Well, here we are with Page 1 of construction

Time to get 'out of the closet' so to speak....boxes everywhere!

Since our display will not be as large this year, many of the pieces will return to storage. Others will be used in

Snow Town 2008 created by our granddaughter

We are using OSB boards this year. They are still 5/8" thick, however the cost is much less than the particle board.

Once they are cut and trimmed to size, they are painted white.

Here you see the painted and trimmed board for this section. Again this year we are using floral buckets

to support the display. This area and the one on the right of the fireplace will be slighly higher than past years.

This is what we are calling the 'Country Area'. It will have a river, ski and snow play area and a church to the right.

Our plan is to have snow cascading

down the side of the fireplace with a waterfall. The falls will pour into a creek that will run to the back

of the display near the church.

Other views of piece placement (above and below)

 

A test of some lighting. We are not using a blue background this year.

We hope that the brown wall color will give the look of dusk/dawn.

So, that's it for day one of construction. Be sure to check back every day or so for updates.

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