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11-29-2007, 05:53 PM
Well as some of you know by now I'm nutty for Christmas decorating. I love the holidays. Well the local town apparently has a lighting competition I didn't know about. Last year some dork won with some inflatable crap and such. Now I prefer the classy christmas. Almost Victorian style in the idea of simplicity in design.
I put out lights but not just staple them to the side of the house and call it a day. A strand of lights is ugly in itself. If you wrap it with garland it becomes lovely as the lights shine from the green. I don't do inflatables or 5 foot tall light up smiling santa waving to the neighborhood. I don't do skeletal reigndeer glimmering in the night. I don't do 3 foot tall light up candy canes.
Now for the nitty gritty.. I need ideas for a side yard display. My property is a standard double city lot. In other words I occupy the space that two houses would normally occupy. I got a back yard and a side yard between me and my neighbors house. In the side yard I want to make a display but a nice display. I was origionally planning a town scene with small buildings and streets and a glass lake with magnetic skaters running acrossed it, however I've only got a month and such a thing would pose problems. Problems like if snow fell, it would cover it and be a bitch to remove..
So give me ideas for a nice side yard display that will be elegent and holiday cheery please.. Pics will follow for my current decorations so you can get an idea of my style :D
I put out lights but not just staple them to the side of the house and call it a day. A strand of lights is ugly in itself. If you wrap it with garland it becomes lovely as the lights shine from the green. I don't do inflatables or 5 foot tall light up smiling santa waving to the neighborhood. I don't do skeletal reigndeer glimmering in the night. I don't do 3 foot tall light up candy canes.
Now for the nitty gritty.. I need ideas for a side yard display. My property is a standard double city lot. In other words I occupy the space that two houses would normally occupy. I got a back yard and a side yard between me and my neighbors house. In the side yard I want to make a display but a nice display. I was origionally planning a town scene with small buildings and streets and a glass lake with magnetic skaters running acrossed it, however I've only got a month and such a thing would pose problems. Problems like if snow fell, it would cover it and be a bitch to remove..
So give me ideas for a nice side yard display that will be elegent and holiday cheery please.. Pics will follow for my current decorations so you can get an idea of my style :D