DIY Wooden House Candle Holders

Next, I took my copper couplings, and I used the coupling as a template to see where I would drill the hole that would house them. After I traced around the coupling using a pen, I took my forester bit and created the hole at the top.

I carefully drilled my holes using a 1 in forstner bit. Make sure you have on safety goggles to protect your eyes. You can also opt to use wood clamps to clamp your piece down to drill the holes, as well. You want to create your holes before you cut the roof of the house. Drilling the holes first is much safer than doing so after you cut the rooftop.

After I created the holes on the top, it's now time to cut the wood. I used my miter to cut the roofs. You can use a straight edge, speed square, or a house template to draw out each roof. I chose to use a template. I placed it on top of my woodblock and drew the top of my roof.

Next, I turned my miter to a 45-degree angle and cut out the areas I marked at the top. You can create various size rooftops. They don't have to be perfect 45-degree angles, nor do they have to be straight rooftops. Have fun and create traditional or unique shaped roofs.

Once I got each rooftop done, I sanded down each one using 220 grit.

Here is what your house should look like so far.

Now here comes the fun part, decorating each house! I chose to stain some and paint some. I used the stain Briarsmoke, one of my favorite stains, and Heirloom White to paint.

To step these up a little bit. You can also opt to add doors, windows, stencils, or
decoupage paper, to name a few options. I added a few doors to my houses using plywood, and I also took a piece of trim and cut it down to size to fit my roof and frame out a door.

Another cool thing you can do is change the color of your couplings. I chose to spray some of my couplings, one of my absolute favorite spray metallics called gilded brass by Rustoleum.

The final thing to do is seal each house with the finish of your choice and add the couplings and candles to the top.

And that is it! After you finish decorating each house, to your liking, you will have a pretty cool wooden house village to put on display. These would be the perfect addition to the fireplace, or even using them as centerpieces. I love how these turned out, and there are so many fun ways to cut and decorate these houses. Have fun, and don't forget to tag me if you create some of these quick and easy candle holder houses.