Lets see your Christmas Trees! (Don't quote photos!)

It's great to see everyones take on how they want their xmas tree to look, because everyone has the things they like, whether it be coloured lights, white lights, tinsil, no tinsil, etc etc, i love the diversity.

There are some georgous trees on this thread.
I have a poor so my (very first tree in my own house!) cost £9.99 in asda, the tinsel was 50p... and
hey presto...... well it took a little work to put some life into her as you can see

Ours - to the owl owner.....love the owls!

Ours last year just after we put it up;




We always get a real one so are going to get ours this weekend Sorry for crappy pic!

We recently renovated an inherited Victorian house but ran out of money before we could fully decorate, furnish, add storage etc. These things would have to go on hold for a year or so until our finances from the major renovation work recovered. As a result our old unsuitable Semi-D furniture etc would have to be used in a house with laminate downstairs but no carpet anywhere else. Ever since we moved back in, in July, the plan was to re-use the old tree and decorations too for those same reasons. ie. wait for finances to recover.

However, when push came to shove and the snow arrived, we just couldn't do it. Couldn't resist the urge to go mad on the decorations despite the fact that the house was not finished and our finances not fully recovered yet. While the head said no, the heart said Yes!

Y'See Christmas time and how we planned to decorate the house was always part of the 'Dream' of the new house. That first Christmas in the new house with everything finished and the house decorated had already been pushed back a few years by delays in planning permisssion, mortgage approval, building delays etc and we missed several years already. We'll be in and finished by Christmas '09...we'll definately be in and finished by Christmas '10 etc etc.

If we held off another year before going mad on Christmas decorations that would bring us to Christmas '11 or even 2012. Just couldn't do it. So this year we have the unusual juxtaposition of garlands on stair banisters but no carpet on stairs and a plywood landing Of lovely garland on the mantlepiece but cables running to TV not yet hidden and big oul 20 year old speakers in front of handsome marble victorian fireplace instead of new small tasteful sub/sat home cinema speakers.

Hopefully Christmas 2011 everything will be finished, done, dusted

Anyway, heres pictures I took after finishing. Unfortunately with so much stuff, so much new stuff, deciding what would go where etc, putting stuff up, deciding NAH!...taking stuff back down. It took me about 4 days to finish!! Well we missed the bloody snow as a result. Bray got insignificant snow after Sunday Nov 29th while the rest of the east coast got feet of the stuff in the last 10 days. So I missed the opportunity that we rarely have in this country of having a photo with a decorated Christmas tree and snow covered garden in the same shot!! Heres hopin' for more snow before January 6th

Living Room

10ft Tree bought in Woodies DIY. 800 white lights. 300+ decorations and beads. Gold and Silver. Fake gold and silver foil wrapped presents to hide the tree stand. 9ft Garland with 100 White Lights hung under mantlepiece of fireplace.

Will hopefully have mine up over the next few days to take pics

Have to say this thread is very inspiring. Might be yoinking some ideas from here :pac:


Calibos your house is absolutely beautiful :eek: Dream house for me. Decorations are fantastic, I wouldn't want to take them down in January if I was you

I finally finished my decorations at the weekend must take a few snaps tonight of the..Well done everyones tree and decorations looks so nice

Not particularly happy with our tree this year - I'd intended getting a brand spanking new one as this one is several years old and it's showing! But here it is anyway



And, just after putting up the tree (hadn't even decorated it), the cat decided it was a good place to hang out!



*excuse the hideous, hideous carpet...it will be gone next year, all going well!*

I suppose this thread brings up the debate "Real tree vs Fake tree"

I personally love the smell and character of a real tree!

ChewChew wrote: »

I am very jealous of your tree


this is my first ever christmas tree as it is my first christmas in my house however... it is super lame and skinny so it it overflowing with baubels and I made my own christmas crackers to make it look fuller

Don't be jealous - it only has 13 penguin decorations on it :pac: There's 9 on the mantle piece, mind you

A first tree is very special - and you've tons of decorations......hand made crackers :eek: very impressive