I love to decorate for the holidays.
Valentines Day...Check.
Easter...Check.
Summer {yes it's a holiday here!}...Check.
Fall...Check.
Halloween..Check. Check. Check!
Thanksgiving...Check.
Christmas...Check. Check and double check!
I have a lot of things to set out and everyone asks where I store them since we don't have basements in Florida. For those of you that have attics you know it's tough to get those big bins up and into the small opening of an attic. Balancing them on your shoulder while trekking up those rickety stairs should be an Olympic event!
We had access upstairs in the bonus room that went to a large open area above Peanuts room and the kitchen so I had the area that was tall enough for me to walk in finished to use as storage. He closed it in, added a door that goes to the "raw" attic space, built a bench to set heavy stuff on and shelves to hold everything else. This room really has been a blessing!
Each shelf, or portion of, holds certain seasons making it easy for me grab what I need.
The Fall bins were waiting to be put in and most of the Santa's had already been taken out when I took this picture, usually they are stacked as high as I can reach.
I also keep our luggage, party supplies and Peanuts baby bassinet that Papa made her up there. The only thing that doesn't go up there are candles, in the summer this room can get pretty hot and I end up with a pool of wax were candles once sat.
I have loved this room since day one and consider it one of my happy places since I really would be lost without it! It also serves as a hiding place for gifts, the door locks and I take the key, there's no need to search year after year for that perfect hiding place from those noisy little brats my darling little angels!
Christmas is officially unfolding at the Seriously house today. I will hopefully be finished decorating later today and will be able to move on to wrapping gifts the gifts I bought on Black Friday by tonight!
This really is the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!
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I love that room!!
We had a room like that in Utah because we're not Mormon and didn't have food storage so we used the dedicated room for storing all of my stuff!
Husband didn't realize how much I have until yesterday when he had to help me haul it up to our apartment.
Cool! I keep it all in my storage shed outside...which can be a pain trekking through wet grass during the winter, but it works.
I had a friend once that put each holiday in matching containers. Black and Orange for halloween.
Brown for fall.
Red and green for Christmas.
Light blue for easter.
I was never that anal. lol
We do the attic thing. Roon is the one balancing precariously on the ladder, as he hoists the box with the nearly 10 foot Christmas tree in it, and I know that one day he's going to break his neck doing it.
I can't wait to see what you do for Christmas!
I am so jealous! A room of your own? I get a sliver of the garage for my craft stuff (although HH is pretty good about my seasonal decor bins) but I would so love to have a room with a lock!
:)
What did you get for Black Friday? Where did you go?
We have NO storage, it is so annoying! Black Friday shopping woooo what did ya get? I did a little online shopping until 3 a.m. does that count???
Well aren't you lucky. I have a small attic. It's EXACTLY 10X's smaller than my previous attic. It sucks balls. (I'm not sure what that means)
Guess what? The hubs shot down my offer to put up the tree. Now what?
Blah. I'm THISCLOSE to saying Bah humbug.
I LOVE that!!! I SO need one of those rooms. My holiday decorations are so spread out...in the shed out back, in the closet under the stairs, under my bed, stashed here and there. I'm hoping that my UBER large attic space will be a great place for holiday and party decor. My dad wired some lighting for me and he put in this really cool door that I can actually pull down myself and climb up. Except when I think about it, it makes me think of the Griswold's and I'm hoping I don't get stuck up there for any extended period of time.
I really love how organized you are. That would be my happy place too.
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