The 10 Best Storage Solutions for Stowing All Your Holiday Decor

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Taking down the Christmas decorations after the holiday is always a bit sad. On top of that, storing the lights and ornaments can turn into a complex puzzle with tangled strands and delicate baubles. It is possible to make this task less of a hassle, however: You can safely stow decorations until next year with these clever holiday storage products, or even hack some of these solutions yourself.

This handy zippered case stacks three trays, each holding 24 ornaments up to 4 inches wide. The trays are fabric-lined and have handles to easily slide them out. The sturdy, metal-framed case measures 27 inches wide by 19 inches deep by 14 inches high.

Crafty Christmas Alternative: Fashion your own ornament storage by stacking baubles in plastic or cardboard fruit crates (like you’d get with a box of apples or grapefruit).

When you’re boxing up decorations, the DYMO Letra Tag label maker makes it easy to inventory what’s in each box. Choose from among seven print styles and five font styles as you design labels. Come next year, you’ll be able to unpack the decorations you need, seriously streamlining setup time.

If there’s no room in the basement for your collections of holiday garlands and wrapping paper rolls, why not stow them under the bed? Sterilite’s plastic latching storage bins can corral garlands, wrapping paper, and stockings until you need them next year. The bins measure roughly 34 inches by 19 inches by 7 inches, and can thus hold quite a bit of holiday cheer.

What’s the secret to storing an unruly artificial tree? One solution is to save the giant cardboard box the tree came in; another is this Christmas tree storage bag from Tiny Tim Totes. This PVC-lined canvas bag contains trees from 6 to 9 feet tall without teardown—you could even leave the lights strung up. A bottom cinch cord and wrap-around buckle straps keep the cover snugly in place until next Yuletide.

If you love a color-coordinated tree, separate your ornaments before you put them away. Ornaments of a single color can be stored in a zipper-lock bag. Be sure not to stuff too many baubles into each bag, or you may discover cracked or smashed Santas and stars when you take out your decorations next year.

Saving this year’s holiday greeting cards from friends and family is as easy as punching holes in them and clipping them into Thyle’s Christmas greeting card organizer. But these 8.5-by-11-inch solid wood covers make this album appear more polished—and the kit even includes the hole punch for under $10.

Crafty Christmas Alternative: DIYers can make a version organizer themselves using cardboard covered up in this year’s leftover gift wrap.

This is one organizer you can make use of before the holidays, too: Hang Primode’s two-sided gift wrap organizer in your closet for easy access to wrapping paper, tape, and all the trimmings. Clever organizers will keep gift bags and tissue paper in the pockets on the flip side for a one-stop wrapping stop.

It’s nearly impossible to get Christmas string lights back in the boxes they came in. Stop struggling, and instead snap up some of these almost-foot-long plastic spools around which to twirl strands of lights (they work for garland, beads, and extension cords, too). After wrapping the lights, toss the spools into a box or bin until they’re needed again. No more tangles.

Crafty Christmas Alternative: Want to save a few bucks when storing your Christmas lights? DIY a string-light spool by cutting indentions into the short sides of a rectangular piece of cardboard, and looping the lights around the ends as pictured.

Whether you’re buying them with fresh greenery or artificial and festooned with ornaments, one thing is for sure: Christmas wreaths don’t come cheap. In the right storage container, an artificial wreath can last for years—saving you the cost of having to re-buy them. We like the Homz wreath organizers because they’re sturdy plastic cases, and wreaths won’t get crushed in them as they might in soft-sided storage bags. At 24 inches in diameter, these organizers will hold the most common-sized wreaths.

Crafty Christmas Alternative: If you’ve catered for the holidays, your wreaths may fit in the round, domed plastic platters on which your wraps or antipasto are delivered. (Just wash them first!)

With snap-on lids and dimensions of 26 inches by 17.5 inches by 12.25 inches, Homz’s heavy-duty totes are made in the USA and can hold a bundle of Yuletide gear. If you’re less the careful wrap-every-ornament-individually type of person and more the “make sure the stuff gets in the Christmas tote,” these might be the perfect solution for you.

 

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