You owe yourselves this special time alone and it can nourish and strengthen your relationship. Lighting Intimate lighting can change the whole atmosphere of the evening. You can place candles around the room or outline the rim of your circle of flowers with votive candles set in small jars. Tiny holiday lights work well and provide subtle lighting. A colored scarf placed over a lamp or tacked around a ceiling light fixture can change the scenery, but watch that it does not burn.
Soft lighting using a small lamp with a colored bulb can evoke dreamy and seductive qualities.
Keeping the room warm can inspire thoughts of wearing less clothing. It is a good idea to stack some extra wood indoors for a fire before starting the evening's festivities. Wearing only my sheepskin boots and a fluffy red feather tied in my hair, I ran outside to fetch a log or two. The Bedroom A trail of flowers leads toward and encircles the bed. The bed could be dressed for the occasion in a set of new, colorful, slinky silk or fuzzy flannel sheets.