Our Christmas tree stays up for… you know, longer than socially acceptable… I was pretty impressed we made it until after Halloween this year!
We used to put our tree up in the front window but my kids love having it in our family room where we enjoy it more. So the only spot is in front of our bookcases.. which we use. So that means for 2 months it is practically impossible to get into them.
I was cleaning out the garage and came across an old table top and had an idea strike.
I added 4 small roller ball bearings (since they would be lower to the ground than regular casters). I found mine at Harbor Freight tools, these are the ones I used.
Since the table top was all ready finished that was it! Now, we don’t have toddlers anymore and my girls are careful with things. If you have rambunctious kids this may not be a good idea! I could see some kids riding it around the house!
And yes, we have a fake tree. Since I’m allergic to pretty much every tree and grass it’s the best we can do. But our kids don’t seem to care and love throwing 5000 homemade ornaments on it so you hardly see it anyways!
With a tree skirt you don’t even see it!
And now when I want to get to the bookcases I can easily move it out of the way! Problem solved!
