It's that time of year to start taking down all of the beautiful Christmas decorations and putting them back in storage! Is anyone else ready to do this just yet? I just packed up all of my holiday decorations and put them away. It was a bit sad to take everything down but I am very happy to start the new year off with a clean and organized house. I was surprised to find it only took me 3-4 hours over the course of 2 evenings to put everything away. The 1st evening I did everything but our 2 Christmas trees (main and children's) and the 2nd evening I had lots of help from the littles in taking the trees down (thanks kids!).
As sad as it is to see the pretty Christmas decorations go, it is so nice to have a clean and organized house to start the new year. I love starting the new year with a blank slate, don't you? If you are getting ready to take your Christmas decor down, than this post is just for you! I break down each step you need to take in order to get all the Christmas decorations organized for next year and have plenty of helpful tips along the way. Let's dive right on in to exactly how you store Christmas decor!
To start, what you don't want to do is simply throw everything into any container and all it good. Oh no! Ensure that next year's Christmas decorating to be stress-free by correctly getting everything organized as you put away this year's decor. When next Christmas rolls around, decorating will be a breeze because you will be able to easily identify all of your holiday decor and it is not a huge, jumbled mess. Put some thought into how you are going to store your things and next year when you open those beautiful red containers, the angels will be singing.
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Here are my steps to organizing Christmas decor -
- Decide on how many storage boxes you have room to store items based on your space
- Gather every single holiday item into 1 room. This way you can see everything you have.
- Purge whatever you do not want to reuse and all the items you didn't use this past year (or the past couple of years for sure). If you don't love it, let it go and pass it onto someone who will love to have it in their home. Donate it or give it to someone. Pass it on and save yourself the space.
- Group like items together. Have different piles for all of the trees, ornaments, decorations for the kids tree, pillows, stockings and holders, ribbon, lights, etc
- Store like items in a container together and label the container. I use and love this label maker.
- Bag up the discarded items and take them to a donation center or give them to a friend/family member. Get the unwanted/unneeded items out of your house!
- Celebrate! You are all organized and ready for next year.
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Here are a few extra tips with packing up all the pretty decorations:
- I like to put all of my Christmas decor into red boxes because they are easy to find and locate. You can also use clear boxes with red lids or handles if you want to see inside them without taking the lid off. If you use these, you can get by without having to label the contents. You'll see red and immediately know that it is your Christmas decor.
- Reuse tissue paper or packing paper to wrap more fragile items in like picture frames.
- Repurpose gift boxes for smaller items like ribbon, tree garland, and small nativity pieces.
- I like to wrap small garland around a rectangular piece of cardboard to keep them tangle-free
- These light organizers are great to wrap lights around. You can also place each strand into a plastic bag for a cheaper option.
- The original Christmas tree box that the tree came in is the best way to store your tree from year to year, but if you don't have the box than use a tree bag.
- Save on everyday storage space by storing Christmas gift wrap with the Christmas decor since it is only used during the holiday season.
- Proper Christmas decoration storage means finding protective ways to store all of the decorations, ornaments, trees, lights, and everything Christmas.
Here is a guide of all the different holiday storage containers. I broke them into different sections to make them easier to see which container is used for what purpose. I hope you love this guide and find it very useful!
1. Rectangle Christmas Tree Bag - This Christmas tree bag fits trees up to 9 feet, is very durable, and waterproof. Something you'll use forever!
2. Round Christmas Tree Bag - I also like the shape of this tree bag.
3. Fabric Ornament Storage Box - This ornament storage box holds 64 ornaments! I love that it has different compartments for each ornament.
4. Snapware Ornament Box - I really like Snapware storage boxes. This one has dividers and 3 layers so you can open whichever one you want while not having to dig through the entire box.
5. Sterilite Ornament Box - This ornament storage box is similar to the snapware storage containers. This one has 2 layers and holds 24 ornaments in the divided sections.
6. Snapware Storage Container - I use one of these Snapware boxes and love it! I use it for non-breakable ornaments that lay flat.
7. Fabric Ornament Container - This is a nice ornament storage box that can be stored under the bed if that is where you store your ornaments.
Storage for Wreaths
8. Round Wreath Container - These are the wreath boxes that I use and love for all of my wreaths! They are very durable and last forever.
9. Fabric Wreath Container - This is also a nice wreath storage container.
1. Light and Garland Container - This is a great way to keep all the Christmas light strands coiled and organized. No more jumbled ball of lights! A must-have. It would also work really well for keeping garlands untangled as well.
2. Light Container Bag - This light storage bag coils the lights around a reel. Very nice.
3. Fabric Light and Garland Storage Box - This is a nice fabric light box that would work well indoors.
Storage for Everything Else
4. Under the Bed Storage Box - You can use this square storage box to store things under the bed.
5. Red Storage Containers - These are my favorite Christmas storage containers. You can put everything in them!
6. Clear Storage Container with Red Lid - These storage containers are a nice option if you want clear storage boxes so that you can see the contents inside without having to open the box.
7. Under the Bed Box - You can store lots of things in this shallow, under the bed storage container.
8. Gift Wrapping Storage Box - This gift wrapping box has dividers for bows, scissors, tape, bags, and wrapping paper.
9. Gift Wrapping Storage Bags - These bags are great for storing just wrapping paper.
Alright, who is inspired to get all their Christmas decor packed away and organized for the new year? Do you have any tips that you always use?
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