The day after~December 26, soon it will be time to store all our precious holiday decor. Memories collected over time deserve to be preserved carefully. Here are our thoughts....
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1. As you remove the ornaments from your tree, place them in original containers if possible. Use bubble wrap and tissue to protect fragile pieces.
2. Place the heaviest pieces in the bottom of your storage containers. We like the clear plastic containers you can see through.
3.Clearly label each box so you know what it's contents are. We store our decor in similar groups. Fragile, wreaths and garlands, lights, etc. We even keep the additional elements together such as hangers for ornaments, hooks, electric socket adapters or extension cords.
4. Wrap holiday candles with bubble wrap and place flat. When summer heat arrives, the candles will not become misshapen.
5. Clearly mark FRAGILE on containers that are highly breakable. Place those containers on top and make sure nothing heavy gets placed upon them.
6. Use the core from paper towels, to wrap your holiday lights around. This will prevent them from becoming tangled.
7. Wrap beaded garlands individually with tissue or bubble wrap to make sure they don't become damaged.
8. Table decor should be stored in it's own boxes. We like to roll our freshly laundered holiday linens. We stack the napkins on one another and roll them up.
As we are putting away years of collected objects, it makes sense to clearly label, wrap and store them so that when next holiday season rolls around, it is a joy to pull them out and rediscover our collections.
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