From Oversized to Slim

by Myb9105516

So last year we were given a tree, it was fairly large for our living room, but we used it anyway. After Christmas, we were thinking of getting rid of it, but decided to keep it.

We pulled out the tree early to see if we could turn it into a slim tree before we went out and paid so much money.

My husband first thought maybe he would cut branches, but trying to cut was taking forever. Then, I came up with the idea of trying to fold the branches inward.

So we begin with the lower branches, and worked our way up!!

I must say it turned out very nice, can't wait to decorate my new slim tree!!! Will post later with decorated pictures.

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Kaitlyn Grymonprez-Byers on Oct 29, 2017

what did you use to bend/fold the metal branches?

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Lan31542332 on Oct 30, 2017

is this a pre-lit tree? If so, how do the lights look now?

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Susan Dixon on Dec 06, 2017

Would that make it harder to store afterwards when Christmas season is done? I would like to try but wonder if it is going to be more difficult to store again....if the branches need to be stretched out again to store then eventually the wires will break by being bent and unbent over a period of time.

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Jo Schurbon on Dec 20, 2017

Great Idea.

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Mellykay on Oct 18, 2018

Great job Judi! I have a cheap white tree I'm going to try that with this year, thanks for the tip!

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