Disney Christmas decorations

Christmas has been particularly busy with the Summer Terrace project but I did find time to decorate my own house (just not time to blog about it) but as I take the decorations down, I just wanted to share a few of the hints of Disney I incorporated.

I have quite struck colour themes when it comes to my Christmas decoration, so even my Disney ornaments have to fit in with the theme. I don't think I'll ever have a 100% Disney tree but I love having a few things for people to notice.

These decorations were bought from different places at different times with different memories, some from Disney World, some from Disneyland Paris and one even came from a shop in Cologne.

The top right picture of the Mickey Santa hat is actually a tree ornament that we modified to become a little ornament that sits on top of a mirror.

This frozen decoration is actually wooden, I bought it at a Christmas market and passed it to my incredibly talented artist Dad who painted it up, it doesn't photograph but looks great in real life as the 'snow' on the lettering is quite thick and the snowflakes are glitter so really sparkle.

Summer Terrace - Day 9 - kitchen

More progress on the kitchen today, I think it would have been finished if we weren't working over the Christmas/New Year week when the suppliers are closed to get the final items.

If you can see, the gaps either side of the oven housing were filled with some of the cornice (hence why a piece is missing from the right hand wall units) and the cupboard under the sink is open because the temporary water supply is there.

It needs a good clean, but I'll cover it up first to protect it during the rest of the works.

So here is the comparison with the plan - not too bad!!

Summer Terrace - Day 8 - kitchen

So finally time for a bit of construction rather than destruction.  Also, time to rediscover the lounge which has been hidden under the piles of kitchen units that I bought in a sale.

I've never had a kitchen fitted with no glitches, and this was no different, although they are minor.  The finished width of the room (after plastering) was a little larger than expected so there were small gaps, we decided to make these gaps either side of the oven housing to keep the symmetry.

Also, some of the plumbing was slightly out of position but again, not too difficult to move.

End of day 1 progress.....