Storing Christmas decorations?

earthmother

Does anyone know if/where you can get the boxes with the compartments for baubles, sections for strings of lights etc.

A few years ago they seemed to be everywhere, but this year I can't find them.

We have amassed quite a collection of baubles and lights over the years, and whilst I do pack them in tissue, I'm fast coming to the conclusion that it would be so much easier to pack/unpack and store everything in these specialised boxes.

tinselfairy

I've seen them in either the Kleeneze or Betterware catalogue and I think in Lakeland too.

MrsTinks

Blooms if you have one nearby does a HUGE thing with 50.000 different storage options for all your christmas decorations... I was looking at it and thinking I'd need to buy a lot more decorations to fill it up tho lol!!!

Murtle

John Lewis has them with their christmas decorations

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earthmother

Thank you all

Don't have a Lewis's or Blooms near here, and the only catalogue we get is Avon, but just had a look on the Lakeland site and they have one in that would be ideal - I looked there a couple of weeks ago, but must have been too early.

Now to find the money - £15 each, and I reckon we need about 4!

Murtle

Just thought you have spare shoe boxes you can use these to make decoration holders. Use some cardboard to create the dividers down the middle. You can decorate the box in Christmassy colours as well.

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earthmother

Thanks Murtle - nice idea, but unfortunately we have to store the decs in the garage, and part of the reason I'm looking for different storage is that some things are getting damp out there - hence saying the Lakeland ones, which are plastic, are perfect.




Edit - thinking about it, I might try your idea with some good plastic tubs though - would be cheaper than £15 a tub, and then I could make the sections to fit the decs (have some odd-shaped and -sized ones)

lil_me

If you've got something to put inside the box like those little pouches you get in with electricals, might help aswell.

earthmother

You mean the silica sachets - hadn't thought of that - thank you

Blairweech

You can use the cardboard inner tube from your wrapping papper to wrap your lights around.

finc

We use the old Quality Street tins and plastic biscuit boxes for ours. I can't imagine paying £15 for 1 storage box!

Have you tried on of the cheap pound type shops that always have loads of plastic tubs and boxes outside? (or is that just where I live :o)