Tuesday Tip: Celebrate Your Way!
December 21, 2010
Create your own holiday traditions! Decide what’s important to YOU and your household and celebrate accordingly. Don’t be pressured into following society’s or extended family’s expectations. And don’t get so caught up in details that you forget to celebrate the real meaning of the holiday – everything doesn’t need to be perfect.
Product of the Week: Elegant Bathroom Counter Organizers
December 20, 2010
The new line of personal organizers from Richards offers real solutions for cluttered counters without sacrificing style. These bathroom organizers feature elegant, smooth finishes, with your choice of white or espresso to match your bathroom decor, but it’s what’s inside that really matters.
There are three configurations available, and each packs a punch in terms of storage and organization.
Drawers hold anything from cotton swabs to jewelry, while the divided cubbies above keep makeup, lotion and other toiletries neat and tidy! Continue Reading
Post-Holiday Storage Solutions
December 16, 2010
There’s nothing more frustrating than untangling a pile of lights or trying to find that decoration you know you have but seemed to have suffered from amnesia earlier in the year. We’ll help relieve the stress and chaos of holiday decorating by giving you tips on how to store it easily for stress-free decorating next year.
General Packing
- Pack similar items together (lights, decorative figurines, etc.)
- or pack by room (decorations for living room, dining room, outdoor, etc.)
Tree
- Artificial: If you have an artificial tree and decorate it the same way every year and have the room to store it upright – use a TreeKeeper storage bag. Then, you can store it decorated and simply take the bag off of it next year and you’ll have a fully decorated Christmas ready-to-go!
- Live: A natural tree will really cut down on your storage needs. You won’t have to think about storing it when the season’s over! Take the hassle and mess out of removing your live Christmas tree from your home with a Live Christmas Tree Disposal Bag. It slides onto the trunk of your Christmas tree before being placed in the tree stand, and simply slides over your tree when it’s time for it to be removed. After taking your holiday tree to the curb, slide it out of the bag, wash it, and reuse it next year and enjoy your needle free home.
Lights
- The tangled light problem can be conquered with cardboard. For an inexpensive solution, wrap them around an empty wrapping paper tube or piece of heavy cardboard.
- We also carry a Christmas light storage box that organizes by 4 plastic spools that fit neatly into slots in the walls of a plastic container to wind Christmas lights and not to forget the garland, extension cords, and more, making the hassle of tangled Xmas decorations a thing of the past.
Ornaments
- To store your ornaments knowing they will not get smashed or broken, an ornament chest is a great investment. Stable dividers keep each ornament nested safely away.
- Have leftover tissue paper? Use that to provide extra cushion.
Wreaths
- Artificial wreaths and garlands keep their fresh-looking appearance and dust-free shapes longer when stored in a container.
- There are wreath storage options for all sizes of wreathes.
- To store them off the ground, you can also hang them on the basement or garage wall and cover them up.
Wrapping Paper
- Centralize all your seasonal wrapping paper and accessories with organizers.
- Gift wrap organizers come in many shapes; pick an option that fits your home best (under-bed, over-the-door, hanging).
- Take into consideration if you need compartments for bows and ribbons.
Packing all your holiday decorations in a way that makes decorating next year easier takes a bit of planning, but is well worth it.
Make Life Easy, Organize-It.
-Missy