I just found the thread posted earlier on this subject...hmmm....maybe not such a great idea afterall.

Well I pulled out my village stuff and it's amazing how you forget what you bought from year to year!!LOL! I have three trees I bought last year. One I have used as part of the nativity display in the bedroom the other two are white with beads on them. Probably too big for the village pieces I have purchased because they are all smaller pieces. Soooo.. I will have to figure out how to display them. I have a few tea cups around......

SO - life is never so simple as it seems. I called Kohler to check if that drain assembly would work. The answer is: not the way I'd like it to. See, my faucet is not Kohler. I bought this beautiful LaToscana Elba faucet that I fell in love with at Expo (looks a lot like the Kohler Purist but with the stick coming out of its forehead rather than out of the top of its head). Then I wanted a bottle trap, and the Kohler K-9035 was a good style-match, so I bought that. If I replace the drain assembly that came with the LaToscana faucet with a Kohler drain assembly, the drain lever at the back of the faucet won't work. One of the Kohler drains has a lever that will stick out under the sink. The other uses a push-down/pop-up mechanism. I don't think either of these actually has brushed nickel tailpieces - it's just the drain part that appears at the bottom of the sink that's brushed nickel. The technical rep at Kohler told me the tailpiece isn't all that shiny, and some people rub it down with a scouring pad to make it look more "brushed". I don't like losing the functionality of the faucet's drain lever - seems kind of hokey for an expensive new bathroom installation! I suppose this same problem would be there for non-Kohler drain assemblies (though maybe that would solve the problem of the tailpiece not really being brushed nickel). Best would be if LaToscana sold a replacement drain assembly, but I don't see one on their web site. ?????

JavAchick, I did see those when researching this idea but not how they were hung. I thought maybe they were tucked in the branches somehow so thanks for the explanation. Oakie they are all quite small (the ones I'd use) and since the tree is fake (because I have to put it up so early) I think the branches will hold. Ollie...lol. I'd be tempted to recreate that tree in antique bottles if they were all the same size...just for the giggles. We have found a few wines sue heh heh they will reside in the wine cellar where they can share stories of the good old days with the new wines in storage. Much more fun for them than sitting in the dirt. I love the velvet cording idea. I'm trying to keep this tree simple because it was in the servants quarters (or is). I have cranberry garland and may make popcorn garland. I have oddness of hand make cotton lace from my husbands grandmother in the shape of bells etc that will go on it, and yes, dried flowers. I'd also like to make cinnamon ginger boys but need to figure out the recipe first. Very homespun in feel. I still need to finish fifty stockings....and deck out the entire house while entertaining on thanksgiving and having twenty people for the weekend before....I don't know why I feel time is running thin lol. I am seriously considering telling the wives of our guests that weekend that tree decoration is their focus instead of shopping heh heh.