New Seasonal/Holiday Decor System

I love to decorate for the various seasons and holidays, especially fall and Halloween. But, each year, I've grown more weary of hauling storage bins up and down the basement stairs, even though I've purged nearly half of my collections over the last couple of years. I used to say if I had an extra bedroom I'd make it my holiday decor storage space. But, truth is, after the purges, I don't need a whole room, just a small space.

Then, a couple of weeks ago, I watched a YouTube video that changed my life. It was a share of a woman's new storage system for holiday home decor. Except for Christmas, she had down-sized all of her seasonal and holiday decor to fit into an average chest of drawers.

While I'm not ready to go that extreme, it gave me the idea to do the same with the closet at the end of our hallway. It's supposed to be a linen closet, but I've always used it for miscellaneous items, all of which we rarely needed and could easily be stored in the basement. Now that closet holds all my seasonal decor. One shelf for fall; one shelf for summer; one shelf for winter and spring. And I still have the bottom shelf for cleaning supplies.

I just switched out my summer decor for fall and Halloween and can't believe how fast and easy it was. Besides not having to lug my summer items downstairs, I didn't have to bubble wrap breakables and carefully place them in storage containers. I just moved them to their designated shelf in the hall closet. Sweet!

Another plus is I'll now be able to see all my beautiful and cute holiday decor anytime I need a lift by just opening the closet door. For example, in the dead of winter it might be nice to take a peek at my spring bunnies and summer seashells.

There's no room for Christmas in the hall closet, but that's OK. Lugging bins up and down the stairs once a year sure beats doing it five times a year!