6 Winter Storage Mistakes Everyone Makes

The pros have revealed the six most common winter storage mistakes everyone makes, and the home organizing fixes to help restore order and better protect belongings for several years to come.

We handle decor a lot over the winter period, from taking down Thanksgiving decor, decorating for Christmas, to sprucing up for New Year’s, we riffle through our home storage ideas frequently. Not taking advantage of this and employing the best decluttering methods during this time is a common winter storage mistake, making your storage more difficult to use.

It is also harder when you add new decor to your collection each year, and have to source new expensive organizers to house them. The solution, Laura McHolm, chief of organized living and co-founder of NorthStar Moving Company, suggests, is to reuse your Christmas wrapping.

‘Homeowners often buy new packing materials instead of reusing what’s already in the house. Items like wrapping paper, bubble wrap, and packing peanuts can all be repurposed to cushion fragile holiday and winter pieces before they go into storage.’ This is a quick way to stop creating unnecessary trash at home, while saving money at the most expensive time of the year.