How to Decorate Your Room With Luminaries

Create luminaries with candles.

You can create handmade luminaries by filling an item -- such as a hollowed-out gourd, paper bag, hole-punched aluminum can or glass jar -- with a glowing candle. Enhance your bedroom with charming luminaries to give the space a decorative look and a warm vibe. You can celebrate holidays, such as Halloween and Christmas, by decorating the personal space with festive luminaries. For instance, create a luminary with a pumpkin for Halloween, or a frosted jar featuring a snowflake pattern for Christmas.

Things You'll Need

• Luminary vessels, such as jelly and canning jars, small pumpkins
• Candles
• Vintage cake stand
• Lace doilies
• Tin can
• Hammer and nail

Instructions

1. Line the luminaries up along a long wall shelf. Use small luminaries, such as vintage jelly jars or hollowed-out mini pumpkins filled with tea lights. Alternate each luminary with other small decorative items, such as bud vases filled with single flower stems.

2. Enhance a bedroom fireplace mantel with eye-catching luminaries. Place one large luminary at each end of the mantel to create a focal point. Choose frosted glass luminaries featuring any type of design, such as a fleur-de-lis or flower pattern, for an elegant look.

3. Display an arrangement of luminaries on a vintage crystal or milk glass cake stand for a shabby chic style. Attach petite lace doilies to canning jars using craft glue and place glowing votives inside. Arrange the luminaries on the cake stand and display the stand on a dresser or vanity table as a dainty touch.

4. Decorate a country-inspired bedroom by placing punched tin can luminaries on the night stand. Create the luminary by cleaning a tin soup can with soapy water and removing its label. Fill the can with water and place it into a freezer. Use a nail and hammer to punch a design on the can when the water is frozen; the ice will prevent the can from denting. Melt the ice and fill the luminary with a candle.

References

• Crafts by Amanda: Burlap & Doily Luminaries: Rustic meets Romance
• Crafts for all Seasons: Tin Can Luminary