19 Holiday Organization Hacks to Get Your Home Back in Order
If you struggle to find space for artificial trees, wrapping paper, ornaments, and more, these smart hacks can help
Colorful lights, sparkly ornaments, and majestic menorahs and trees are among the most magical things about the holiday season. But before you know it, it will be time to pack these items away and return your home to its original, non-twinkly state. No one looks forward to post-holiday organization, especially when it involves carefully packing heirlooms, fragile ornaments, and cumbersome artificial trees.
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Artificial Christmas Trees
An artificial Christmas tree is an investment that often pays for itself over the years, and it eliminates the hassle of vacuuming needles. But we all get real tree envy when we watch our neighbors chuck their old trees onto the curb while we’re stuffing fake branches into boxes. Here are a few TikTok hacks that we’re looking forward to trying this year:
If you’re short on space, grab a few vacuum storage bags and place individual branches into small bags before shrinking them with a vacuum for easier storage:
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♬ Jingle Bell Rock (Instrumental Jazz) - Holiday Music
For those who have a generous attic or garage, insert your tree into an upright storage bag that rests at the bottom of the tree during the holiday season (it can be covered with an ornate tree skirt), and then simply lift up the bag after the holidays end and zip it up to cover the tree from dust and dirt:
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♬ original sound - Jodie Kammerer
Imagine being able to unwrap your tree next year with its ornaments already intact, saving you time and frustration. The easiest hack of all might be wrapping your tree (with the ornaments still on it) in packaging wrap:
Ornaments
Ornaments can be a pain to pack, especially when they are oversized and made of glass and other breakable materials. A few great hacks include lining a bin with cardboard drink containers or plastic cups:
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♬ Mission Impossible (Main Theme) - Favorite Movie Songs
Washed-out egg cartons provide a genius way of safely storing 12 ornaments:
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♬ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - neozilla
An inexpensive roll of mattress foam provides a protective base and cover for delicate ornaments:
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♬ original sound - Lolamarie7
In a pinch, coffee filters will serve nicely as a place to rest those ornaments in a large bin:
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♬ Cozy - Elgafar
All of those plastic muffin tins accumulating in your home are the perfect, inexpensive organization space for ornaments:
@dailyoriginalvids Use a muffin tin to store ornaments #storage #christmasdecorations #upcycle #organization
♬ Elf Interlude - Tori Kelly
Holiday Lights
Untangling messy holiday lights does not make us feel warm and fuzzy during the holiday season. To keep this task stress-free, wrap them well the previous year.
Don’t recycle the cardboard core of your wrapping paper. Wrap lights around it to keep them untangled:
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♬ New Home - Frozen Silence
Separating your lights into different plastic bags is an easy way to handle the clutter, but don’t forget to label each bag with the type of light (such as its color or size) and the area of your home where it is usually hung:
@heigheshaus Easier solution to find my lights! #organization #organizationhacks #christmaslights
♬ original sound - Brainius
Turn cardboard boxes into mini organizers for lights with little more than a scissor and some patience:
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♬ Hanging Lanterns - Kalaido
Plastic hangers provide a smart storage solution for lights. Not only do they wrap effortlessly around the hanger, but you can then hang up your lights in a storage closet:
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♬ I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic
Garland
Garland jazzes up every room and makes it look more festive. To prevent your garland from getting tangled up in storage, you can cut a rectangle of cardboard from a box, tape one end of the garland to the cardboard rectangle, wrap the garland around it, and tape the other end of the garland to the cardboard to keep it all in place:
@herhappyhome How to store your Christmas garlands #LearnOnTikTok #TikTokPartner #storagehacks #organizationhacks #organizedhome
♬ Swear By It - Chris Alan Lee
One crafty home decorator doesn’t place garland in the attic or garage. Instead, she incorporates it into her everyday decor year-round by setting it at the bottom of her potted plants:
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♬ Auld Lang Syne - Dick Walter
Hangers aren’t just for holiday lights—they work as a storage solution for garland, as well:
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♬ Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Wrapping Paper
“To streamline your holiday preparations, keep your gift-wrapping supplies organized in one specific location for easy access,” Diaz Picott says. “Designate a pair of scissors and tape exclusively for wrapping gifts. Break down your holiday gift-wrapping materials into smaller categories, placing them in smaller boxes or bins. Then, store these containers inside a larger box or bin and label it for future convenience.”
These hacks can also get the job done neatly and efficiently.
A behind-the-door storage rack for wrapping paper and accessories gives you a smart, out-of-the-way space for these items:
@realsimple Why haven’t we been storing our wrapping paper like this all along?! 🤯🤩 @horderly #organize #wrappingpaper #christmas #organizetok
♬ Christmas City 30 - Auracle
There’s no need for a specific storage solution for wrapping paper. If you have affordable shoe storage organizers, you can cut the plastic ends of each compartment to make room for wrapping paper rolls:
@athomewithshannon Best *WRAPPING PAPER* Storage Hack ever 💡🎄!!! #EasyDIY #holidaytiktok #momhack #hack #lifehack #learnontiktok
♬ It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters - christmas.in.summer
A garment bag, a wreath hanger, and a clothes hanger are all you need to store numerous wrapping paper rolls at one time within the bag. You can then hang the bag up in a closet or on the back of a door:
@fabover50 Wrapping paper storage tip! #wrappinghacks #storage #storagehacks #diy #christmaswrapping
♬ original sound - Julie Shroyer
Holiday Cards
Lastly, it feels heartbreaking to throw holiday cards out every year, especially when you know the effort that went into making them. One sweet solution is to store them on binder rings instead and create sections with different years so that you can always look back on them with fondness:
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♬ La vie en rose (Cover Edith Piaf) - 田东昱
Organize Your Refrigerator for the Holiday Season
These simple steps can maximize storage space and ensure that everything stays fresh for a festive meal
