12 Space-Saving Tips for Storing Your Holiday Decorations
Looking to save space because you downsized? Or perhaps you are looking to fit more into your massive holiday display masterpiece. Here are some tips for saving storage space whatever your goals.
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Consider using decorations that are smaller and take up less space, such as a mini-Christmas tree or a house holiday light projector instead of string lights.
Find decorations that change with the season, such as a multi-holiday house light projector with slides for each season or app-controlled string lights that change colors for the season so you can leave them up year round.
Think vertical. Use the walls of a closet, the back of a closet door, basement shelves, or garage ceiling racks, which are ideal for outdoor décor.
Use natural or consumable decorations, such as pinecones, popcorn strings, or candy canes, that you can compost or eat instead of storing.
Take everything apart, like your faux trees, and put it back together each year. I know it’s more work, but it is going to save you much-needed storage space. For instance, take apart your string lights and roll them individually around cardboard instead of a large holiday light reel. Same goes for your extension cords. Wrap them individually with this cord-wrapping technique.
Utilize storage solutions meant for what you have, such as a wreath bin, tree bag, or ornament box. Use original packaging if you still have it. Regular bins work as well. Choose ones as close to the size you need as possible.
Use bags for large and awkward things like trees, flower garlands, wrapping paper, lawn ornaments, kites, and inflatable lawn figures so you only use the space you need. Or shrink wrap your trees, wreaths, and garland. This option is great if you want to keep things on the limbs for next year.
Protect breakables with options that take up less space like cardboard dividers, egg cartons, and ornament or figurine boxes rather than packing paper and bubble wrap.
Use paper plates or thin cardboard, like empty cereal boxes, to divide holiday china instead of wrapping them individually if you don’t have the packing they came with.
Roll candles in packing paper and once covered add another candle until the paper is used up.
Hang wreaths or other things on hooks on the walls inside closets behind and above things all the way up to the ceiling, even above the doorway.
Use flexible options like shelf dividers and adjustable bookends for storing gift bags so you only use the space you need. These two solutions also allow you to store the bags vertically so you can get at whatever you need. You can also hang them on hooks in a closet.
“PRO TIP: Make sure everything is completely dry before storing to prevent mold and funky smells.”
