Candlelit, Chicago
A full-service candlelight layer, designed, styled, and beautifully handled for the spaces that make your wedding feel complete.
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More than a delivery
Wedding candle rentals can be simple to source and difficult to make feel intentional. Candles arrive in many sizes, venues have their own rules, and a room can quickly feel scattered when every table and focal area is treated as a separate decision. Candlelit approaches rental candlelight as one connected design, shaped around the room, the schedule, and the people gathering in it.
For couples and planners, that means the candlelight is not another collection of pieces to track. We create a plan for the spaces that matter, bring the glass and wax in the right scale, and style every composition after the room is dressed. From the first guest arrival through the final toast, the atmosphere feels composed, warm, and entirely at home in the setting.
One connected design
A rental plan that starts with the room: Candlelight is most effective when it works with the space instead of simply filling it. A ballroom may need broader pools of light at the floor and more height along long tables. A private dining room may call for closer, more intimate layers. A garden ceremony can hold a quieter path of glass cylinders leading toward the vows. Candlelit considers the venue character, guest count, table plan, floral direction, and the moments you want guests to remember before selecting what belongs where.
Materials with depth: Layered glass cylinders with white and ivory pearled wax create the foundation of many Candlelit wedding candle rentals. They provide softness, structure, and a glow that reflects through the room. Tapers can add vertical movement, while votives and smaller glass vessel accents bring a more detailed rhythm to the table. Floating candles can be an elevated supporting layer alongside tapers and sand wax, rather than a standalone centerpiece. When the celebration calls for color, premium options are available through smaller glass vessel accents that complement the larger composition.
Practical by design: Beautiful candlelight should not complicate dinner, service, or photography. The scale of each vessel is selected around place settings, florals, menus, sightlines, and clear guest pathways. Candlelit also coordinates with the venue about open-flame, enclosed, or flameless requirements early in the process. The finished room feels generous and effortless because the practical decisions were made before anyone sits down.
Full-service from arrival to removal
Candlelit’s wedding candle rentals are handled as a full-service installation. We begin with design direction and a clear sense of the areas that will carry the most atmosphere. From there, delivery timing, venue access, styling, and flame rules are coordinated with the planner, florist, and venue team. On site, we place and refine every layer once the linens, flowers, furniture, and glassware are in place.
During the celebration, candle management can be included when the design calls for it. Afterward, Candlelit removes the installation so couples, planners, and hosts do not need to account for a room full of glass and candlelight at the end of the night. It is a more thoughtful alternative to piecing together individual rental items, and it gives the full celebration one calm, cohesive visual language.
For smaller celebrations centered around the table, Curated Collections offer pre-designed round- or long-table centerpieces with delivery, styling, and removal. For a custom wedding atmosphere that carries through the ceremony, reception, and guest experience, a full-service installation lets the candlelight respond to the entire celebration.
A clear planning process
Full-service installations begin at $1,500, with most full-service wedding installations ranging from $2,500–$5,000+, depending on the number of spaces, scale, and design complexity. Candlelit serves Chicago, Chicago Suburbs, Milwaukee, Lake Geneva, and select Midwest destinations. If you are deciding between table-specific candlelight and a fuller room design, we can help you understand where each approach will make the greatest difference.
Explore wedding candle centerpieces for a table-focused composition, or see how wedding candle decorations can extend the atmosphere through the whole celebration.
Explore full-service design →Frequently asked questions
Candlelit’s full-service wedding candle rentals include a custom candlelight plan, delivery, setup, on-site styling, candle management when needed, venue coordination, and removal after the celebration.
Yes. One full-service design can connect the ceremony aisle, altar, cocktail hour, reception tables, sweetheart table, bar, and architectural focal areas.
Candlelit’s focus is full-service design, rather than boxes of unstyled pieces. Curated Collections are pre-designed table centerpieces with delivery, styling, and removal for smaller celebrations.
Layered glass cylinders with white or ivory pearled wax are foundational. Tapers, votives, silver candlesticks, and floating candles as a supporting layer with tapers and sand wax can add depth and variation.
Yes. Candlelit coordinates with the venue around open flame, enclosed flame, and flameless requirements before the design is finalized.
Start with the atmosphere
Share your date, venue, and the spaces you want to shape. We will begin with the feeling you want guests to carry through the day.
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