I've found a modern one that I love. It's the Tannenboing, a reusable spiral brushed aluminum tree that comes with its own cable system for suspension from 8-9 foot high ceilings. (Extra cable can be purchased for higher ceilings.) The tree springs to over 6 feet in height, is 4 feet in diameter at the base and weighs 20 pounds. It can hold up to 200 ornaments, can be disassembled in about 15 minutes and can be stored flat in a 3" deep box.
The Tannenboing is the brain child of Michele E. Weingeist. When she came up with the idea, she consulted an industrial designer, a mechanical engineer and several metalsmiths. It took almost two years and 30 prototypes (which were recycled) to come up with the right design, but the result was a truly modern aluminum tree. It sells for $395, plus $100 shipping.
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What a fun tree! I searched all over until I found the perfect white Christmas tree a few years ago. 3M had never seen one, white Xmas trees not being big in Scotland, but my Grandma always had one...so of course I had to have one as well!
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White flocked trees are so elegant. I hope you post pictures of yours this year.
DeleteBrilliant idea, I like everything except the price. It must be the car guy in me, but I want it to be a slot car track too. Or a train track.
ReplyDeleteI'm not crazy about the price either, but it's pretty much in line with the price of high-end artificial trees, and I guess they figure it will last you forever. I laughed when I read the part of your comment about a slot car or train track. I hadn't thought about that before, but that's exactly what my grandsons would do with it.
DeleteI would like this so much better if the ornaments weren't so cookie cutter SAME. Is it just me and my feeling that ornaments should have personality and not just be a decorating statement?
ReplyDeleteI too like the train track idea...that would be such fun.
When my daughter was little, I had old-fashioned trees with all kinds of different ornaments, including personalized ones each Christmas. After she grew up, I had trees just for decoration, but now that I have young grandsons, I'm going back to ornaments that they will like.
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