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DIY Storage Ideas for Christmas Decor

Filed Under: Christmas, DIY, Everyday DIY, Organizing Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas 2013, Christmas Decor, Organizing

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 DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home  

Did you survive Christmas 2013?  I don’t know about you, but Santa is

quite exhausted here at The Everyday Home has been taking it

pretty easy the past few days.  

 
DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

Usually, I leave all my decorations up until January 6th,

Old Christmas.  But, this year – I am antsy to get my house back

to normal and start on some DIY projects.  I will leave the tree up

until Jan 6th – but as soon as this chest cold eases up a bit, I am

gonna start the process.

So how do you store your decorations?

 
DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home
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Last year, I found this idea on Pinterest and put it to work
 
for me after Christmas.  This year when I pulled out my bins,
 
I patted myself on the back for taking the time to do it last year.
 
 
As far as our lights, they were not stored anywhere near this nice
 
and neat in past years…

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home 

Rather, ours looked more like this….

 
Laughing
 
Actually, they were not quite as bad as the above pic depicts.  
 
Last year,  we wove our lights around more cut pieces 
 
of cardboard, which again, fit nicely into a plastic bin.
 
DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home (source)
 
Speaking of plastic bins… I use a color coordination system for all
 
of my Seasonal decor.  Because bins are sold in a wide
 
assortment of colors, it makes it easy to organize.
 
Red Bins – Valentine Decor
 
Yellow Bins – Easter/Spring Decor
 
Blue Bins – 4th July Decor
 
Orange Bins – Halloween and Fall Decor
 
Green Bins – Christmas Decor
 
Oh, if only I could organize the rest of my house and my life
 
 just as colorful and easily.  Smile 
 
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My goal this year is to really organize the decor.
 
I even found these great printables on Pinterest that will allow
 
you to inventory and track where particular items are stored.
 
 DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home
 

(source)

Great idea, huh?

Here are some other great organizing ideas for your

Christmas decor and wrappings…

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

Use a clear, plastic garment bag to hold your

leftover rolls of wrappings.  Hangs easily in a closet.

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

Wrap your Christmas Lights around a plastic

clothes hanger.

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

An inexpensive plastic bin with holes makes a great

Ribbon Storage Bin.

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

Smaller clear, plastic cups can be used instead of larger

red Solo cups.

For smaller, unbreakable items such as my

snowflakes, pinecones, faux snow, etc. –

I use these to organize and mark the items inside…

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

Good ole’ Ziplock Bags.

I stack all smaller items in the same bin.

Christmas wreath storage was always an issue for me, too.

Right now, I have at least 6 different Christmas wreaths,

and I have no clue how many Holiday Wreaths I have total.

Let’s just say – “several.”

Laughing

Yes, you can spend the money on these

“Wreath Keeper Bags.”

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But, a large trash bag and a clothes hanger works just as well.

DIY Ideas for Storing Christmas Decorations at The Everyday Home

All of my seasonal wreaths are hung and stored this way.

I have created tags which mark what season the wreath is for

and also a short description.  My wreaths hang in my attic.

 

 

I have concluded that my Christmas decorations reproduce like rabbits.  

Each year, I need at least 2-3 more bins.  But, this year – I

have started pulling out decor which I no longer use or

which does not fit my style any longer.  I already have at

least 3 bins of decor I will donate or take to the consignment shop.

 

So, how about you? Do you have any ingenuous ideas for storing

decorations you would like to share with me?  

For now though, I think another nap is in order.

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Comments

  1. Betty says

    December 28, 2013 at 11:54 PM

    Great post. I’ve usually taken my tree down Dec 26th. But this year I’m working in the yard. We are having blue bird weather in Northern California. Thanks for the storage tips.
    Betty @ My Cozy Corner

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  2. Marty@A Stroll Thru Life says

    December 29, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    All super ideas. Love the idea for the wrapping paper. Hugs, Marty

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  3. LorB says

    December 29, 2013 at 5:27 PM

    Thanks for all those great ideas especially the one for wreaths…

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  4. Sandra Garth says

    December 29, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    These ideas are wonderful thank you so much and Happy New Year!

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  5. Suzan says

    December 30, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    Because I am a “hard core” Episcopalian, I always leave the tree up until after Epiphany (1/6)!
    I decorate a couple of different trees and keep the ornaments for each tree in separate bins. I collect Holy Family and Nativities. Each set is grouped together, pieces are in zip bags and in plastic containers. I have each container labeled with descriptions so that I can make decisions as to which ones I will display. I used to store my “houses” in their original packaging but found it took up much less room to wrap each house in tissue paper and store up to 8 in a large plastic bin. I have each of those labeled inside 2 gallon zip bags so know which house I am unwrapping as I put them out for display. This year I discarded all the long cords for the lights and switched to battery operated tea lights that I use glue dots to adhere to the hole originally designed for the lighted cord. Much easier to display without having to worry about hiding cords!

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