OT Candle Bleachers

Somebody must make those things. All the ones I've seen around here look like wrought iron. And I bet if you found the right ironmonger, one of those tiered plant stands would do nicely, and even hold quite big candles (which the church ones wouldn't). I've seen plant stands designed to sit next to a wall and hold 3 layers of pots. Wrought iron sides and sometimes tile bits on the shelves. Roberta in D

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You might try candle risers and check church supply stores (probably Catholic) Some sort of wrought iron is what I remember.

Don't you have cats? Boy, we gave up on candles when we got cats. Just too darned dangerous. Aren't you in an old house? Dad the old builder says they are fire traps. All that lath and plaster and dry old wood. You really need to be careful you don't burn down an older house. Golly, be safe. Light an extra one of those candles for that reason in itself. ; ) Good luck on the hunt. Lecture over TAria

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A nice lady named Rosalie sent me a link. Major niftiness! Also major money.

Yep, three of them.

I find the stairs to be a greater danger. It's a rule, when you go up or down stairs cats must twine themselves around your ankles. I am just waiting for the day a cat trips me up and I go sailing through the monstrous huge windows on the lower landing. Probably with a cat clinging to my behind by all claws and screaming it's fool head off.

Yep.

150-175 years old, with additions and remodels from every decade between then and now.

Don't forget the gaslight pipes, the coal residue, the crumbling chimneys, and all the wierd stuff in the walls and between the floors. Oh, and the several tons of butternuts and butternut shells that the squirrels have left lying about. Actual factual electricians were through within the past ten years, so there shouldn't be anymore lamp cord or stand-offs in the walls. At least not live.

At present 99% of the candles get put on the double mantle. Hand carved cherry coated with battleship grey deck paint. (yes stripping that is on my list! along with about 10,000 other things) The cats stay off the mantle, too high for them to bestir themselves to jump.

I am now contemplating the modified plant stand idea. I like that notion, though I haven't seen many around. Somebody surely has them.

Not burning down the house is very high on my list of things. (G) Which is one of the reasons I am thinking more space and organization for the candles would be a very good thing.

NightMist

like bakers racks? i've got a couple of them in my dining room but no tiles, just the black wrought iron shelves. i love'em. they wont burn down but might want to put some foil on the floor under them to catch any drips or mishaps of falling candles, just in case. jeanne

Please always use the handrails.

There is another possibility too. Aquarium stands. They look good and won't burn. Take one metal aquarium stand and insert a piece of glass, a large tile, a slab of shale or other flat stepping stone in the recess the aquarium should sit into. Add another shorter stand in front of the first one using the same sort of top if you want the bleacher look.

The aquarium stand works well for a hibachi table too. I've got a slab of shale in mine. Debra in VA See my quilts at

Are these big candles? Would this work?

Lilly cat here is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound so no high spot is safe! Actually no place is safe betweent the lot of wild life here. Glad you are being careful. Thanks for reminding me why I am happy to live in a 20 yo tract home that has little character except what we give it. Once in awhile I get a silly notion that an old house would be fun. I'm too old for such fun. Stay safe. Taria

Try JoAnn's for plant stands. They usually have them in about now or in the next few weeks/months. In the "Garden Gate" stuff. wait for them to go on sale. And, just a thought, at one time instead of candles for one area we started using oil lamps. Somewhat safer because if they do get knocked over the oil itself will extinguish the flame... it is vapors that actually burn. That is what the wick is for... it draws up the liquid so that a small amount is vaporized by the heat of the flame which is fed by the vapors. We did fairly extensive testing.... I know that the oil lamp won't work for all purposes, but can often be substituted with additional ?????? .

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