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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Eleanor Richardson

RARE PHOTOS: 5 places you should always avoid putting a christmas tree | Rare Historical Photos

Christmas tree in a neutral living room.

Bringing an actual full-sized tree into your home is exciting. It can also be a bit of an effort to work out the best place to position it. You of course want your Christmas tree to be the focus of the home, it's where the majority of Christmas decorating happens after all, but practically, you don't want it to get in the way, or overheat, or massively affect the flow of your home.

If you're looking for direction and need help positioning your tree, we asked the pros where you shouldn't be displaying it – where do you need to avoid placing your Christmas tree if you want it to be in pride of place, but not look out of place.

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