Except this year, for the first time in my whole life, I decorated fake trees!
You might recall that my house has gotten zero Christmas love this year because of our impending move (4 days to go!). But I was brought on board to decorate a house on my town's Holiday House Tour this year, so I'm sharing Christmas projects and vignettes I used there. The owner of the house had two great-quality fake trees and since I started decorating in early November, we decided fake trees were the way to go so we wouldn't have a couple of tree corpses by the time the tour date came around.
So far I've shared with you the two Christmas mantles I decorated in the house, a DIY cheap-and-easy ornament garland, and a DIY "Noel" display.
Today I'm giving you a peek at the two Christmas trees, and then tomorrow I'll have the whole house tour up!
I have a pretty simple style when it comes to Christmas tress, and these tress were no exception. The larger of the two trees went in the family room, tucked into a corner behind the sofa.
I decorated the tree with burlap ribbons trailing down from the bow on top, glittered fruit ornaments, gold and red glass balls, mercury glass globes, and a glass "Twelve Days of Christmas" collection my parents gave me a few years ago. I also trailed a few gold beaded garlands down the tree.
Under the tree, I placed a small collection of wrapped gifts, candle lanterns, and a bronze garden stool.
In the living room, I used a narrow tree next to a wall of windows, to the right of the fireplace.
I decorated this tree very simply, with miniature gold and silver balls, and black and white striped ribbon.
I added a few gifts under this tree too, and set my favorite rehabbed thrifted piece ever - a barrel-back cane chair - next to it. You wouldn't believe what this chair looked like when I found it.
Make sure you check back tomorrow when I will finally give you the full details on this house and how I decorated it for Christmas. Can't wait to share it with you!
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Linking to A Thoughtful Place and Honey We're Home
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