The Christmas holiday season is one of the most fun and beautiful times of the year. We get together with friends and family, we share meals and gifts, and we can all feel the joy in the air. When it comes time to put away the tree, remove the garlands and all the lights, you may feel a certain nostalgia that the most beautiful time of the year has passed ... Also after the hustle and bustle of the season, having to put away all the decorations can be tiring and pretty overwhelming.
Fortunately these tips will come in handy for when you have to start collecting all the Christmas decorations, they will make things easier for you! Instead of putting everything in boxes in a bad way and without order (something that will cause you to have a lot of the broken decorations next year), you better follow these Christmas storage tips.
Organization is the key!
Organization is really the key in any aspect of your life, and it is also the key to correctly organizing and storing everything related to Christmas. These tips will help you to store everything in a logical and easy way thinking about next year (your future self will thank you):
As you store, instead of putting things into boxes at random, label each of them (for example: decoration for the tree or decoration for the stairs, etc). You can also place individual tags on repeating elements. These labels are ideal to be able to better organize the elements and know what each thing is.
When you buy new strings of lights, write down the information of where you bought them because if a bulb burns out you can go and find a replacement. Strips of Christmas ornament are best kept in cardboard tubes.
Store all the Christmas tree balls and decorations in a transparent storage box or in a box that you know how to differentiate next year that in that box goes everything you need to decorate the tree (do the same with the pieces of the tree). Belen).
Reuse to rearrange
The holiday season generates a lot of waste. But you can use that to your advantage with these tips.
- Destroy the old wrapping paper, including those random scraps left behind when gifts are wrapped in strange ways. Use this filler to fill fragile items while storing your holiday decorations in storage.
- Please securely hold the packaging for the ornaments, this way you can store them without breaking. However, if you've already thrown the boxes away, you have other options. Save the egg cartons to store smaller decorations. Larger ornaments can get a similar top cycle treatment if you store two cardboard drink holders. Place four ornaments (one on each cup holder) in the first, then use the second as a lid. Plastic take-out containers can be just as useful when stuffed with a bit of leftover paper to protect ornaments from potential bumps.
Better without humidity
There's a reason you dedicate precious storage space to Christmas decorations - treasured heirlooms, handmade items, and memorabilia make up most of your decorations, right? Then the time has come for you protect them so that they do not deteriorate and last much longer as if they were new.
If you keep it in the basement: you will have to protect it from humid spaces. Store everything in closed plastic containers to keep it dry.
Ornaments that are homemade (food-based), best stored in airtight bags sandwich to keep food in better shape and prevent spoilage. Store everything in cookie tins to ward off pests or insects that want to eat it in your absence.
Fresh and free!
How much space do you spend the other eleven months of the year to store your Christmas decorations? Here are some Christmas decoration storage ideas to help you free up some space:
- Food garlands or food-based decorations like pinecones or blueberries, if you haven't eaten them on the holidays, then throw them away at the end of the Christmas season.
- Store the leftover wrapping paper in a plastic bag. Store all this on a hanger in the basement, so you will have the paper on hand for when you need to use it and it will not bother you in your home.
- The crowns will stay in better shape if they are hung vertically, and they will also take up less space that way. You can hang the crowns on a hanger. Cut a hole in the bottom of a garbage bag and pass a hook to protect the crown from dust.
With these tips, saving things for Christmas will be much easier!