Spooot Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 :holiday07 We bought a 100 year old house in SW Louisiana last year that has 12 foot ceilings. I have 5 trees so I didn't want to go out and purchase new ones for this house and you can only imagine how silly these 7 1/2' trees looked sitting on the floor. Soooo, I had hubby build me some wooden boxes the width of the trees, then used spray glue and attached pretty Christmas fabric onto the boxes. Set the trees up on them and wallah they were the height of the 9 foot windows that are in my house. It really looks like the trees have a huge present sitting under it. The added benefit is that it keeps little ones fingers off of the ornaments and keeps the dog out of it as well. You can make them square to look like a huge gift or you can make them round and make them look like a big drum, course that takes longer cause you have to paint. Caution!!! Make sure that you attach the tree to something so that it doesn't topple if you have little ones.
snakeswiff Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 hmmm....having a 20 foot ceiling in my living room, and always regretting getting a 13-15 foot (that I have to decorate myself), this may just be the answer I was looking for! Thanks...will be looking into this!!!
Tracy72 Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 when we first got married....I only had a little tree...I had hubby bring in some cynderblocks and I covered those and made my tree taller...lol.
Anngg66 Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 we met a couple once that had the most bizarre tree tradition. they hung it from their ceiling! LOL I didnt believe them until I saw it for myself. At least the cats didnt knock it over and the kids couldnt get it either LOL.
MoOn-BaBy Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 They sell those at Target.com! I thought it was a prank someone from the company's website was playing the first time I saw it on there. It's got the be the weirdest thing I have ever seen. http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=2-1/qid=1131043781/ref=sr_2_1/602-3682985-9687021?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B000BI3Y5O
Gporter34 Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 We have friends who set their tree on top of a table. The tree is about 7ft. and when they put it on that table, it's huge!lol I have 12ft. ceilings and I am glad because I like my trees just the way they are.lol 7ft. and sitting on the floor.
Steakgoddess Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 Yikes!! That is one expensize upside down tree!
snakeswiff Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 Our best friends hang their tree from the ceiling....where their fan usually is...he rigged it up so it would rotate.....Its hysterical!
Gporter34 Posted November 3, 2005 Posted November 3, 2005 :sidesplit Sorry, just had the funniest thought... what would happen if there was a power surge?!?!? I can just see ornaments and tinsel flying around my living room knocking people out!!!lol
wildtama Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 That sounds like a neat idea :) I think a tree always looks a bit better if it's elevated some. And it clears up some space for more presents under it :)
Spooot Posted November 4, 2005 Author Posted November 4, 2005 Yes that was the one thing I neglected to mention was the room underneath..can get lots o presents under there now.
rosegarden Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 We moved to an old victorian house with 12 ft ceilings too. I'm not sure I'd want it too far off the floor as we like seeing it in the large front window when you pull up. A thought to think about though. 3 weeks till the tree goes up!
Spooot Posted November 4, 2005 Author Posted November 4, 2005 We moved to an old victorian house with 12 ft ceilings too. I'm not sure I'd want it too far off the floor as we like seeing it in the large front window when you pull up. A thought to think about though. 3 weeks till the tree goes up!I measured from the floor to the window sill and that's the height I made the box. Now there is full view of the tree in the window..if I'd not used the box then there would have been this dwarf tree sitting in this huge window, it looked funny to me.
nellyhill Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 :sidesplit Sorry, just had the funniest thought... what would happen if there was a power surge?!?!? I can just see ornaments and tinsel flying around my living room knocking people out!!!lolThat would be a crack-up. I can totally picture it. My grandma hung hers from the cealing one year. I was little and thought it was awsome.
Guest all2tired Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 It is definitely different. No way would I pay $400+ for a tree though. I'd rather have less space on the floor
erh12275 Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 we met a couple once that had the most bizarre tree tradition. they hung it from their ceiling! LOL I didnt believe them until I saw it for myself. At least the cats didnt knock it over and the kids couldnt get it either LOL.What on earth did they use?
Gporter34 Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 I have thought about getting one of those bases that rotate and play music. But, the way things turn out around here, that would somehow end up being a disaster.lol
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