photos, quotes, and art. They add dimension and layers to your space. Find a few fun frames at a thrift store and spray paint them blue!

4. The furniture in your room can really make a statement. A blue couch or chair helps to set a calming effect in any room. 

5. A rug may be considered an accessory, but it can become a focal point of any room with a beautiful blue color. A rug should be the anchor of the room and should set the color scheme.

6. Beautifully designed pieces like this Horizon 2-in-1 Classic Fragrance Warmer help to keep the blue theme going in your room. This warmer is reminiscent of a seaside view as its reactive glaze fades from blue to white.

7. Did you know that books are one of the most widely used props for styling and adding color to a room? Go on a hunt to find blue books and make a cluster of them on your bookshelves or end tables.

8. An accent wall is a great way to have a little fun with color in your home. Paint one wall in your room blue and you’ve added depth and interest to a traditional space.

9. A throw blanket is an easy way to add color and texture to any room. They are also an inexpensive way to freshen up any space.

9 Garden-Style Interior Design Tips

If you would love to just live outside every second of the day, then a garden-style interior is for you. With garden-style decor, the line between outside and inside is blurred. Today we’ve collected some great ideas to help you bring the outdoors in.

“Bring the outdoors in with these great ideas for a garden-style room. “

Here’s our tips:

1. Create a great focal point for guests to see right when they walk into the room. Whether you use a large painting of a garden or you can see your own garden through a large picture window, what your guests see first is what sets the mood for the room. 

2. Line your fireplace mantle with beautiful planting pots with plants in them. 

3. Hang old garden tools on a wall for an old rustic feel.

4. Use beautiful Lamps and Lanterns to create an outdoor lighting feel. 

Weathered White Candle Warming Lanterns warm your favorite candles from the top down. This classic lantern has an aged white wood finish making it perfect for a garden-style room.

Candle Warmers Etc. Oil Rubbed Bronze Hurricane Lantern has a beautiful old-world garden feel.

The Garden Candle Warmer Lantern features elegant geometric cut-outs that cast an intricate pattern when lit.

5. Use garden-friendly colors in your decor. Yellow, green, blue, white, pink, red, purple, etc. 

6. Have many plants around the room. Large plants standing on the ground, smaller plants on end tables. Fresh cut flowers on the coffee table. Hanging plants from the ceiling. 

7. Use botanical prints and patterns in your decor to bring the outdoors, in. 

The Botanical Illumination Fragrance Warmer is a great example of a botanical pattern. A beautiful glow comes through this translucent glazed porcelain with a heavily patterned botanical leaf design.

The Perinneal Illuminaire Fragrance Warmer has a jade green crackle glaze accented with a floral and greenery design. This fragrance warmer warms wax melts and uses a whisper-quiet fan to circulate fragrance throughout the whole room. The color and pattern fin in perfectly with any garden-style decor. 

8. Display river rocks, pine cones, or twigs in a beautiful glass jar or dish.

9. Help keep the spirit of your garden-fresh living space alive with the fresh fragrance of the outdoors. Candle Warmers Etc. have fragrance melts that bring the smell of the outdoors, in. 

7 Easy Ways to Refresh Your Space

“Any of these easy changes will make a big difference, and could make you feel brand new!”

Spending so much time at home is making many of us antsy for a change. Refreshing your space can make a big difference in your attitude, and it doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. Any of these easy changes will make a big difference, and could make you feel brand new!

Deep Clean

Having everyone home, all at once, can take a toll on your home. Get your whole crew on board, and get your space spick-n-span!

Rearrange Furniture

Practice a little feng shui and rearrange your mood along with your furniture.

Add Color and Texture

Small pops of color and texture can make beautiful focal points.

Change Rugs

Adding an area rug or updating an old one can make a room feel finished and cozy.

Fresh Bedding

From waking up to going to bed and all the time in between, there’s nothing as energizing or comforting as fresh bedding.

