steff
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Post by steff on Dec 3, 2013 16:55:44 GMT -5
outside: i have 5 light up moving deer (my goal is to get 8 & Ruldolph just to make hubby insane). 3 spiral light trees (2 tall, 1 short) in blue & white. the bridge and 2 balconies are wrapped in colored lights. The big light posts at the start of the bridge & the 2 big columns on the corners of the balconies are wrapped candy cane style in white & red lights. I have white dangly lights on the back deck (because hubby said no way in hell to putting them along the roof lines on the front of the house). I have a big green/red/gold wreath on the front door.
Inside: (take a really deep breath) it looks like hobby lobby threw up.
By the front door I have 2 3 foot tall matching nutcrackers (they stand guard). I have a garland wrapped around the bannisters going upstairs & downstairs.
Downstairs: I have a 7 foot fake green tree that is done in traditional reds, greens, golds. the tables down there all have some kinda doo-dad Xmasy traditional stuff on it. There's a nice nativity scene set up on the big dining room table down there. There's Xmas knick-knacks & doo-dads on the tables, shelves, end tables, anywhere that would make him go "stop already!" (the entire downstairs was done as a poke at hubby complaining that I had too much stuff & I told him I'd show him too much stuff) I have a big cross stitch Santa & reindeers that I did, framed & hanging on the wall over hubby's tv (poke poke poke) the old stockings that have our names on them that we don't use anymore are hanging from his entertainment center (poke poke poke). I put one of those singing/talking trees on his desk (super poke!) I randomly turn it on while he's sleeping upstairs.
Kiddo's room downstairs: This year, kiddo bought himself a black xmas tree. He's decorated it in all black & gold ornaments. He also has his childhood stocking (a doggie that sings Xmas songs) on his bedroom door & he has the Xmas countdown felt calendar we made when he was little hanging in his room. he wanted these items, I didn't force him to decorate his room.
Upstairs: MY area! done in all blue, white & silver. I have a 6 foot white tree w/ white lights. All ornaments are blue & silver & stars. (to repay the pokes, I woke up one morning to find hubby's Dallas Cowboys helmet replacing my angel since it's "a blue & silver Cowboys' tree"). The mantel has a big garland with blue & silver decorations worked in with blue & white lights hidden behind & around it. I have a big blue vase with silver spray thingys (no clue how to describe what they are) on one end of the mantel & a blue ball tree I made on a styrofoam cone on the other. In front of the fireplace is my nutcracker army. Well, 1/3rd of my nutcracker army. 1 big guy on the end, 2 medium guys on the other end & a shitload of little guys between them. on the floor in front of the fireplace I have a big wooden basket filled with Xmas teddy bears & other random Xmas stuffed animals. (childhood stuff of mine, hubby's & kiddo's). I also took a huge silver circle candle holder & filled it with blue & silver Xmas balls that sits on my coffee table. (and daily I collect balls off the floor that the cats have stolen). Off to one side of the fireplace is my small (4 foot) white tree on a table. Also decorated in all silver & blue. A wreath to match the fireplace garland hands on the inside of my backdoor. (next to the fireplace opposite side of the 2nd white tree). The bar also has another matching garland across it, with blue & white lights mixed in & decorated with blue & silver balls. the pet stockings are hanging on the wall by the stairs, our stockings are hanging from silver stocking hangers on a china buffet I have. I also have random blue & silver glittery balls, & crystal snowflakes hanging from blue ribbon hanging over the bar area, on the buffet, & from the mantel. In the window seat I have my big Christmas story leg lamp. on my desk I have my small leg lamp & my silver tinsel Charlie Brown tree. (I desperately want an old fashioned silver tinsel tree, but they are EXPENSIVE, so I have my little silver charlie brown tree instead). All of the regular knick knacks on the shelves have been moved out & replaced by nutcrackers. Nutcrackers on my big speakers, on shelves, on end tables....stand still too long & I may try to find a place to put a nutcracker on you. The dining room table up here has a blue & silver tablecloth on it & a big silver tray filled with blue & silver giant Xmas balls (cats only steal one of them every so often). The regular throw blankets I keep around have been temporarily replaced with Xmas themed ones.
And just because I couldn't help myself. the pink guest room has a small 2 foot tall pink tree on the cedar chest. It has pink lights, pink ornaments & well....it's PINK!
the 3rd floor is safe. I've put nothing up there (because everything i had to move out for the Xmas stuff is now upstairs LOL)
I told you it looks like hobby lobby threw up here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 17:23:56 GMT -5
Bridge? 2 balconies? How many fireplaces? 3rd floor? Steff just what kinda mansion do you live in? ETA - Pink guestroom How many guest rooms that you have to specify which one you mean LOL
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steff
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Post by steff on Dec 3, 2013 17:33:48 GMT -5
Bridge? 2 balconies? How many fireplaces? 3rd floor? Steff just what kinda mansion do you live in? ETA - Pink guestroom How many guest rooms that you have to specify which one you mean LOL I thought everyone had seen a pic of my Barbie house?! It's 3 stories. The basement is basically a 1 bedroom apt. It has it's own kitchen. It's kiddo & hubby's "area"/Mantown. the balcony to the right is a guest bedroom...I painted it pink & put all my girly girly china/dolls/quilts into that room. Our master bedroom is on the 3rd floor & we have another extra bedroom up there that I use for storage/crap. and I have a bridge! lol
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Post by greeniis10 on Dec 3, 2013 17:45:09 GMT -5
Wow, Steff, that house is AWESOME! I've never seen a picture of it, so thanks for posting it again!
And, I'm pretty sure it took me less time to decorate my house for Christmas than it did for Steff to just type all that she did to hers! We've gotten pretty lazy. I put a small tree in the living room and a smattering of decorations here and there, but nothing outside anymore. I just enjoy all my neighbors lights and yard decorations and let them do all the work!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Dec 3, 2013 17:48:44 GMT -5
I remember those pics they're so pretty.
I love your pink house!
I think the winter one you're using as an avatar on another board, right?
I seem to remember you posting a pic of your tree last year too - or maybe it was someone else.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 17:51:52 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Jaguar on Dec 3, 2013 18:35:10 GMT -5
Yeah I love your house very much Steff.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 9:37:00 GMT -5
I used to go all out decorating inside and out, but the last few years I've kind of gotten sick of it. Putting the outside lights up was just plain dangerous and miserable when it was cold and windy and then I was always dealing with the sections that weren't working (I used to put icicle lights around the entire house).
So, the last few years, I just put a wreath on the door an 8 foot tree on the 4 season porch and a strand of lights in the 3 year old's bedroom window. Mainly just for a fun night light for him, but it does face the road.
This year I may put up the Christmas village again. I have a ton of lit houses and figures that I collected over the years. The youngest is old enough now that he won't destroy it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 9:41:47 GMT -5
steff I think we need a picture of your place decorated.
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Post by sesfw on Dec 4, 2013 11:41:00 GMT -5
WOW you have a nice home. Makes me wish I was young enough to have a lot of stairs. That looks great.
We have icicle lights around the porch roof, lighted angel in front yard, net lights on some bushes, lighted garland around front door, lighted wreath and garlands across front of garage, big ornaments on a tree. Inside we have an artificial tree that I haven't started decorating yet, flat surfaces I haven't started yet, a set of large nut crackers that are out all year.
It's two days to get the outside stuff done and today I'll start on the inside. I love decorating for Christmas but I'm running out of space to store things. The tree lives under the model train table for most of the year, along with train stuff.
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Post by sapphire12 on Dec 4, 2013 17:27:48 GMT -5
Cute house Steff.
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