August 2011 Moms
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Tacky or not tacky?
Rachey1082
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Do you think white christmas trees are tacky?
Lets say, your house is for sale and you're trying to be as classy as possible. And, being super classy might be a struggle sometimes for you. Would you put up your white Christmas tree with flashing blue and white lights and monorah and dredil ornaments?
Lets say, your house is for sale and you're trying to be as classy as possible. And, being super classy might be a struggle sometimes for you. Would you put up your white Christmas tree with flashing blue and white lights and monorah and dredil ornaments?
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Re: Tacky or not tacky?
I view these sorts of things as a price cut waiting to happen, in my favor (as the buyer). I also view them as a reduction of the likelihood of any competition with my offer.
Our wall colors are neutral and all flooring is new and neutral. All of our other holiday decorations are in silver and white and could be Christmas or Hanukkah. The tree is the only item I am thinking we won't do. It is fun for us, but someone else might think it screams tacky.
I sort of feel this way too. Every person that's looked at our house has said its cute. It's neutral and nothing needs to be updated. However, our kitchen is tiny. That's one reason were moving. Our tree isn't pretty, it's funny. We were 100 sure we weren't putting it up, but Liam keeps asking about it.
Ah, I thought you saw it in a house you were looking at buying. FWIW, I would've found it humorous. We've always joked about having a tin tree, turning our collection of tacky souvenirs into ornaments and using that tree to display them. Either that or displaying them prominently in a very nice curio cabinet in the midst of nice things.
A tree is something I'd anticipate the prior owners removing when they moved, so, other than it being interesting decorating and something to maybe make the house stand out in my mind, it wouldn't factor in. One thing to consider, though, is that it could be deemed offensive to some buyers. Since, ideally, you don't want to turn anyone off from your house, I'd leave it down until you sell or take it off of the market. Plus, first time buyers (if you're in the starter home crowd) often fixate on the oddest things and decide that they simply can't buy a house because of X, Y or Z. It's often something easily fixable, but they fixate nonetheless.