New Window Treatments and Throw Pillows

You don’t need to get all new furniture spruce up your living space! New throw pillows and window treatments can give your standard pieces a new lease on life.

Home Fragrance

Top off a fresh space with a fresh fragrance to bring the whole thing home. 

6 Fragrances to Spring Your Home Back to Life

Here are six incredible scents to “spring” your home back to life after winter.

After a long winter, we all need something to lift our spirits and brighten up our home. Some sweet spring wax melt fragrances from Candle Warmers Etc. should do the trick. 

Our sense of smell is one of the most powerful triggers for our memory which is why home fragrance is so important. Who doesn’t remember the smell in the house when mom was making cookies or the smell of fresh lilac while playing outside? Here are six wax melt fragrances for your wax warmers to incorporate the season’s best scents to help liven up the mood in your home. 

After the Rain

Calm, clean, freshness after a storm. Notes of white wood, floral citrus and musk.

Cherry Blossom

Elegant blend of cherry blossoms and white cashmere.

Lemon Sugar

Fresh lemon, coarse white sugar, and soft cashmere wood.

Refresh

Eucalyptus and Mint.

White Peony

Fragrant Peony with hints of jasmine, fig, and vanilla.

Zen Garden

Relaxing eucalyptus and fresh spearmint.

Stock up on these 6 great fragrances to spring life back into your home. Share this post with someone who loves home fragrances!

5 Fun Ways to Decorate with Gold

If you are scared to add metallics to your home decor because you think they are outdated, you are missing out!

It’s easy and fun to add a bit of shine to your home decor with gold, silver, and brass. Today we are sharing 5 great ideas to help you get over that fear and add some much-needed shimmer!

1. Toni over at Design Dazzle helps start us off by adding some cute gold accents to her fireplace mantle for spring. 

We love how she used these coral and turtle shell decorations, all with varying heights, to add gold to the focal point of her home. 

2. Add a little touch of gold with a functional piece like our Pineapple Illumination Warmer. Pair it with our Pineapple Cilantro Wax Melts and you’re in heaven.

3. Adding a touch of gold paint trim around your furniture or painting an old decoration with metallic paint is a great way to add an accent of metallics. This old wood nightstand was updated with paint and they used gold paint around the edges of the drawer and a beautiful vintage drawer pull to add a pop of shine! The hardware was painted with the same metallic paint.

4. Using fabrics to add metallic like color to your room is a brilliant idea. This chair was recovered with a gold metallic fabric for an elegant touch. 

5. Metal bookshelves used to be really popular in the 70’s. You can reclaim one and paint it with metallic paint for a beautiful pop of gold in your room. The traditional glass shelves in this bookshelf have been replaced by beautiful marble slabs. 

Now you have 5 great ideas on how to add gold accents to your home the fun, cheap and easy way! Do you like to decorate with gold? Take a picture of your home decor that features gold and post it on Instagram. Tag @candlewarmers in your post and we might just use it in one of our mood boards!

Illuminaire Fan Fragrance Warmers

Our new Illuminaire Fan Fragrance Warmers melt scented wax while the patented whisper-quiet fan circulates a fragrant breeze.

Our new Illuminaire Fan Fragrance Warmers melt scented wax while the patented whisper-quiet fan circulates a fragrant breeze, filling larger spaces faster than traditional candle warmers and candles. It also features LED lights for a relaxing glow. 

  • The warming plate quickly warms the dish to release the fragrance from scented wax. 
  • A whisper-quiet fan circulates fragrance to fill larger spaces.
  • Fragrance warmers eliminate the fire hazard, smoke damage, and indoor air pollution caused by burning candles indoors.
  • LED lights illuminate the warmer, creating a relaxing mood.

How to Use:

  1. Add scented wax melts to warming dish.

2. Turn on to melt wax and release fragrance.

3. Whisper-quiet fan circulates fragrance quickly throughout room.

4. To clean, allow wax to cool, reheat 2 minutes and remove.