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Above is the finished product. The tree is an artificial 9.5 foot pre-lit (thank goodness!) slim pine. I think its scale suits the room, which is pretty small, but with 11 foot ceilings. The photo was taken at an odd angle - it's hard to tell, but ours is a corner fireplace. We painted that wall red as an accent. The white portion above the red is actually where the ceiling slopes downward. Obviously it looks better when you can see it in 3-dimensions.
Do you see the little village on the floor to the right of the tree? Son #1 and I had fun putting that together, although I have to watch it. Son #1 has an offbeat sense of humor and will sometimes make small "modifications". For example, there's a small fox that he propped up so it looked like it was peeing on the tiny fire hydrant.
I didn't set up my Nativity this year (I'm down to only one Wise Man anyway), but I did put the Holy Family under our tree. My advent wreath has a smaller Nativity included - that's on a table that's not visible in the photo.
You can't see it in the above photo, but there are small plush toys tucked in the tree. They are collection of Rudolph characters. My mother bought them for me at CVS Drugs a few years ago. I have the entire set: Rudolph, Sam the Snowman, Coach Reindeer, Hermie, Yukon Cornelius, Clarice, Abominable Snow Monster, Tall Skinny Elf, Grumpy Head Elf, Santa, King Moonracer (lion) and of course all of the misfit toys: train with square wheels, jelly gun, cowboy riding the ostrich, spotted elephant, Charlie in the box, plane that doesn't fly, and the doll (why is she a misfit anyway - she seemed perfectly fine to me). I'm probably omitting a couple.
Now, back to the tree. Here are a few more of our ornaments:
The ornaments above are Son #3's baby ornaments. Each of my kids has a set but for some reason Sons #1&2 opted not to put theirs on the tree this year.
7 comments:
You tree is very pretty and that room looks gorgeous. I would love to see the whole thing. I did an accent wall the same color at my house which is now his house.
That tree is gorgeous! I bet you have a gorgeous house, I can tell just from the pic!
Thanks for the compliments, ladies. I live in an area of a lot of large, upscale homes. Mine isn't one of them. Actually my house is what's described as a "starter" house (meaning very tiny). It's been a 5-year evolution, though, and I think we have it pretty much the way we like it.
I jokingly call it my Barbie Dreamhouse since it's made of vinyl siding (which is essentially plastic - like Barbie's) and it's not much larger than hers. ;-) Ah, but it's home. That's what matters.
Ohh Elle, I like the colors of your living room! And a fireplace - I am so jealous....
Very pretty. We have some of the Rudolph "toys" too - Clare likes to play with them, and even brought the abominable snowman to school for show and tell.
And LOL about the fox!
sue, when I was very little, I'd see the Rudolph Christmas special on TV and I wanted that doll sooooo badly! Of course this was in the day before licensing and mass marketing. Almost thirty years later, CVS Drugs started selling the toys (about the size of Beanie Babies - maybe a bit larger), so I *finally* got my doll...and then some.
We've been in the house 5 yrs and lit the fireplace for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I live in southeast La. so we really don't need a fireplace for warmth.
Merry Christmas Elle.
oh my it is just beautiful! I LOVE LOVE your red wall too!
have a very Merry Christmas!!
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