How my Christmas tree went bonkers in a blaze of colour!

Hi , this is my very first attempt at doing a blog and I have probably dipped in and out of a couple of other people's design blogs, so a complete novice really, I just love to yadder on about interiors!!

CHRISTMAS TREES

I'm a true advocate of the tree goes up 12 days before Christmas rule. I've been known to mutter 'look at that tree up already and it's only November!' while out walking. A bit like when you smell a BBQ in the Summer and say ' somebody is having a BBQ!'

Our tree has been up already for three weeks, this was to cheer us all up really and bring some fun and normality into our lives. It has brought so much pleasure into lots of other lives particularly little children going past on the school run. I've had to start charging a 'viewing fee' now!

I wanted to create something new without having to buy a new tree and decorations. The tree we already have is red and decorated with black baubles. 

I still love it but we have had it for 16 years! I bought it from a shop that had three trees in the window as a shop display. 

One pink, one red and one turquoise. Red being my favourite colour I asked if I could buy it when Christmas was over. I was over the moon when they agreed.

It took pride of place in the bay window of our lovely Victorian house. We hadn't been in the house long so this was all we had in an empty room, bare plaster walls and no furniture. 

Our red tree remains the only one I've seen, even all these years later.

This year, the tree came down from the loft really early along with the lights. It's the first time we put the tree up in November.

The other big difference this year is I spotted some cheap party decorations from B&M made from tissue paper so all recyclable.

I bought 7 packets of decorations costing £3 each to cover a 7ft tree. Cheap as chips! I did try hanging each one individually but discovered it was easier to literally just stuff them into every crevice. 

The end result is an even more colourful and unusual Christmas tree, one that people can't help but stare at through the window as they pass. 

The tree has a fantasy childlike appeal to it and I'm so pleased the way it has turned out.

As for the paper decorations, I will try and fold them up neatly in the New Year to be used again, although I'm not holding my breath with two inquisitive cats!








Location: Widnes, UK

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