One thing that helps me organize my ornaments and decorations is to save those heavy vinyl bags that sheets and curtains come in, and use it to hold ornaments. When we moved into our house a few years back, I had to buy curtains for nearly every room, since we have 84" windows.
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I also use hangers to store my garlands in the attic. Rather than de-garland-ize them, I just hang them over the inside of the hanger (where you would put a pair of pants) and drape a garbage bag over it to prevent dust. Then I hang the hanger on a nail from the rafters. It saves me from having to untangle it every Christmas.
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LOL, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who compulsively saves those bags for storage!
ReplyDeleteI use those bags, too. They're great anytime you want to keep something dry (as long as you understand that they're not waterPROOF). I have little ones that onsies came in, that I gave to Chris to keep his Blackberry in when it rains. He actually lost a Blackberry once because it got too wet in his pocket during a downpour in NYC.
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