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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh…..!

I didn’t want the title to get too long, but I think you know where I’m going with that!  Remember when Mr. Brutus shared with you here that Derek and I found our Christmas tree for a SUPER good deal??  Well we managed to walk into the Front Gate outlet at the right time and found ourselves a beautiful tree for a beautiful deal!

So you wanna see??
 

Never mind the nonish-window treatments pictured in the window.  I have yet to convince my husband that windows also need a bit of accessorizing.


No Christmas presents under our tree yet!!!

We have gone pretty minimal on our outside lights this first year.  Instead we opted to focus on the front door.
 



Maybe next year we will go a little more crazy with christmas lights outside.  My absolute favorite is the old-school big bulb colored lights on the house.  There is not a house with these lights in our development, so maybe I can convince Derek to do this next year for us!

What are your favorite type of exterior lights/decor for Christmas?
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20 comments:

Jessie said...

Your tree is so pretty! Also, I love the simplicity of only decorating the front door! Cute touch! Have a great day!

Anonymous said...

Your tree is beautiful! I love white lights on a christmas tree but we did multi-colored this year.

And I like the idea of keeping it simple! The two plants on your porch look good!

Lauren

http://www.laurensweetnothings.blogspot.com/

asj said...

its so pretty! I love it, looks great from the outside of the house too! :)

Mrs. H said...

Very nice!

Annie said...

love your tree!! it's so pretty!! :)

trump said...

Greetings from the Amish community of Lebanon Pennsylvania. I'm just stopping at Radom blogs and checking them out, and wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and New years. Richard from Amish Stories.

Lauren said...

Such a beautiful tree girl love it!!!! :-)

Pamela said...

Such a beautiful tree & beautiful home! :)

Michelle said...

Love your tree! Pretty.

Brittany said...

Your tree is too cute! :)

Faith said...

i love your tree! so pretty! i wish we had a bay window ... i just love when i can see a Christmas tree or lit up from the outside, love that!

we bought tons of lights last year on clearance for this year. we loan our ladder to one of hubby's friends and let's just say the ladder was misplaced. how do you lose a freaking ladder? so because of that we haven't put up our lights yet. i am so bummed but hubby promised we'll do it this weekend and get a new ladder.

Faith said...

p.s. i want to do white lights on our tree next year :)

Kristen said...

Looks great!

I'm a fan of lights outside that aren't LED, I hate them, especially the colored for whatever reason. I prefer the older ones.

Mrs EyeCanSee said...

Your tree looks fabulous!!

As for outside lights, we did your standard icicles on the house. In the tree I found these really cool light up balls that kind of look like giant ornaments. I love them!

Katie's Kollections said...

We had the old school colored bulbs forever! Just 3 years ago we upgraded to the Icicles.

Mrs. Pancakes said...

Aww..your decor at your house is just beautiful and i love that i can see the christmas tree from the outside..gorgeous!

Natalie and Lee said...

Beautiful Christmas Tree!!!!

Whitney @ justacountry-girl said...

Of course it looks gorgeous :-). Love the pic from the window. Very pretttttyyyy.

Julie @ The Smitten Mintons said...

Your tree is gorgeous!!! And it adds so much to your outdoor lights to see it through the window! :)

Sarah said...

We got our tree at the Front Gate outlet last year! Such great deals on such beautiful trees!