Picket Fence and A Christmas Centerpiece

As I was thinking of what to use for my dining room Christmas centerpiece, I wondered around the house. I bought this picket fence in PA a few months ago. I wondered how could I use it. I should have taken a picture of just the picket fence, but didn't. 

It was so sunny today as I tried to get pictures. (I am not complaining about the sun - love it)

It's not everyday you attempt to put a picket fence on your dining room table. I have been known to use some strange pieces for trays. Last year I made a sled (You can see that here) For my autumn tray I used a pelt stretcher, so a picket fence should not be a surprise. 

There are three pieces to the fence, each one is about 16 inches wide and each picket is 20 inches long. So I laid one section down and the others became the back.  I folded the other two pieces to make an upside down "v" so it would stand up.

Here is the back panel. I love all of the colors and the "chippiness" (is that a word) of the pickets.

I placed a tree on the front panel and then found a large piece of white felt to use as the shirt around it. 

On the one side,  I added a rustic bell, a snowman and some trees.

On the other side, I added two glass tree ornaments. I didn't want to use them as ornaments, but they look cute as trees here. 

I added fairy lights to the tree. Although with the sun shining in that window, it makes them blurry.

I love how it turned out, however, there is not much room on my table when we have Christmas dinner. I will have to move it to the kitchen table and put one of my other pieces on that table so we can place the food on it. 

I hope you enjoyed my picket fence centerpiece.