Is it just us or do you also just love cleaning up unwanted clutter that has magically accumulated during the exciting Christmas and new year period? We just love cleaning up after Christmas and taking down the decs for a fresh new start to a brand-new year and there’s nothing more satisfying than getting the house cleaned up as quickly as possible, so you can have your home back to the way it was in no time.
From new toys and Christmas decorations in the lounge to lots of excess wine and beer bottles in your kitchen and garage, no doubt you’ll probably wish that you can click your fingers to have your house looking back to normal again! However, it doesn’t have to be chaotic and it can actually be a very refreshing task to de-clutter the post-Christmas madness, so let’s give you a helping hand with what we do best, soul-cleansing organisation tips.
Organising Christmas decorations for next year
This very therapeutic task is the best one to begin with. Start with the tree first and pack everything neatly away in boxes, so you know where to find it all next year. We love Jemma Solomon @label.lady.1 and love the idea of labelling each box with each type of decoration so that you know exactly what’s in each one. Then pack away your lights and any other little ornaments or Christmas decorations you have on display. Finally, for the ultimate stylish organising skills, why not use a durable and stylish basket instead of an old cardboard box, as a more elegant and convenient solution for all your Christmas decorations?
Lara at @sticksandthecity_ doesn’t have a loft, therefore she has cleverly used a beautiful Wicker Storage Chest as a stylish solution for her decorations. You would never even guess what’s in there!
De-Clutter new Christmas toys
Toys are lovely but good grief they are pesky items to keep tidy! Why not keep all those gorgeous new toys stored neatly away in a sturdy wicker Storage Trunk, which doesn’t compromise on style!
Choose from a range of beautifully handwoven and sturdy trunks, including our Grey & Buff Rattan Trunk, which looks perfect in every room.
Melody of @melodyandbabes demonstrates this idea perfectly with her Grey & Buff Rattan Wicker Storage Trunk. It’s so easy to just tidy away toys, which will clear your floor in seconds. For smaller toys, such as lego pieces and toy cars Melody has cleverly used 3 of our Grey & Buff Rattan Square Wicker Log Baskets and neatly aligned them underneath her living room console table. Perfect idea!
This could be a good opportunity to discard old toys that the children don’t play with anymore, which can be collected and given to charity. Once the floors are clear, hoover and mop!
Tackling kitchen and garage Christmas clutter
Now that the decs are down and the floor is clear, it’s time to tackle the kitchen and the garage! Let us guess, there are bottles everywhere, which are minimising kitchen worktop space and looking rather out of place? Our cleverly designed Drinks Baskets, and Wooden Beer Crates and Wine Baskets, are perfect for elegantly storing away extra unwanted clutter in your kitchen and garage. Once you can see your kitchen units again, give them a good wipe down with some wintry cleaning products or your favourite wintry edition of Zoflora to give your nice, organised kitchen a fresh, clean smell.
How to organise bathroom goodies
All those new bathroom essentials such as luxurious shower gels and bath bombs that you got for Christmas will have to find a new place to live in your bathroom. To keep your bathroom organised, simply store them away in a beautifully lined wicker storage basket on your shelf, which will match your lovely bathroom interior. Convenient, easy and aesthetically pleasing! Just how we like it.
Ta da, that’s better! At last you can look around at your beautifully fresh tidy home, just in time for the new year.
If you need any more storage ideas or perhaps there are lots of rooms that need de-cluttering, make sure to check out the rest of our website and browse our wide range of elegant storage solutions, to give you a helping hand this year.
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