joannqn Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 You opt to put the Christmas tree in your daughter's bedroom for lack of space anywhere else. I would have to store furniture to put it in any of the main rooms. Fortunately, daughter is thrilled to have the tree in her room and my sons love the idea too. Even better, the boys don't expect it to be in their room next year (the ceilings are too low). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 :lol: We're putting part of the couch in the younger boys' room so that we can put the tree in the living room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 for ten years we lived in a small duplex. As the kids got bigger, we had less and less room. For awhile we only put up half a tree (front half), then we got to where we only put up a lighted garland on the mantle and hung our favorite ornaments from it! It sounds bad, but it worked and we were all happy! You do whatcha gotta do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 That's why we do Christmas at my parents' house. We decorate the tree over there and open presents there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 LOL, we're moving half the living room furniture into the kitchen to make room :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 That's why we do Christmas at my parents' house. We decorate the tree over there and open presents there too. This is exactly what we do too! I'm thankful it works out that way. We know we have a small house because if we leave out two cups and a pizza box it looks like a tornado went through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allearia Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We got one of those very narrow trees meant for entryways and we put it on a table. Much easier to put up too, and we just use one box of ornaments on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We didn't put a tree up in our last house for lack of space. The kids' bedrooms were 6'x9' and 6'x10', so they certainly wouldn't have fit a tree any better than the lounge (10'x10') or the kitchen/diner/homeschool room (12'x15'). Instead we hung decorations on fake evergreen garlands around fireplace, window, and doorway. Two years ago we were in the US, staying in a studio (yes, all 6 of us in a studio). A friend played ding, dong, dash with his kids at our door, leaving a mini tree with decorations that we managed to stick in a corner. The kids made lots of paper chains to put over windows. It's kind of fun to be creative and make do with what you've got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 For awhile we only put up half a tree (front half), then we got to where we only put up a lighted garland on the mantle and hung our favorite ornaments from it! Now that we have a fake tree, we sometimes leave off some of the lower back branches so we can fit it closer to a wall or window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 You opt to put the Christmas tree in your daughter's bedroom for lack of space anywhere else. I would have to store furniture to put it in any of the main rooms. Fortunately, daughter is thrilled to have the tree in her room and my sons love the idea too. Even better, the boys don't expect it to be in their room next year (the ceilings are too low). You know you have a small house when...you put the christmas tree in the front window...and it fits on the cat post...with rrom to spare...then you turn around and knock it over with your butt. Teeheehee ~~Faithe (in a very small house....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Last year the tree was next to the back door and we couldn't use the door all December. This year we got a much smaller tree and we can use the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 You opt to put the Christmas tree in your daughter's bedroom for lack of space anywhere else. I would have to store furniture to put it in any of the main rooms. Fortunately, daughter is thrilled to have the tree in her room and my sons love the idea too. Even better, the boys don't expect it to be in their room next year (the ceilings are too low). :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We have bought a table top tree (3-4') for the past 5 years. I just put it on top of the end table in front of the window. This works great! I still have a tree in my living room without taking up any extra space. We do buy a real tree every year and the place that we buy from always has an assortment of smaller trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We have bought a table top tree (3-4') for the past 5 years. I just put it on top of the end table in front of the window. This works great! I still have a tree in my living room without taking up any extra space. We do buy a real tree every year and the place that we buy from always has an assortment of smaller trees. We did this for several years, first due to twin toddlers and then due to a small space. It worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHGrandma Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We have bought a table top tree (3-4') for the past 5 years. I just put it on top of the end table in front of the window. This works great! I still have a tree in my living room without taking up any extra space. We do buy a real tree every year and the place that we buy from always has an assortment of smaller trees. We have two cats in the house who insist on getting in the tree, real or artificial. They would destroy them within a couple days. Our solution was to have a Christmas tree forest, with several trees from 1 to 3 foot high. We use our grandsons Steam Engine Thomas(with real steam and a whistle) as a center piece in the living room and the trees placed in/around it. Last year I formed a tunnel with the white background cloth & table. The cats stopped bothering it when we turned on the train, haha. And the kids love that it's set up at waist height and there is lots of room on the floor for presents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Another Jen Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We just moved into our small house in October and realized just this weekend that the tree will have to go in our boys bedroom. They are happy, my daughter not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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