Sometimes guests stay for more than just one meal, but you still want your dinning area to look fresh each and every time. As such, you need table decorations that can be mixed up to produce a different presentation over the course of several meals.

A cool way to make a table decoration do double duty involves proper selection. This means that you pick a bunch of medium sized, perfectly cylindrical vases for your celebratory table. Then you can fill them for a daytime event with floral arrangements. When the lights go down, replace the bouquets with candles in those containers. A lovely low light will fill the tabletop, and a whole other feel will be established for the contrasting meals.

Should the candles not fill the vases then drop seashells, colourful beans or sand in to them also. Or, for an additional look, purchase fireproof paper bags and cut designs out of the sides. Then place the candles in the vases within the baggies. And just like magic you have yet one more centrepiece that was inexpensive and easy to make.