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Affordable LONG Christmassy garlands....only in my dreams it seems

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MissCherryCakeyBun · 17/10/2023 10:45

I had some "okay" long christmas garlands stored away in the loft and have just found that since January they have become the home to a plague of mice :-( well maybe not that many but you get the idea.
Can anyone suggest affordable long "plumpfy" Christmas garlands they all seem to only be around 150cm and start at around £40. or cheaper and of the twig and leaf varity. We want them to go down out banisters so the longer the better.

All suggestions gratefully received :-)

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Nagado · 17/10/2023 12:04

If you can’t find a long one, could you get two shorter ones and attach them together with cable ties or floristry wire? We got two ten foot ones from a garden centre years ago and that’s what we do. Use black or dark green cable ties and once it’s floofed out, you can’t see where the join is.

piscofrisco · 17/10/2023 13:53

Following as I need the same. I'm lucky this year to have a galleried landing thing to decorate and bannisters down the stairs and so I need long garlands that don't cost 5 million pounds!

LeefsPrings · 17/10/2023 14:29

The Range has brilliant Christmas decorations, and reasonably priced. B&M often comes up trumps as well. I tend to avoid garden centres and the like, they tend to be twice the price for much the same thing.

dodobookends · 17/10/2023 14:33

I agree with a pp who suggests joining shorter ones together with floristry wire.

GhostOfChristmasPudding · 17/10/2023 19:15

Not sure if they have any long ones, but I got a lovely fluffy pre-lit mantlepiece garland (about 120 cm) from Dunelm this year, for about £20-ish. They might have some others as well?

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 17/10/2023 19:18

also following - have a new long staircase that is the perfect opportunity for a White Company stair garland if only they were affordable!

SpoilerFree · 17/10/2023 19:36

I buy these from Amazon and decorate them myself. Very reasonably priced but pretty basic. If you want them to be extra, extra bushy you just wind them together.

Nonplusultra · 17/10/2023 21:20

Winding two thinner garlands together might create a bit of plumpf It works quite well with a plainish one and a fancy but sparse one.

Alrhough now I’ve just doubled the price for you so that wasn’t much help.

MangoAF · 17/10/2023 22:44

Costco normally have really good ones.

greenmarsupial · 17/10/2023 23:06

I bought my nice ones in Waitrose, they're not longer than 150cm though.

greenmarsupial · 17/10/2023 23:08

Not budget friendly but beauteous and long www.balsamhill.co.uk/p/mixed-eucalyptus-artificial-wreath-garland-foliage?sku=4004010

Banned4life · 18/10/2023 07:49

Good idea! How do you decorate them? (I’m very uncreative!)

ACurlyWurlyTail · 18/10/2023 10:12

@Banned4life I buy plain ones and then join them together, then wrap ligts round them, then get babules and tie them in groups of 3 and cable tie them in intervals.
Sometimes I add bows
there are lots of youtube videos on this I have followed over the years.

Nonplusultra · 18/10/2023 17:18

The range have this one that’s quite bushy, 180cm and £22.99

MissCherryCakeyBun · 18/10/2023 18:22

Some lovely options thanks all will go and look in the suggested shops and stall online links too Wine

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DeathRattleDazzle · 19/10/2023 20:34

I bought one last year from here:

https://www.deubaxxl.co.uk/christmas/christmas-decoration/garlands-wreaths/

Was sceptical as it wasn't a website I was familiar with but it arrived fine and was good. I think I found a discount code somewhere too.

sekift · 20/10/2023 11:36

We got 2 from the Range and tied them together so it looks like one long one, it was £17 each but a couple of years ago now.

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