Christmas Storage Solutions
Make the start of each Holiday season as easy and time efficient as possible by closing out the previous year with a method in mind! Storage solutions for ending Holiday madness - both in your storage space and in your mind! Links to each storage solution below.
For the tree
Last year was our first year to be married, live in our house, have a Christmas tree, all that cute stuff. Cole threw away the box for the tree, so I was forced to figure out some other solution to store the monstrosity. I ordered this bag off of Amazon and it turned out to be awesome! Initially I was thinking I wanted a hard box type storage option, but the bag style actually ended up being much easier to maneuver through the house, especially up the ladder and into our over the garage attic space.
For the wreaths
Coordinating wreath storage bags are joining the gang at my house this year. Another thing I want to mention is the labels. My first step in getting the house ready for the season is to get everything out and sorted. The labels make it easy to get everything where it needs to go. If my cute husband is helping me, he likes this system to because he knows the front door wreath needs to go out to the porch, the outdoor window wreaths need to head in that vicinity as well..basically he doesn’t have to wait on me to direct him in all the directions and he can achieve his #1 holiday goal of getting it done. Anyone else have a relatable husband situation?
For the ornaments
For ornament storage, particularly your decorative filler balls that are shatterproof, this option works well. It is super space savvy for the amount of ornaments it actually holds and is easy on the wallet. I want to mention one quick thing I learned this year from a mistake I made last year. I like everything in some type of order, for things like this typically color order. I took all of the gold ornaments off and put them in first, then red, then mercury glass, etc. It was all satisfying and fun when I was putting them away, but annoying this year while putting up the tree when I needed gold balls first and they were all at the bottom! So make sure to think about the order you like to put things on the tree when taking them off. Favorite things you know you’re going to want to start with on top.
For the lights
Raise your hand if your favorite part of the holidays is untangling christmas lights! If you raised your hand, bye. If you didn’t, here’s this. You’re welcome.
For the papers
The wrapping situation. This can turn into a war zone fast. Ask my mothers attic when I lived at home LOL! There are several ways you can do this, but this is my preference for HOLIDAY wrapping solution. I have a different method for my year round wrapping papers in a separate area of the house, but I think keeping Christmas separate helps tame the beast. A lot of options on the market are horizontal and lie flat, which is good if your working with a smaller space and need to utilize under a bed for hiding this stuff, but I prefer a vertical option. There is a larger version of this, but if you’ve got more than 36 rolls of holiday themed wrapping paper - you may need an intervention, just saying! There is a top pocket for your ribbon and other things you may need to keep handy like tape/scissors/rubber bands. I keep rubber bands around each roll to keep the tiny sliver of paper left over from the last cut I made that Ive convinced i’m going to be able to use from flailing in the wind. If you leave an even cut each time, I hope I can be like you one day! Side note - for bags and more ribbon, I keep those in it’s own plastic bin like the one we just talked about. For my everyday wrapping situation that stays in a convenient location inside the house year-round, I am much more systematic and handy (we can maybe get into that on another day if you’d like), but my goal with the Holiday wrapping is to get it in and out of storage with the least amount of mess and headache in-between.
For all the things
These guys are the backbone for all of my holiday storage. I use color coded bins for each season. Purple for Halloween, red and green for Christmas, it super efficient in that first step of grabbing everything out of storage and getting out in the open. Not to mention it is super satisfying to look in your storage space and see everything in its perfectly color coded zone! In regards to Christmas, I use these for a few different things ie. Non ball shaped ornaments + more fragile ornaments. I layer a couple of layers of bubble wrap, ornaments, bubble wrap, ornaments, etc. I also use these to store garland, ribbon for bows, outdoor lights, all the things!
Have any particular items or categories in your festive decor collection that cause you a headache? Jump overt to the contact form or shoot me a DM on Insta/Facebook! Know your situation is a little more serious that what a DM can handle? Let’s get together and brainstorm together. I’ll take a look at what you’re working with develop a storage solution that works best for you and your space!
xoxo,
Audrey
