umm... no.

DIY has officially jumped the shark. A world of no.

That just makes me sad. Thanks for killing the holiday cheer, AT!
I just can't imagine anyone being that lazy. Or lame.

ok that's depressing!

eeeesh...i'm glad other people out there agree when I say, no way jose. that's bad.

Hell no. What's next? Diaper snowman? Used wine bottle Christmas tree?

Maybe in a drom room.... that's it though!

WOW, just no.

Wah wah.

if you need to spend the money on gifts, fine, but don't pretend this is a worthy substitute. perhaps a wreath would be more festive with the lights strung on the wall around it in the outline of a tree?

I agree with Astur...only acceptable when used in a dorm.

Truly, there is no God.

FAIL. This marks the death of AT.

Forget the tree! Why not put lights on the treadmill? No? Maybe the refridgerator! No? Ironing board?

Desperate times, desperate measures?

I've done it. But used an old wooden ladder instead. Wrapped lights around it, and decorated the rungs by setting Christmasy objects around and about. Not the best Christmas tree of all time, but it wasn't bad.

Maybe you could use a clothes rack to pin Holiday cards to....I'm trying here, but I agree with all the previous posts: this is just sad. My "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" (i.e., branches I found on the storm drain) was way more festive than this.

I agree with Britomart-- holiday cards would probably work much better.

Even though this attempt is kind of sad, it has a kind of "make do-ism" that can be fun. Not every situation calls for the whole tree shebang. I think a concept like this would have worked much better for me a few years ago when I was DETERMINED for some reason or other to have a tree even though I live alone. I wept the entire time I dressed the tree, pitifully reminded that I had no one special to share the occasion with. That was the saddest Christmas I've ever had.

This TMI moment is sponsored by the letter "S" for SAD! :)

All aboard the failboat!

I will chime in w/a dissenting voice and say this isn't so bad... at least it's wood, as opposed to some synthetic tree wannnabe!

I was about to jump on the snark wagon (this really is a downer), but then I actually clicked on the link. Looks like this was a last resort for a couple who weren't able to get a tree. I've gotta applaud the effort at Christmas spirit (even thought it's pretty bare and sad!)

LAUGHING

Funny, I was just browsing regretsy.com and came here, and thought I was still on their page.

Seriously, AT?

They have those 2 ft trees at the dollar store. That would look better than this. Hideous.

@Furpants, decorating ye olde wood ladder isn't the same as stringing lights on a drying rack. I'm just saying.

Your ladder probably looked great.

AT, if you don't have anything to show us, you can just have a shorter page. This is deeply pathetic.

I dunno... sort of like Charlie Brown's tree. I feel kind of sorry for it. Wrap it in a blanket and put on more things.

No.

I'm not trying to be snarky but was this really worthy of posting AT?

I don't like it for ornaments, but it might work better for displaying holiday cards, provided you have enough so it doesn't look barren and sad.

LOL

epic fail

Really depressing. I can imagine a ladder working out better than this. Oh boy.

I am so glad I'm not alone. I came here to say no. No. A thousand times no.

I saw this picture before! In the dictionary, under Divorced Dad's First Christmas.

I generally leave positive comments but this is so so sad. Tiny Tim would cry.

Sad and kinda funny at the same time.

I knew someone who spraypainted a tumbleweed and used it for a Christmas Tree. Also at a local Parade of Christmas Tree's this year there was one made of diapers.

cut a tree out of paper and paint it!!!

are you kidding me?

someone actually posted about this?

No.

I HOPE this is a joke. If not, WHY BOTHER comes to mind.

I agree with others- it makes me sad. It makes me think of poor children in an old world orphanage trying to make a Christmas tree out of anything they have.

That's sadder than Charlie Brown's tree.

This AT post was worth it for the comments alone! I am about to die from laughter in reading them.

will anyone be surprised to see this as a "hot post" for the week?

Same as all the comments above. I guess this was a slow day in finding topics for the forum. ;-)

Won't someone think of the wet laundry?!

i understand making do during hard times, but that just makes me feel sad for whoever had to do it.

"so sad" were the first words out of my mouth when i clicked on this. just no. string running along the wall would be better.

'Oh Christmas rack...oh Christmas rack...'

Sad idea - but hilarious comments!

Um, I'm all for non traditional but this is just sad. Even with lights and ornaments, a drying rack is still an eyesore.

I don't think this is that bad. Probably needs to be dressed a bit more, though. The ornaments are a bit sparse since there is no filler between them. Maybe the owners are trying to be green.

So, as another commenter did as well, I checked out the source website. It's from last Christmas, posted in early January, and here's what the website says:
"By the time our power came back on after the ice storm, Christmas was so soon that we decided to forego a Christmas tree. But it didn't seem right to have no ornaments, no lights, nothing under which to place gifts... so we repurposed our drying rack for a couple of weeks, and it worked beautifully. The only thing missing was the evergreen scent, and if we ever needed to do this again we'd invest in a nice pine-scented candle for full effect. (PineSol just wouldn't cut it.)

You might be wondering where we dried clothes while our rack was playing tree. That's what doorknobs, backs of chairs, and windowsills are for!"
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If I were this couple, I'd be seriously peeved with how AT made the situation seem...

Meant to say--- I can't believe AT is so out of material that they'd resort to posting this....

Wha?

No.

OMG..I can't stop laughing!

This Christmas I'll be decorating a giant origami craft paper shark, and topping it with a West Elm figurine of a jumping Apartment Therapy. Chic, no?

Actually, I feel sorry for the folks who did this, I can absolutely understand why they did (especially if they have kids), and it clearly wasn't done as the hipster style statement AT are now pushing it as.

Oh dear. Well, this is all I really have to say about this tour de rack:

http://www.qwizx.com/gssfx/usa/tpirhorns.wav

There clearly no God.

mam2321 You should know by now that no one here actually READS the articles posted.

Nope.

I'm so sad now.

D:

This is sadder than the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

ppphhhhfffttt

ha ha ha

WHAT THE HELL?

Poor Charlie Brown just had to up his holiday meds!

best comments ever!

I still love that the "decorators" made the best out of what they had to work with at the time. The beauty was in the intent.

Can you say, REGRETSY!?!

Yuck.

Ridiculous.