Modern Candelabra Centerpiece Ideas To Elevate Your Wedding Reception

The candelabra has been lighting up tablescapes for centuries. Purely functional at the beginning, they transformed into ornate, gilded displays trimmed with flowers and fruit covering tables at lavish dinners and special events. Elegantly spectacular, it’s no wonder that couples today are still choosing to incorporate the candelabra centerpiece into their wedding reception decor.

What’s so attractive about the candelabra is the Old-World allure that it brings to wedding decor. It’s a distinctive aesthetic however and may not work if you lean toward a chicer and simpler look. The question then is can you still have the same sky-high luminosity at dinner, but without the baroque excess and frills? Looking back on our favorite wedding decor trends for 2024, we are happy to say that it’s absolutely possible. Read on for modern candelabra centerpieces ideas guaranteed to elevate your big day celebration.

Artistic Drama
Anchoring the designs that you are about to see are sleek glass holders of varying height with pillar or taper candles on top. Surprisingly versatile, they can be styled to accentuate any venue including the Gilded Age ballroom at the Metropolitan Club shown here. For a pop of color, petite arrangements of roses and phalaenopsis and dendrobium orchids surround the base of the holders, bringing a sense of artistic drama to the scene.

A Glittering Long Tablescape
Story goes King Arthur grew tired of shouting to his knights across a large, round table so he had narrow one made, which became known as the King’s Table. Now referred to as the head table for weddings, the long tablescape offers endless possibilities for decorating with the modern candelabra centerpiece. At this reception at The Plaza, newlyweds and their closest guests dined before an undulating series of glass candleholders along a floral runner of delicate baby’s breath and roses.

Timeless Romance
For her reception at Metropolitan Club, BB Featured Bride Julia remembers, “We were able to have more fun with different arrangements, colors, and heights. After talking with Rachel, Bride & Blossom’s Founder, we decided to go with a light, almost pastel palette to brighten up the room.” Re-thinking the traditional candelabra centerpiece were tall, linear candle holders contrasted by a lush floral bed of roses, hydrangeas, stock, lisianthus, sweet pea, astilbe, and Phalaenopsis orchids in hues of white, blush, cream, and soft pink. Stemmed glass holders and gold votives bestowed intimate shimmer to the presentation.

Downtown Sophistication
Decorating a downtown loft venue such as Tribeca Rooftop, we always suggest incorporating at least one ‘high impact’ centerpiece style to punctuate the open space while and draw the eye in. Proving our point, this design centers around a soaring candelabra featuring five taper candles at varying height. Softening the display are a trio of bud arrangements holding white phalaenopsis orchids, spray roses, mini calla lilies and stock complemented by glowing votives.

Alluring Minimalsim
‘High impact’ centerpieces have the same affect in a grand venue such as Gotham Hall, an event space beloved for its iconic rotunda. They break up the room while helping to guide the eye around the tablescape. Radiating alluring minimalism, this design doesn’t have a single bloom – as floral designers, we are perfectly happy with the decision! Making this display command attention is the creative use of light – the polished candelabra is accentuated by a trio of stemmed glass holders with floating candles and a host of flickering votives.

The modern candelabra centerpiece is a perfect choice for adorning the table no matter your preferred aesthetic or venue. It’s all a matter of how you style the gravity defying decor – just as crisp white floral accents evoke graceful refinement, vibrant statement blooms exude artful glamour.