How To Decorate Your Home With IKEA's Winter-Themed Tea Light Holder For The Holidays

With the holidays right around the corner, now is the perfect time to sprinkle in festive elements that will spruce up your space. Common decorations embrace seasonal natural items like evergreen sprigs, mistletoe, and pine cones, while manufactured decorations like snowmen, reindeer, and other adorable creatures help enhance the wonder of this time of year. Of course, any mention of winter decor would be shamefully remiss to exclude the twinkling of string lights or flickering of firelight as a decorative feature that goes hand in hand with the holidays — it's a tradition that dates back to the 1600s and is still alive and well today. If you're on the search for a little something to really elevate your home's holiday decor, IKEA has a new, winter-themed tea light holder that is worth checking out. 

There's something utterly magical about the flickering of candlelight, especially during long winter nights. That being said, a tealight candle will look completely naked if placed on a surface all by itself (not to mention it can be a fire hazard); enter the IKEA VINTERFINT Tealight Holder ($1.99). This petite candle holder is designed to look as though three large snowflakes are encircling a tealight, giving an unmistakable winter vibe to wherever you place it. Despite having a clear thematic appearance, these votive candleholders are versatile enough to use in any corner of the house, giving you another beautiful way to decorate with candles.

Affordable and adorable, there's a lot to love about the VINTERFINT holder from IKEA. Customers are loving the $2 holiday candle holder for its simple, festive charm, with many mentioning how nicely it spreads light around a space. The ability of the votive holder to help illuminate a room makes it a contender for adding to corners of the home that are naturally a little darker. Place a few in a row on the mantel above the fireplace, perhaps arranging them around a Christmas village set or amongst some evergreen clippings. The holder has little negative feedback on the IKEA website, although one review does recommend ensuring it is stable prior to using it, since a wobbly candle holder can be dangerous.

If you like to make your powder room or bathroom feel festive, placing a VINTERFINT next to the sink or on a shelf behind the toilet can really make a difference. These cute candleholders also make for excellent centerpiece elements. Whether you have a round table and place them in a circular arrangement or have a long dining table that you sprinkle them over the length of, they are sure to make mealtime a more magical event. Since the VINTERFINT holders are crafted from white powder-coated steel, they can work stylistically with a number of other hues. Gold, silver, deep green, red, and blue (colors commonly seen during winter holidays) will have no issue playing alongside the crisp and versatile white tealight holders. You can even use one outdoors for a gorgeous holiday display.