4 Holiday Storage Hacks for Your Sanctuary

by Liz St. Pierre

While the holiday season brings joy and excitement, it also brings the challenge of storing all those festive decorations once the celebrations are over. Clever storage solutions for your holiday décor not only keeps them organized but makes them easier to retrieve next year. Explore quick, simple, and cost-effective ways to store small Christmas ornaments, lights, and garland so they are safely stored away yet easily accessible when needed.

Soak up the festivities knowing your decorations are just as easy to put up as they are to take down.

A cardboard box overflowing with tangled Christmas lights
WHAT:

Simple holiday storage hacks for small ornaments, lights, and beaded garland.

WHY:
  • Reduced clutter. Tidy storage solutions promote a sense of calm and relaxation. On the other hand, clutter has been linked to increased stress and anxiety
  • Simplified preparations. Proper storage solutions make it easier to retrieve and set up holiday decorations and other seasonal items when needed. reducing frustration and overwhelm during holiday preparations.
  • Saves energy.  And stress. Streamlining the process of setting up and taking down holiday decorations saves you valuable time and energy, leaving you with more opportunities to soak up the joy and relaxation during the holiday season.
  • Cost Effective.  These inexpensive solutions aren’t just easy to use, they’re easy on the wallet too.  Perfect.
HOW:
  • Tiny tree ornaments
    • Repurpose egg cartons is by using them to store smaller ornaments. This ingenious hack not only keeps your delicate ornaments safe from potential breakage but also prevents the cartons from ending up in the trash.
Egg carton with tiny ornaments inside each section
  • Lights
    • Option 1: Cardboard. Wrap light strands around cardboard. Cut cardboard to size (think shoe box tops) and store them inside one box for groan-free tree trimming.
A small panel of cardboard with notches down the length Christmas lights wrapped around the board using the notches to keep them untangled
  • Lights
    • Option 2: Small traffic cones.  For longer strands wrap lights around two traffic cones in a figure-eight pattern. Grab 2 small 6-inch traffic cones at any office supply store or online.
Clear storage container with two 6 inch traffic cones Christmas lights wrapped around the traffic cones in figure 8 pattern
  • Beaded garland
    • Grab a clear plastic water bottle to store beaded garland. The beads slide out easily when you tip the bottle over.
Clear plastic water bottle with Christmas garland inside
BOTTOM LINE:

Make decking the halls a breeze.  You’ve worked hard all year so soak up the festivities knowing your decorations are just as easy to put up as they are to take down.

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