Christmas Decorations

[KeepServingTheDrinks]

This is probably too late for those of you getting you style-and-beauty sleep. But I really need some help.

We have a MONSTER puppy, so DH and DD have said that we'd be stupid to get a tree this year... She'd climb it, she'd piss on it, she'd eat it.

They are not wrong.

But I'm really sad... I love a tree. PLUS we're hosting both Christmas Day and NYE, and I don't want our guests to walk into an unchristmassy house.

DH and DD are saying "we'll put decorations up in the rest of the room".

What they're forgetting is that NONE of us have any artistic talent whatsoever.

I don't want it to look horrible and tacky.

We live in a 1960s build - not one period feature in the entire place.

Our living room is a rectangle. Orange walls, lots of pictures.

How can we make it look festive, please? (please, please)

Oh I'd get a small, real tree in a pot and decorate it beautifully and have it higher up...on a sideboard or shelf.

GOT to have a tree!

Given your orange walls, I would decorate your small tree in silver and gold...and a bit of white.

paper snowflakes and orange slice sun catchers...gingerbread ornaments...yule log....

Well this is obviously the answer
Seriously though, command hooks are your friends - buy ready made hanging stuff, decorating the windows with garlands etc. is really effective. I second a smaller tree on top of a unit or something.

Pigsinarow = I luffs that!!!

There is literally NOWHERE to put a small tree which vile puppy could not reach. Not a shelf unit, not a sideboard. Nuffink.

Maybe I should just shoot the puppy?

Hmmm can’t recommend that one! What breed is she? I’m guessing a boxer!

You could turn your dog into the actual Christmas tree:
www.amazon.com/Christmas-Tree-Dog-Outfit-Small/dp/B075PN73G9

No, pigsinarow. Actually, our last dog was a boxer and she was fine with the tree (although she sucked the chocolates out of the foil one year, which we were horrified about because she was supposed to be allergic). She's a spaniel/shih tzu cross.

HarrietSchulenberg that's brilliant!

Christmas tree wall sticker? Or make a tree out of green paper (use a template off the web to cut out the right shape, like www.edubuzz.org/macmerry/2013/12/05/christmas-market-friday-6th-december/christmas-tree-3/) and stick to the wall, then decorate.

I love a real tree

Parasol Tree? Designed for the tree part to be inaccessible to cats but could work for a puppy.

How about this? :o

@NotAColdWomanHenry

That picture is epic

😂😂😂

@KeepServingTheDrinks I bought those bauble hangers from IKEA one year. They still sell them now. You could put all your favorites on them?

And go to town on lights?

our puppy was fine with the inside tree - never touched it. she ate the outsides ones though and tonnes of other things. we didnt put any chocolates on till she was older as i'm sure she would have had those

Tree inside a wooden playpen?