Aah...
Do you hear that?
It's the sound of zero Christmas ornaments being pulled off the tree and bouncing on the hardwood floor.
No crunching (artificial) branches underfoot.
No Christmas carols.
Wait!
I miss the Christmas carols.
Doesn't it feel good, though, to simply get rid of the extra clutter that comes with the holiday's? I'm always thrilled to pull it all out, but I am equally thrilled to put it all away.
This year, though, it was time to bring in the big guns. I'm sort of a Christmas hoarder. Hence, a LOT of Christmas ornaments/decor to store.
Hence, there are too many to locate so I can only pull out less than half each year.
Hence...
time to reorganize.
Now we're getting somewhere.
All ornaments are now organized by color or theme. Metallics, red, green, aqua, burlap accents, oversized ornaments, breakable/special ornaments.
Gets me quite giddy.
No organizer is complete without one of these guys...the installer of the organization.
:-)
It all tucks nicely into our remaining attic space.
What's that sound?
Only my sigh of relief.
:-)
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You will be so happy next yr. when you pull them out and "voila"....all neatly organized and ready to put up..I'm jealous, I did alittle of what you did but not as much. Maybe next yr!
ReplyDeleteI tell you what - for as much as I LOVE our Christmas decorations, I also LOVE the weeks in January when the house feels so big and clean without them!
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ReplyDeleteBeing organized is ALWAYS nice and having a HELPER to do all the carrying...lol
ReplyDeletei always find it a bit sad taking down all the christmas decor.
ReplyDeletebut this year, i have to admit, i'm happy it's gone. everythings a bit more cleaner and there's room to breath.
Wow - just think how easy it will be for you to get the Christmas spirit going in your house next year, Shaunna! :) You put me to shame, you know that? lol! Cute pic of you, too!
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A fun photo of you, Shaunna! A great way to organzie your ornaments! It'll be so much easier next year when you pull everything out. I'm still putting my decor away. The house looks a tad bit empty without it all. It takes me a few days to get used to it. But, it is nice and clean!
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ReplyDeleteShaunna...doesn't feeling organized feel GREAT!!! Also, I wanted to let you know that I ADORE your guest room....especially that dresser....oh. my. goodness. Such talent, you have my dear.
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I'm decorating less and less as my children grow up and out so one thing I've started to do when possible is store the decorations in the room where I (always) display them. Obviously this only works for smaller items and in rooms with extra storage but it helps and it's nice to be able to start putting decorations out little by little.
ReplyDeleteI miss the Christmas Carols too! I like the clear storage containers...I need to organize that way.
ReplyDeleteIt feels so refreshing to take everything down, doesn't it? :)
ReplyDeleteI had a Christmas decoration depression day today. We did not decorate as we are moving house this weekend. Today we cleaned out the attic...everything...and there were so many boxes marked Xmas I nearly passed away. So I will be going through each and every one when we get to the new house and then packing them away until next year :-) Oh Joy!!! Ho! Ho! Ho! At least I have a year!!!
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