How to make space for Christmas

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Christmas is on its way and it will be here before you have time to even say “bauble”!

Here are 3 ways you can make space for Christmas and if you can address all of them, your Christmases can be stress and clutter‑free!

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Christmas things need to be stored out of the way

You don’t want to be moving your Christmas gear out of the way every time you want to do a load of washing or find a pair of shoes. Given that you access the stuff twice a year (once to pull it out, the second to put it away!) then you definitely don’t want it anywhere near your regularly used stuff. I recommend you “go high” or “go out of the way”. Places like the tops of wardrobes, attic or basement spaces (or even in the ceiling space) can work well, or out in garages and sheds. If you can readily access it from your living areas or see it all the time, it’s taking up prime real estate and needs to be moved!

Use clear or well labeled containers

When you get to November or December and you’re preparing your home for Christmas, you want to be able to find your items quickly and easily. Ensure that you store your decorations and related items in clear tubs so you can see the contents for quick identification, or label them well (on two adjacent sides and on the top as well).

Don’t forget you can use storage meant for other things for Christmas – an underbed shoes storage with dividers works brilliantly for decorations and lights, keeping them safe and protected (and untangled!). The Howards idesign egg tray will keep precious glass baubles safe too.

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Organise things in categories

Grouping your Christmas stuff is a smart move because it makes unpacking and packing away much quicker and easier. You can decorate in stages if time is tight (tree one weekend, wall and table decorations the next for example) and if you can unpack just for the stage you’re up to, you can ensure that you don’t have the stuff out in your living areas half unpacked for most of the months leading up to Christmas Day.