We plan to enjoy our holiday décor until January 2nd—then, it’s time to pack it all away into storage until next December. After years of trial and error, we have narrowed down a few of our favorite holiday decoration storage ideas—and thought we would share a few of the best Christmas ornament and decoration storage boxes and containers with you.
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Ornament Storage
Holiday Ornament Storage Boxes. My mother kept all of her original ornament packages for storage from year after year. While those packages held all of her ornaments—they were not always very durable and the occasional ornament broke during the “off season”. I love sturdy, ornament storage boxes with segmented compartments, like the Sterilite Plastic Christmas Ornament Organizers.
Ornaments stow away quickly—and I can even wrap each small, ornament in paper for extra protection if I wish. Plus--you can stack multiple units as they snap together.
Christmas Light Storage
Christmas Wreath Storage. I have a large, handmade wreath that was a gift from my parents last year that I want to keep safe and well preserved. While other wreath storage bags cover the wreath, they do not do a lot to prevent crushing or breaking the adorning ornaments and bows. I like this Christmas Wreath Storage Bag.
I purchased the 36 inch size for my largest wreath and it takes advantage of the wreath's frame for suspended storage as it has a handle for hanging.
For my smaller wreaths, I prefer the Christmas Wreath Storage Container "Box".
These wreath boxes hold up to a 24 inch wreath--and the units are sold as 3-packs. It is a sturdy, smaller wreath storage idea--and it's somewhat stack-able and keeps wreaths from being crushed.
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Holiday Gift Wrap Storage
Holiday Gift Wrap Storage. Yes, I am one of those moms that buys random gift bags in discount stores and saves holiday gift bags from parties and gatherings to reuse. I have even been known to reuse tissue paper—for years. I store wrapping paper, bags and bows right along with my Christmas decorations.
For gift bags, I often simply use a larger shopping or gift bag that hold lots of smaller bags and I use the Jokari Gift Bag Organizer during the holiday-wrapping-season to keep a handy supply of tissue paper safely organized—and to keep the gift bags, tags, etc., visible and easy to grab.
For rolled wrapping paper, name tags, ribbon, bows and other gift wrap supplies, I like the Honey Can Do Wrapping Paper Storage Container. It is soft-sided, so you do need to make sure that the container is stored in a safe spot to avoid crushing your paper and bows.
My latest favorite find is this Rubbermaid Plastic Wrapping Paper Organizer. While the top was made for ornament storage, I love to use it as a safe spot for bows, ribbons and name tags!
Christmas Tree Storage
It is a little more expensive than some of the bags at local discount or home improvement stores—but, the construction is worth the added expense. We move our tree up from a storage space beneath our stairs and the wheels plus the duffel handle make it a much more bearable experience. I can also either store it upright or lay it down flat in the space.
Hope these ideas help get you motivated to get your New Year off to a more organized start!
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Disclaimer: I updated this post from 2016 (and 2012) to reflect a few new items that we have discovered and use for Christmas decoration storage. We may receive slight compensation from affiliate links within our posts. However, we only link to items that we use and recommend.
2 Comments
Excellent storage ideas. I use somewhat similar cases. For the christmas tree lights and line of beads and stuff I use an empty plastic water bottle and wrap them around it!
ReplyDeleteFabulous ideas! We usually just put our tree back in its original box and wrap a rope around it. The branches stick out everywhere! I need to just get one of these bags already! Now following you on Networked blogs. Hope you have a moment to follow back!
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