Share Christmas Stuff Organizing Ideas Here!

[lemondrop]

To help anyone who still needs to take down their tree and other decor, I thought we could all offer tips and ideas.

Here's mine:

I took the storage bins I already owned, sorted all of the ornaments by type and color and cut up a diaper box to make the sorters.



In this bin, I've stored my small, medium and jumbo red and gold ornaments. From left to right, I have red and gold jumbo ornaments, medium gold ornaments and medium red ornaments. Small ornaments and vase fillers are sorted by type and color in the plastic bags.



Here I have my blue, silver, white, keepsake and regular ornaments with my ribbon on the right end. The small boxes hold keepsake ornaments; one box holds DH and my ornaments and the other holds DD's. Once I had all of these things organized, I filled in on the top with some other miscellaneous items and piled the stockings on top.

I also pulled out all of the ornaments and knick knacks that we don't use but want to keep for sentimental reasons. Those are all stored in a small bin by themselves, so I won't have to dig through them every year when I decorate. AND by consolidating a lot of things, I was able to cut out one box of Christmas items.

[dec13th]

nice job! a few years ago I cracked and bought actual ornament organizers and I really like them. But, you get a lot more ornaments in your tote than I fit in mine!

[TEM325]

I love my wreath strage box that I snagged at Target's post Xmas sale a few years back, and the wrapping paper box (although super long rolls don't fit).

I just keep the boxes ornaments come in and store them in those boxes over time. For non glass bulb ornaments, I used two shoeboxes and wrap each ornament in paper towels and pack them carefully. Everything goes inside a big green & red bin and stored in the basement.

[peach]

Nice!

I didn't really do any organizing with my christmas stuff, but I purged!!! I am not a big fan of tons of Christmas decor - it drives me batty after a while, so I got rid of tons of stuff. Narrowed it all down to 2 totes- one for the tree, one for everything else. I tossed so much stuff!

[lemondrop]

Jan 2, 2013 10:53:17 GMT -5 dec13th said:

nice job! a few years ago I cracked and bought actual ornament organizers and I really like them. But, you git a lot more ornaments in your tote than I fit!

I should have emphasized that these are cheap, shatterproof ornaments thrown in the box! That makes it a lot easier to store this way.