Tealight candles are some of the most versatile candles available for home decor.  Because tea lights are small, they are suitable for an almost endless range of candle decorating ideas. Tea light candles can also be used individually, in small groups of three or five, or in large collections ranging from fifty tea lights candles to two 100 tea lights. How you include tea lights as part of your candle décor simply depends upon your candle lighting needs and your imagination.

Tealight candles are usually displayed in small metal, glass or ceramic tea light holders. Because tea lights are small, low-level candles, collections of tea lights can cast a flattering candle lit glow across large flat surfaces like tables, bars, railings and mantelpieces. They can also be used as outdoor candles, in luminaries and in restaurant décor and spa décor. With the exception of luminaries, tea lights are most attractive when displayed at waist height or slightly lower.

Tea lights are also relatively inexpensive candles and like votives, taper candles and pillar candles, tea lights are also available in a variety of seasonal fragrances like mulberry, apple spice, gardenia, lavender, sea shell and pine.

Displaying tea lights can be as simple as arranging a line of tea light candles in clear glass tea light holders along a countertop, mantelpiece or window ledge. Tea light candles in glass holders are also an easy, inexpensive way to use candles to create a romantic mood – try arranging twenty or thirty tea light candles around a bathtub, bedroom or dining room for a romantic candle lit atmosphere.

If you're having a party, use tea lights for entertaining. Placing a row of tea lights down the center of a dining table or along the bar is an easy way to use candles to create drama, and using tea lights in candle lanterns on an outdoor patio or deck can be equally eye-catching. Use a variety of candle and candle holder colors to help set a playful tone, or use white tea lights in monochromatic candle holders for a more sophisticated mood.

For seasonal home décor and holiday entertaining, take advantage of the aromatic benefits of scented tea lights by combining them with scented pillar candles and votive candles as another way of giving the event a festive, romantic or elegant tone – just remember to use unscented candles in areas close to food.