Have y'all see these X-mas trees ?

Black


Orange


Pink


Yellow


blue


Red


and a bunch of other colours too

purple?

pinks pretty but yellow and blue ??
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sammij said:

Mach said:

i want one.

The red one is beautiful too




There is silver, gold and Champagne

lime green


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sammij said:

There is a stunning chocolate coloured one too ...

if i had it my way i'd have a different colour every year

Mach said:

i want one

prb said:

Those are really neat, Mach!

If you're gonna go fake, I think TOTALLY fake is the way to go. I like the black one. That would look REAL cute in my new place with all pink and lime green decorations.

My family is in the Xmas tree business. My grandfather started it, my uncle has continued and I believe one his sons will continue it eventually. My brother and cousins and my cousins' kids helps out with the business every year. Which makes me a firm believer in getting a real tree. I love them.


Of course, my current tree looks like this (old pic, though):

Unless your entire decor is quirky enough to support this sort of thing, I.kinda.hate.these.

They look novel now, but in about 40-50 years, we'll look back (as we do now on colored aluminum trees from the 1950s) and be like WTH!?!

I'm a green or white tree guy, I guess.

We have a traditional, and then a white. The white changes theme/color every year.

Oh and then there's Betina's tree. It's pink.

We're having a party on the 5th so I've started decorating to be done in time. Did the white one last night. Assembling the traditional one today.

The blue one is awesome. When I was a wee young'un, my mom got a flocked tree and only allowed blue lights and blue ornaments on it. My 10-year-old gay eyes thought it was just about the pertiest thing they'd ever seen. I don't put up a tree now as an adult, but the one time I did, I did the flocked-and-blue tree.

So anyway, yeah, I'd be all over that blue one if I were going to get a tree.

Lammastide said:

I agree. This is why we opt for a white one that we can change off to any color scheme (black and white this year). As a "main" tree it's too color committed.

Lammastide said:

I agree.

These have been around for a long time. I almost bought a chocolate brown one a few years ago but decided that I'd stick with natural-looking with chocolate brown decor.

CarrieMpls said:

That's no fun for your cats! You need something they can hide inside and swipe at your ankles/launch themselves into the air from.

Lammastide said:

Mine will.

I like a bold use of color, what can I say? Currently my walls are white, grey and lime green (only one wall is lime green). With black pillars and one looooong black wall in my hall. Sealed concrete floor (so a steel-y grey). My couches are black with a pink blanket and a lime green ottoman. My bookshelves are black and white. My kitchen table is black with a red lip around, the chairs are black with red seats and a red back. My computer desk and an end table are baby pink.

And I love that the tree will look "dated" in old photographs at some point. I love looking at old photos that have all the hallmarks of that time period.

thebumpsquad said:

Too true.

CarrieMpls said:

i can never show my wife this pic. she'd bid ungodly amounts to buy that clock on your wall.

CarrieMpls said:

Did you ever post pics of your new place? I'd love to see it!!

CarrieMpls said:

We have a few diferent friends that raise trees as well - long standing family businesses- our kids have even worked for them each season for yrs

I LOVE real trees


These were just fun

I may get a table top chocolate or red one though

you trees always reflect ( the pix you have posted over the yrs ) YOU ~ fun and unique and colourful

Lammastide said:

really ? "hate"

Well I'mma REAL tree kinda gal overall but one of those smaller table top chocolate ones would be cool and a great gift for my Jess

johnart said:

post pix

Efan said:

Mach said:

http://prince.org/msg/100/324394

JustErin said:

I didn't. It's not all together yet. I'm slow.

I still have to put art up and still have a few things to get into my storage space. I should be ready in the next few weeks.

Mach said:

Thanks, Mach!

Yeah, a tabletop one would be fun.

Mach said:

Give me these two to alternate. I the black one.

Lammastide said:

My friends, who are graphic designers, have a white aluminum tree. I'm not sure if it's vintage, but knowing them it probably is. It fits perfectly next to their Eames credenza and 50s diner-style table.

Let me see if I can find a photo on their blog....


BBL.