Here's the deal: in a haunted mansion everything was once clean, shiny & new. But as the house was abandoned and became haunted, things got dusty, tarnished, and covered with spiderwebs. We're not sure if it's because the house was abandoned soon after a major haunting or if the ghosts just like it that way, so they did it themselves. We're assuming it's the latter because everything in most haunted houses have been so evenly destroyed. We're not ghosts, so we can't think exactly like them, but we are experts in haunted house decorating, so we know exactly how we can help you this Halloween.This 10' Trumpet Candlestick may have once been shiny new brass, but now it's tarnished. So it's entirely appropriate to use it to decorate your own house with it for an exceptionally spooky look! It will fit most long candles, but we recommend a nice white one like you see in those creepy movies.