How to have a Christmas Tree with no Floor Space.

Written 31st October 2022 | Subscribe to our Christmas newsletter

Space within a house can be tight, especially when all the Christmas Tree decorations come out. There is always the dilemma of where to put the tree and how much floor space will be used.

Martin Meaney, 34 from Dublin was working at home during COVID and after having to move his desk into his home, he just didn't have the space for a Christmas Tree. He came up with a clever hack for a minimal Christmas Tree.

Using only wood and a garland bought from Amazon. Martin claimed it was cost-effective at only £30 (€35) and could be reused each year.

For an even cheaper alternative, you could use real foliage. Some Christmas tree sellers throw away trees that they can not sell. You could make this for only the price of a piece of wood!

Tools Required

Staple gun and staples: This is to attach the foliage to the wood, alternatives could be used.
Shears or scissors: to trim the foliage or garland
Saw: to cut wood into planks

Materials

Wood: To attach the foliage or garland. The wood then attaches to the wall.
Foliage / Garland:
Command strips: used to attach planks of wood to the wall. You will need around two multi-packs of command strips, each containing eight pairs of large and four pairs of medium strips. Alternatives can be used.
Lights and decorations: to decorate!

Step 1 - Saw the Wood

Carefully saw your wood into five pieces. The length of the wood is optional due to the size of your wall. We would recommend measuring 1 metre, 80cm, 60cm, 40cm, and 20cm in length.

Step 2 - Attach command strips

On one side of the wood, attach the command strips, don't remove the sticky side yet. There are alternative ways to attach the wood to the wall, we recommend command strips so that they don't ruin your wall.

Step 3 - Cut Foliage / Garland to the correct size

Cut the Foliage or Garland to the size of your wood.

Step 4 - Staple Foliage / Garland onto wood

There are alternative ways to attach the foliage or the garland to the wood. We found that staples held it on the best. Make sure the foliage/garland is fully covering the wood. You don't want to be able to see the wood.

Step 5 - Arrange the tree

We found arranging the tree on the floor and getting the exact distance you want between each wood piece made fixing it to the wall easier. You can get a good idea of what areas need more foilage/garland.

It is a personal choice but we prefered around 15cm distance between each piece of wood.

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Step 6 - Attach tree to the wall

Start with the bottom and the largest piece of wood. Peel off the command strips and start attaching them to the wall. Make sure each piece of wood is straight. You may want to use a spirit level.

Step 7 - Enjoy decorating

Add Christmas lights, ornaments, tinsel - whatever you like!

Photo Credit - Christmastrees.co.uk

Baba Mouchel shared her amazing homemade Christmas tree with us via facebook.

She added "I bought 1” x 2”s, cut them to form the triangle, put a piece across the middle. Nailed it together, painted it green. When it was dry I put the thick green garland around it. Then put the lights on and decorated it! It’s so perfect!"