Many glasses of red wine later I finally got the tree finished! I don't have a theme, I just go along with something you would find pretty in a wood or in this case at the top of the staircase! (where the plug points are) I have been collecting antique and glass baubles for years, I also have a very talented friend, who makes fabulous beaded vintage style baubles and gives me some every year, so no theme, unfortunately my dismal interior photography does not do it justice it looks much nicer in the flesh.
Sober tree
Sober baubles
Tipsy baubles, actually think I like the tipsy one's better
My only other concession to Christmas décor has been to string some fairy lights on one of the bookshelves in the Salon, you can't really see them, in case you were wondering I collect antique candlesticks, they will all have candles in them soon which adds nicely to the Christmas effect, MG has a thing about plants!
Better
Note resting fruit bat, hanging off the wall, a sculpture friend gave us a few plaster of Paris versions for Christmas a few years ago, as he knew the house was inhabited by bats before we arrived, I got very fond of the bats, they eventually moved out as we moved in, I still miss them, I believe his bronze cast bats are hanging in some very high brow locations.
Note resting fruit bat, hanging off the wall, a sculpture friend gave us a few plaster of Paris versions for Christmas a few years ago, as he knew the house was inhabited by bats before we arrived, I got very fond of the bats, they eventually moved out as we moved in, I still miss them, I believe his bronze cast bats are hanging in some very high brow locations.
Even better when it's dark
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