I’m happy with our tree this year – it looks especially nice in the daytime too! Next year I might go with a “wine and champagne” coloured tree, but who knows what I’ll feel like then. Yep, just might have to reuse the feather boa idea next year! (PS: I’ve used boas in my trees every year since!) I was originally going to do a winter wonderland with pops of pink but decided on blue at the last minute.

PS: there’s the tiniest sneak peek of our decorated mantel that I shared here. I really like how the white feathers glow in the lights, and they add a lot of fullness to our fake tree. Placing some on the ground (in the DIY wedding vases I made) gave him something to play with. This was our first Christmas with a baby, and I knew that he would be really interested in the Christmas balls. Most of our balls are silver, but there are some bright blue ones scattered throughout as well. I used the same silver garland as last year but decided to add some white feather boas around the tree too. Our 6′ tree fits nicely in this space in the basement! And the white fur tree skirt really fills up the ground here. Even the little man got into the Christmas spirit as I decorated our tree!

In the future, I want a larger tree – so I figured that having a big tree skirt would work better then too. It’s over 5′ x 5′ and was on sale, so I’m happy I didn’t have to buy a “real” tree skirt which would have been much smaller and cost a lot more. And by tree skirt, I actually just mean a piece of bulk fabric I bought and cut a tiny hole in the centre. I also “splurged” on a white faux fur tree skirt. This was the easiest spot to get to and had the least amount of furniture to move. (You can see more photos of our country basement here AND how it looked after we updated it here). I decided to put it next to the fireplace, where our chair and table were. In fact, we had placed it there every year since living in our (old) house… but this year the Husband and I thought it was time for a change, so we set it up downstairs! Last year, our tree was in the living room upstairs. I hope you enjoy this blast from the past! There are some newer updates, but it shouldn’t be too confusing. PS: because I updated an older post, I kept all of the text in the past tense. The photos have been updated and everything refreshed July 16, 2022. This post was originally part of “ Christmas Tree Decor Ideas” written November 22, 2016.

Blue and silver christmas tree