Christmas tree?
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Thank you! I was actually DMing you for help but you anticipated my need.
The piano sounds really good, but LOUD! It's like living inside a hollow-bodied instrument made of wood that's been seasoned for 140 years. And it doesn't help that the sound also reflects off glass windows that are huge, because the house didn't have electric lights when it was built. We just got the Roman shades installed, and maybe they do help the sound bouncing off the windows some, but I raised the one behind the piano for the month, so that the Christmas tree lights would be visible from the street. I also raised the lid for December, just for looks, so I'm sure my holiday playing will be audible to passers-by, poor things.
My new tech (who is great and came recommended by both Jon and Rich) asked delicately whether it might be time to voice it when he tuned it in July, saying that he didn't like to dictate people's taste, but...hmm... I told him I'd wait until his next visit so that I could hear it with rugs, furniture, and window treatments, but we both knew it was going to need voicing. It was already getting a bit bright before we left Oklahoma, so it's time.
We had to put it where it would fit, so there are two floor vents near but not under it. The window on the right gets no sun, because of a tree and the house next door, so that's good. The double window faces north and is under a porch, so no sun there, either. The exterior wall isn't ideal, but we insulated the house and there are storm windows that keep most of the drafts out.
I'm planning to move that recliner upstairs to my office and replace it with someething smaller, and hanging pictures is going to be a more involved process than I'm used to since the walls are plaster and not sheetrock, but I'm really happy to have the rugs down, which only happened right before Thanksgiving. Moving is hard work, y'all. But this place is feeling really homey now.
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Everyone’s rooms and decorations look so nice! It’s fun to see everyone’s different takes on how things should look.
Here’s the tree, finally. We need to do some rearranging towards the top as the ornaments cover some of the lights. Sharon made the bows - which were a lot harder to make than I would have thought.
Longer view with fireplace mantel. Stockings hung, care, etc.
View from my chair. Yes the TV is too big. I got it because the toddlers said they’d never visit if my TV was too small for football.
Closer view of the ceramic manger scene. It was a wedding present from a family friend who did all of the painting and firing. The quality of the paint and transfer work is amazing. It’s survived pretty well for some 50 years -disregard the camel with the missing ear.
And here’s the reason for the season. He’s very excited.
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Wow, those diagonal bows are very striking! It's a beautiful tree, Steve, AND I'm amazed at the level of design and planning. I take more of an accumulate-pretty-stuff-and-then-throw-it-up-there approach.
Everybody's trees are so pretty! I love decorating for Christmas and I love seeing other people's decorations just as much.
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As for the big TV, Quirt mentioned when we met that we had a reverse piano-to-TV size ratio. Now, my smaller TV has long since been set aside for humongous ones in the living room and bedroom, and his smaller piano lives at my son's house in Orlando, where his youngest is working on Fur Elise and Rondo alla Turka.
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wtg, I like your tall, thin tree. It's a lot easier to fit that silhouette into rooms where people live.
EDITED TO ADD: I see that Bernard has three of those tall, thin trees to spread festivity all over the house. And Mik has one, too! And sk!
We've had an artificial tree for many years, but it was huge and heavy and we gave it to someone in Oklahoma, since we knew that the volunteer fire department here would sell us a live one and deliver it. But a real tree has the diameter it has (and that's the diameter that the Christmas tree growers shear it to have.)
Quirt picked it out and was worried that the diameter might not fit the available space, but it fit really well.
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This is so pretty. I'm guessing you quilted that tree scarf?
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I have two narrow trees! One was Mom's and the other is mine. Not sure if I'll bring Mom's up from the basement this year. Usually I stick it out in the three season room where we can see it from the kitchen. My neighbor Sue (behind us) enjoys the view from her kitchen window. I'll see how energetic I am tomorrow....
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I like the tree that's on top of @pique 's piano. It comes in a bunch of different sizes. Our friends had one that is 6 feet tall and it looked really great.
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@Mary-Anna thank you!!
@Mary-Anna your photos all look wonderful!! Btw re voicing, it can make a huge difference!
@Steve-Miller that’s a beautiful tree! And one very excited looking grandchild!
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@wtg said in Christmas tree?:
Step 1 - get Tree #1 in position.
I don't move as quickly as some of you do....
Will decorate the tree and put out the Christmas tchotchkes over the next week or so. Not sure if I'm going to schlep Tree #2 from the basement.
Tree #2 made it up from the basement. Found a bunch of burned out bulbs and replaced them. Did you know you can still buy those little incandescent bulbs with the two wires and replace the burned out ones?
Mr wtg's grandma used to do ceramics. Grandma Ceil's work:
Mom's door swag.
Every decoration is a memory.
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Very nice!
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@Mik said in Christmas tree?:
Only doing the smaller tree again tree this year as we will be heading to Nevada again. The end of a 30 year era.
This is our tree before it went on GLP-1s.
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