Christmas decorating  by mcsiegle

Christmas decorating

Francoise @francoise gave me the get pushed challenge of “a shot of a room or some furniture or the like that could appear in a magazine.“ I suppose I should have taken the easier route of photographing a room that is somewhere other than in my house. Nothing has been magazine worthy there. Well, with the end of the week at hand, and a Christmas tree we’d bought yesterday, I finally got one little piece of my house clear enough to photograph. I made a total mess of the dining room and living room doing it, but hey!
hahahaha i would struggle with this challenge!
December 9th, 2019  
@kali66 So I’m not alone, eh? Whew! Thanks.
December 9th, 2019  
@francoise better than nothing!
December 9th, 2019  
Sacrifices we do for 365!! Excellent magazine worth scene
December 9th, 2019  
I do like that you have included your piano here - songs around the piano on Christmas Day!
December 9th, 2019  
This challenge would be a struggle for sure. This shot came out great though.
December 9th, 2019  
Lovely shot
December 9th, 2019  
Looks great.
December 9th, 2019  
@mcsiegle this is wonderful. The piano, the wonderful woodwork on the windows, the beautifully balanced but contrasting indoor and outdoor lighting. My sincere apologies fir inadvertently causing anxiety. My own house would be an advertisement for decluttering... or perhaps the "before" picture for a cleaning outfit...
December 9th, 2019  
Lovely Christmas image
December 9th, 2019  
I like it Mary!
December 10th, 2019  
maybe hoarders anonymous magazine.... @francoise
December 10th, 2019  
@kali66 @grammyn @seattlite @francoise @la_photographic @ziggy77 @swchappell @maggiemae @30pics4jackiesdiamond Thank you all for the comments. Francoise, no worries. It was a good challenge — the house was a cluttered mess anyway. Now one room is presentable, and I’m making progress in the living room and dining room. Most of the ornaments are on the tree or otherwise placed artfully rather than filling the table. Do you think my Mrs Butterworth bottle Advent wreath would spark a trend among the magazine readers?
December 10th, 2019  
A nicely decorated corner. I like the filled wooden shoe. Some Dutch background in you or DH's family?
December 10th, 2019  
Beautiful magazine cover.
December 10th, 2019  
@randystreat No Dutch ancestry that I know of. I forget where I got the wooden shoe — rummage sale I would guess. Perhaps I should have had straw and a carrot in it, but I think Sinterklaas’ horse might like the apples, don’t you?
December 10th, 2019  
December 10th, 2019  
I love the warmth of your room. That piano took me back to my earliest piano lessons.
Thank you for the challenge. I will see what I can put together.
For your challenge how about photographing a Christmas cityscape or Christmas scene from your town. If that doesn't work, just let me know and I'll set another challenge.
December 10th, 2019  
@aecasey Thanks. That sounds good.
December 10th, 2019  
@mcsiegle Yup! Maybe better than the carrot.
December 11th, 2019  
Looks so cozy
December 11th, 2019  
nice capture...
December 15th, 2019  
Hi Mary. We are get-pushed partners for next week. Would you like to try an abstract? If you hurry, you can get it into the abstract-27 competition that ends Wednesday.
December 15th, 2019  
@tdaug80 Thanks. Abstract it is, then. I just gave you a challenge over on your project.
December 16th, 2019  
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