I’m planning a fire department banquet for January & I need some decorating ideas on how to hide or cover up 4 cement pillars that are in the room. One of them does slightly block the view of the front so it can’t be anything that sticks out too much. I am decorating the tables and the front wall with red tulle and putting candles on the tables as well. Any ideas would be extremely helpful. Thanks!!

I know.. there are plenty of ideas out there but I want to create a warm feeling in such a cold area. (Not physically of course) In the hall, the walls are white the tables are long retangular plastic and white, the chairs are also white but match the tables. there are four skinny pillars in a rectangle painted tan (go figure) and the floors are the same color. there’s a small stage with navy blue curtains and brown carpeting. there is also two sets of flourescent lighting. Meaning two switches.. you can’t fade the lights seemlessly…Yes it’s an extremely ugly place and last year at the dinner we had these cheap little fish bowl candle holders and some sort of odd greenery surrounding about six on three long rows of white cold tables. Along with cold cut sandwiches and cold sodas and chips. This year it will be potluck so food will be heartier and warmer. We will have music and possibly a jazz band so with that.. how can i make the rest of the space better?

I know.. there are plenty of ideas out there but I want to create a warm feeling in such a cold area. (Not physically of course) In the hall, the walls are white the tables are long retangular plastic and white, the chairs are also white but match the tables. there are four skinny pillars in a rectangle painted tan (go figure) and the floors are the same color. there’s a small stage with navy blue curtains and brown carpeting. there is also two sets of flourescent lighting. Meaning two switches.. you can’t fade the lights seemlessly…Yes it’s an extremely ugly place and last year at the dinner we had these cheap little fish bowl candle holders and some sort of odd greenery surrounding about six on three long rows of white cold tables. Along with cold cut sandwiches and cold sodas and chips. This year it will be potluck so food will be heartier and warmer. We will have music and possibly a jazz band so with that.. how can i make the rest of the space better?

I know.. there are plenty of ideas out there but I want to create a warm feeling in such a cold area. (Not physically of course) In the hall, the walls are white the tables are long retangular plastic and white, the chairs are also white but match the tables. there are four skinny pillars in a rectangle painted tan (go figure) and the floors are the same color. there’s a small stage with navy blue curtains and brown carpeting. there is also two sets of flourescent lighting. Meaning two switches.. you can’t fade the lights seemlessly…Yes it’s an extremely ugly place and last year at the dinner we had these cheap little fish bowl candle holders and some sort of odd greenery surrounding about six on three long rows of white cold tables. Along with cold cut sandwiches and cold sodas and chips. This year it will be potluck so food will be heartier and warmer. We will have music and possibly a jazz band so with that.. how can i make the rest of the space better?

Freedom smashed the sword down-trying to catch Eron off guard. He blocked her…again, she yelled out in frustration. They had been in the ring for two hours neither of them gaining the upper hand, people had gathered at the pillars cheering and jeering at the show. She swung her sword over her head and flew to his unprotected side; he jumped out the way just in time.
Thinking fast she thrust the sword forward straight at his stomach, awkwardly he jumped backwards a grin playing on his beautiful face. His arms ready he laughed. Really angry now, she growled back. He took advantage of her anger and threw his sword down at her head. Stepping back from his attack she slipped on the temples stone floor. Cursing.
“ I-“ Eron began but was cut short as Freedom swung her legs under him and pushed herself off the ground in one graceful movement. She stomped on her sword with her feet caught it quickly and pointed it at his throat.
“I win” She declared, putting out her hand for him.
“Clever” Eron grumbled as she pulled him up. Much to her satisfaction little beads of sweat plastered his gold hair to his head.
“Third time this week!” She was elated by her success.
“Yes well after two years of solid training you would hope you could defeat me at some point” Freedom scowled at him.
“Two years is NOT a long how long did it take you to win against a teacher? A decade? Two?”
“Only one! Besides that’s not fair I don’t have unbreakable skin and speed a cheetah would be jealous of.” He said ruffling her hair.
Sighing she looked at the horizon from the cloudless blue to the red glow it sliced through the sky. Giving a clear indication where the Lupins were, where blood is split. Two weeks until her coronation, two weeks till she had to manage the entire Cave, the people, the land and the wars that her ancestors had begun.

and this bit is from later on

A huge raven blew into the room it cawed angrily at Selena.
“Why?” Selena asked distastefully “For all that is holy do you still have that thing?”
“Sam” Freedom said inclining her head at him” is a magnificent bird that is also the best messenger bird around.” She said more to the bird than Selena.
“Whatever I already knew you were insane-“Selena’s pupils suddenly grew -this was warning enough for Freedom to grab the bird and take cover behind a book case. There was a crack and splinters of the gold table stabbed the wall beside her and bounced off the bookcase, also gold. She crept round the book case Selena was kneeling on the floor wiping her brow and breathing heavily looking up she smiled woodenly at Freedom. Her eyes were cold as ice as she got up.
“Can I come to Consol with you?” she asked suddenly.
“I-Well yeah if you want…” Freedom stuttered as Selena got up and walked to the other side of the room to get ready behind a Black screen.
While she did this Freedom called to Sam who hopped happily onto her arm holding out his claw to show her a piece of parchment tied to his leg. She praised him with the crumbs off Selena’s lunch. Sighing she occupied herself by swinging her finger in and out of a black and gold candle flame. A few minutes later Selena walked out from behind the screen. A wave of fascination came over Freedom as she looked at her.

i do reilse that there are no paragraphs or breaks but if i put it all in there isnt enough space!

The candle with no wick

Still the bitter taste of what can not be is drying in a hungry mouth
The options were to slim to gamble on anything but the safest bet
So she dances out of reach between sheets of glass
Mirrors
Knowing what would happen if she fell
But so captivated by the view
Finger prints are left at a scene without a crime
Laughter, a sour medicine when it is the only one for pain
Even pillars need a release of their burdens
Moments, increments of time, lost in gasping
Nervous coughing does not free us from the stares
And a smile is just a notion until it splits the face
Feeling like a candle without a wick
Wax without a use
Filthy intentions and dirty thoughts
A Retreat from reality
The naked will emulate the dance
Being noticed but not recognized
My world is made of liquid so it boils off the surface
Candles without a wick can not be lit
All I want, a memory, until the sleeping takes me
Age is a record of past mistakes
Tallying the score of pardon verses sentence
Death is just an idea and being awake is only a dream

she wrote this poem for me and so now I will share it with you

So at my wedding during the dance we’re having a guy from my church do the music. He has a sweet sound system but no lighting like most dances. SO I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas about decorating just for the dance. The whole room is going to be decorated GORGEOUS!!! But for the dance they’re going to clear out some tables and make room to dance on the dance floor. And I was thinking having like pillars- About 3 feet tall with a large round candle about 1 foot tall with a 7-10 in diameter with 3 wicks in it.

I dont know how to explain this…..

Imagine the dance floor… closest to the wall, and then on each side of the dance floor on the left and right edges NOT on the edge on the wall having two pillars on each side with these candles and then maybe two more pillars at the end of the dance floor like opposit from the wall.

Oh I hope thats not too confusing!! I would love and appreciate Any ideas!!!!

Thanks!

So at my wedding during the dance we’re having a guy from my church do the music. He has a sweet sound system but no lighting like most dances. SO I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas about decorating just for the dance. The whole room is going to be decorated GORGEOUS!!! But for the dance they’re going to clear out some tables and make room to dance on the dance floor. And I was thinking having like pillars- About 3 feet tall with a large round candle about 1 foot tall with a 7-10 in diameter with 3 wicks in it.

I dont know how to explain this…..

Imagine the dance floor… closest to the wall, and then on each side of the dance floor on the left and right edges NOT on the edge on the wall having two pillars on each side with these candles and then maybe two more pillars at the end of the dance floor like opposit from the wall.

Oh I hope thats not too confusing!! I would love and appreciate Any ideas!!!!

Thanks!

me and my friends were in a hotel lobby/waiting room.All of the rooms there had an orange, stucco glow to them that reminded me of a Spanish church. my friend was trying to take my picture, camera right in my face. the flash went off, blinding me, everything went white. I fumbled down the hallway past the front desk, hitting the walls, hands over my eyes, fell to the floor. a friend yelled for help back in the waiting room/lobby, just as my vision was slowly returning. I yelled back, “No, it’s fine, I’m alright.” and as I looked back, the entire setting had changed.
The hallway was now endless, still orange, and the doorways had widened tremendously. The corners of them were rounded off, and the tops were lowered. Mexican priests lit candles in every room; the floors were filled. There was almost no space to walk. They were all sizes: large pillars and small tea candles, only enhancing the orange aura in the building. suddenly, a small Mexican boy ran past me, into the candles. I quickly hopped after him through the fire shouting “Stop, not so fast, you’ll burn yourself!!” I was so worried.
After the candles and the boy were gone, I found myself in a room colored and painted just like Arizona tea bottles. It was a light blue with pink blossomed trees all around. There were maybe two dozen Asian women dancing around the room with fans. Their outfits were the same colors as the walls, and their fans were painted as branches of the trees. One by one, they opened their fans and backed up against the wall and disappeared. As I passed through, on my way to the dark, cave-like exit, I noticed a family standing on the sidelines. The mother was wearing a huge fur coat and was rail thin with a very stretched out mouth, far from the rest of her face; she said they were from Africa. Her husband was unnoticeable, and the son, who looked nothing like either of them (but still strange), was very pale with blond hair. The woman was going on and on about wanting to buy a painting of the walls, gesturing with her thin arm, and then looked at me and mentioned something about having the tongue of a peacock, and that being a good thing. Confused and disgusted, I turned and walked into darkness.

Mike is making gift baskets. Each basket will contain three different kinds of candels: tapers, pillars and jar candles. Taper’s cost each, pillars cost each, and jar candles cost each. Mike puts 8 candles costing a total of in each basket, and he includes as many tapers as pillars and jar candles combined. How many tapers are in a basket? Thanks 10 points best answer