Happy New Year! Starting the year off with a look at my updated Christmas storage solutions!
It feels so good to start off the new year with a clean and clutter free house!
As much as I love decorating my home for the holiday season, I equally love taking everything down and starting the new year off with a clean slate. So many possibilities, so many ideas, so many new things I want to tackle and hopefully accomplish this year!
The first thing I was able to check off my list of goals was updating my Christmas storage and I’m so glad I did! It’s so much more organized and functional than before…
I’ve been wanting to update my storage bins for a few years now so they all matched and were easy to see through. I had mismatched ones before and most were a solid color. So even though they were organized, I still found myself digging around for things..
These Sterilite 54 Qt bins were perfect, and I ended up needing eight to hold everything comfortably.
This was after I had gone through the boxes I already had. Anything that I didn’t put out this year, or haven’t touched in a few years got loaded in the trunk to be donated.
I also bought a couple smaller Christmas storage boxes on clearance to keep small items like hooks from falling down to the bottom of the box.
Another thing I used them for was to store wreath picks. I don’t keep them on the garland because…
a) I like to change it up every year b) I’ve learned from the past that if you store it that way the garland becomes all wonky looking and you spend hours trying to fluff it back up to the way it’s supposed to look, and It never does in the end…
So using two smaller storage boxes to hold the more delicate wreath picks within the bigger bin works out perfectly.
Once everything was put away I printed out some labels that I made and wrote down what was in each box.
I made it into a {free printable} for you if you want to use them too! 🙂
And then stuck them on the shelves in my garage. (Which I LOVE by the way! They hold SO much!)
Everything is so neat and easy to access now. I’m so happy with the way these new storage bins turned out. It was a great update for my Christmas decorations!
If you’re wondering how to store Christmas lights, you can see how I do that [here]. They stay untangled, so it’s worth a look! 🙂 You can also check out my updated wrapping paper storage [here].
Talk to you soon friends, take care!
XO
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