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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.
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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?
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Rather, ours looked more like this….
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Great idea, huh?
Here are some other great organizing ideas for your
Christmas decor and wrappings…
Use a clear, plastic garment bag to hold your
leftover rolls of wrappings. Hangs easily in a closet.
Wrap your Christmas Lights around a plastic
clothes hanger.
An inexpensive plastic bin with holes makes a great
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…
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.”
Yes, you can spend the money on these
“Wreath Keeper Bags.”
But, a large trash bag and a clothes hanger works just as well.
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.
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.
View CommentBetty @ My Cozy Corner
All super ideas. Love the idea for the wrapping paper. Hugs, Marty
View CommentThanks for all those great ideas especially the one for wreaths…
View CommentThese ideas are wonderful thank you so much and Happy New Year!
View CommentBecause I am a “hard core” Episcopalian, I always leave the tree up until after Epiphany (1/6)!
View CommentI 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!