Houses used to have whole facades plastered like your ceiling here, done by specialist workers from China It is incredibly rare and precious now, and impossible to restore unless you are rich enough to ship the workers from China (assuming you can find any with that particular skill).
I am so impressed by your self-carved Christmas ornaments!
My family used to have small, live Araucaria trees for Christmas, which were then moved outside for the rest of the year until the next Christmas. In our climate, Araucaria trees grow appropximately 30 cm a year...once they got too big to fit under the roof they were planted out to form (over the decades) a very tall hedge.
Then we got cats, and moved to the abstract-form tree concept i.e, a large dead branch hung on the wall and decorated. In my own house I have taken it to the next level, since my cats are still young and bouncy, and hang decorations on the metal chandelier in my hall.
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Date: 2016-12-22 06:15 am (UTC)I am so impressed by your self-carved Christmas ornaments!
My family used to have small, live Araucaria trees for Christmas, which were then moved outside for the rest of the year until the next Christmas. In our climate, Araucaria trees grow appropximately 30 cm a year...once they got too big to fit under the roof they were planted out to form (over the decades) a very tall hedge.
Then we got cats, and moved to the abstract-form tree concept i.e, a large dead branch hung on the wall and decorated. In my own house I have taken it to the next level, since my cats are still young and bouncy, and hang decorations on the metal chandelier in my hall.