Enhancing Indoor Decor with LED and Fairy Lights

Fairy lights are the new love of my life! They are just so versatile and offer a welcoming warm sparkle to small table groupings and flower arrangements without being too overstated. (Click here for some awesome decor ideas. Some of these ideas use traditional electrical lights, but most use the LED battery powered strands, and the results are so creative and eye catching!) You wanna know what I love the most about mini LED fairy light strands? No cords to plug in!!! No cords…Not only are you saving on your electric bill, but the freedom from “the cord” allows you to be versatile and creative with your strands, stringing them up, over, under, or wherever your heart desires. There’s really no wrong way to use them, as long as they look good in your decor.

I have come to realize how much easier (and safer) it is to use LED or flameless candles, instead of the traditional wax candles with an open flame. I have cats, so…Let’s just say I’d rather not risk it! The type of LED candle you use would depend on the size and shape of the votive holder, and —like fairy strands—there are many options available. You can use small flameless tea lights from Michaels (or if you have a decent dollar store near you they may carry the LED tea lights), slightly larger flickering LED candles from Amazon, or even larger LED flameless pillar candles that can be used alone, grouped together, or inside lanterns. I tend to keep a bunch of each size and shape on hand so I’m ready any time I want to change out my decor—which is often! I love turning the main lights off in the evening, leaving just the LED candles and fairy strands on…And they are all over my dining and living room so the whole space just feels cozy and relaxing, and so low key! No electric lights, just the warm glow of my LEDS. And when they go dim, I just replace the batteries.

​Did you know that you can replace the batteries for those LED tea lights and fairy light strands when they dim or die? That’s right…instead of throwing out those dim or dead LED lights, buy CR2032 lithium batteries. You can find bulk packs on Amazon relatively cheaply, and all you need is a small screw driver (the size you find in a drugstore eyeglass repair kit) and you’re in business. I have found that, although there are a couple brands of LED tea lights that give me trouble with the screws, most types are very easy to handle. It’s certainly a lot cheaper to buy the bulk batteries than to constantly buy new LEDs. While the lights are cheap enough, the batteries are cheaper!

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