Organized Solutions for Seasonal Decorations

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The Christmas madness is over, and now I am busy trying to declutter holiday decorations. I’m pretty sure you are probably doing the same. If you follow some of my organized solutions for seasonal decorations, your life might be a little less chaotic. At least as far as seasonal decor goes. I can’t help you out with all that other crazy in your life! But I can help you declutter your home fast at the end of a holiday season.

I used to go about organizing Christmas decorations by type: all the little Christmas trees together; all the Santas, the snowman decor all together, all the strings of Christmas lights (for multiple trees and outside) together. Typically, the Hubs and I placed the seasonal decor in tubs with a piece of copy paper ripped in half and taped to the tub – a few words handscratched aross with Sharpie. We did this in our mad rush to cram everything back into the attic on New Year’s Day. And what happened every December?

Complete overwhelm.

Dragging up to 10 decor containers and random larger pieces of Christmas decor and scattering them around the living room is a formula for major crash and burn. I really shut down when I am around large amounts of clutter. Last year, I came up with some organized solutions for seasonal decorations – by arranging things by room and station rather than by type. Luckily, I found this system worked better for me.

Therefore, in January, I dedicated a little more time to putting this storage solutions system in order to work at its maximum. Also, I created a printable to go on each of my holiday storage bins.

Christmas Storage Ideas at the End of This Christmas Season

Remove each decor by station (dining table/room, living room Christmas tree, kitchen decor, etc.)
Do a quick purge of any items you weren’t in love with this holiday season. Pile them into a donation pile.
Use sturdy storage tubs with lids if possible. It would be great to have tubs color-coded (i.e. red and green storage bins to match the Christmas holidays). But I certainly wasn’t going to spend $70-80 to make that happen. So I just used the holiday storage bins we have already used for years. They are sturdy Sterilite Latch and Carry 18-gallon tubs with lids that have a lip and flip-up latches. I don’t recommend using tubs much larger than the 18-gallon tubs. Larger ones can become so heavy or bulky that one person has trouble lifting and moving them.
Add decor to decor containers by room. For example, all dining room decor should be contained in one box or tub. This box would be labeled with one of my printables with “dining room” clearly listed on the label. Next year, I should be able to easily find my dining room box.
Stack decor containers together as you fill them, being sure to add the printable labels to each box as you go. The more unlabeled boxes setting around, the more overwhelmed you may feel.
When finished, move all holiday storage containers to the desired storage location. Next, stack the tubs together in order of number on the label. For instance, I have 10 Christmas tubs so they all will remain stacked together in the attic.

Storing Christmas Decorations in Preparation of Next Season

Next Christmas season, the Hubs and I will bring all the holiday storage containers from the attic and stack them in the garage to start. At this point, I will simply bring one tub in at a time so I can decorate one station at a time. Since I was more careful in storing Christmas decorations this year, next year should be relatively easy for set up. For instance, I could set up my mantle decor first without feeling so overwhelmed by nine other boxes of random decor all over the living room as I do it.

I liked my idea so much that I went ahead and made holiday and seasonal printables for all of the other holidays we celebrate throughout the year. If interested in these printables, simply click at the bottom of this post to download your copies. Just print and use! There are fields for you to add the contents of the tubs and even a space for you to jot down something you might need to buy before the next season. The printables are in black-and-white PDF formats for easy printing.

I would recommend you place clear packing tape around the perimeter of the printable to help keep it in place. You will see I got some of my printables taped on a bit crooked. No worries. They will still work just fine.

Organized Solutions for All the Other Seasonal Decorations

While I don’t have as many seasonal decorations for the other holidays and seasons of the year, I still do have more than the average. After all, I’m 100% holiday-obsessed! Of course, I decorate for New Year’s, Valentine’s Day, Easter and spring, Fourth of July, fall (my favorite season!), Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Yep, I’m a little much, I know.

Luckily, there is not as much holiday storage to become overwhelmed with as with the Christmas holiday decorations. However, the Hubs and I have still found ourselves frustrated with our holiday storage system in the attic. I can’t tell you how many times the Hubs has climbed down from the hot attic to discover he had grabbed the Easter tub and not the Halloween tub, etc.

After decluttering the Christmas holiday decorations, I very sweetly requested the Hubs bring down all the other holiday storage bins from the attic. He wasn’t amused. I spent about four hours sorting all the other holiday storage bins and purging things I simply don’t want to use this year. Then, I placed one of my holiday decoration printables on all the decor containers. Hopefully, we will not have nearly as much confusion in the future with these storage solutions for our seasonal decorations!

Free Printables – Organized Solutions for Storing Seasonal Decor

And there you have it – how to declutter your home fast after each holiday! How do you prefer to declutter holiday decorations and other seasonal decorations? Do you have any other organized solutions you can share in the comments?

Swing by some of my other holiday posts before you go – Santa Wish List Ornament, black and white Christmas tour, wine and chocolate party for Valentine’s Day, and a Galentine’s party for little girls.