A Sparkly, Retro Tree

Christmas is just around the corner, and Daniel and I have been working on decorating the house (well, we've been dragging boxes out of the attic). We plan on doing two trees this year, one in the living room and one in the den. We haven't bought the tree for the den yet because it's going to be live. However, we decided to do a retro theme for the living room-- complete with a vintage Evergleam aluminum Christmas tree! We ended up with a great eBay find (and deal because it didn't have it's stand, but Daniel was successful in finding an original stand as well), and when combined with a color wheel (found through Amazon), it is quite the sparkly wonder.

And since we have such an enormous window in the living room, our neighbors have been admiring (and reminiscing) as well. Thanks to Mom for providing us with tips on decorating the tree in an authentic vintage fashion (large, round ornaments in one color that aren't super shiny).

Here's the end result. I absolutely love it! It's so much fun.

With the color wheel turned on:

A closer shot of the color wheel:

Another indoor shot:

And the outdoor shot: