Comments on: Streamlining Homework, Decluttering Gift Wrap

By: Teri Lynn

Teri Lynn — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:14:45 +0000

Real Simple has a section on this in their November issue (Lis- I’ll bring it to you if you like)- it’s similar to the garment bag system, but uses trouser & skirt hangers and shoe organizer bags.

By: Work It, Mom! | A Community for Professional Moms

Work It, Mom! | A Community for Professional Moms — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:17:13 +0000

[...] last week I shared the horror that is my gift wrap situation? I loved your input on that post and was [...]

By: SoftwareMom

SoftwareMom — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:02:10 +0000

On the tupperware, I found it worth the money to pitch all my old stuff and buy all of one brand that would stack together. I like the rubbermaid stain-sheild ones in 1.5 and 3 cup sizes. I have a small wire basket for the lids. If I were buying now, I’d buy the ones where the lids attach to the bottom of the stack for storage.

By: mary

mary — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:24:24 +0000

Gee…perhaps I could have clicked on your links BEFORE posting my comment about using a garment bag, since it’s basically the same thing you linked to…and I then could have read the comments since Andi*pandi said the same thing about using an underbed storage container. Sorry. Lalalala…don’t mind me…

By: mary

mary — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:04:37 +0000

Flylady had a good idea…put your wrapping paper, ribbons and tape in an old garment bag and hang it in a closet. Easy peasy and the rolls don’t smoosh as easily as if they were out in the open.
I have yet to follow this advice though. Instead, my gift wrap, ribbons, gift bags, shipping boxes, tissue paper, scissors, gift cards, calligraphy pens and tape are all held in an underbed storage container. When I need to wrap, I pull it out and don’t have to search for anything. The container keeps the rolls from wrinkling and I can just put the lid on it and slide it back under the bed.

By: kate

kate — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:33:12 +0000

I also have a wrapping dresser that resides in the closet of our guest room. Unfortunately, after having a baby, I was left with 3,000,000 baby-specific gift bags and gift boxes. They, too, were stashed neatly in the guest closet until my in-laws moved in. Grr - now I have to re-organize and sort what was once organized and sorted. Will it ever end?

By: Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:27:14 +0000

Our gift wrap lives in the tvroom closet. I’ve got two rectangular wastebaskets. One houses the brown paper rolls and solid colors (teals, reds, etc). The other is all the ‘patterned’ rolls for xmas, childrens birthdays, etc.
For xmas, my ’signature’ look is plain brown paper with red or green twine for ribbon. I have a set of holiday rubber stamps I picked up at a craft store for 10$, and once something is wrapped, I’ll add one stamp to a corner or something as an artistic yet rustic touch.
Add a simple plain tie on tag (you can get mass quanties on the cheap in most craft stores) and I put a stamp on one side, the to/from on the other.
Aside from the initial stamp/pad investment, its uber-cheap. I think I spent less than 10$ on all wrapping paper, twine, and tape, etc last xmas, and I have a big extended family.

ms.carson - for tupperware, go to target/walmart/kmart and buy two long, short tupperware “bins,” approximatly the size of the inside of your cabinet. Get two. One goes on the top shelf of the cabinet and houses all the ‘lids’, the other goes on the bottom for all the ‘containers.’ Stash the bin lids in the garage for when/if you have to move. When you need a container, simply slide out the bottom bin like a drawer, pick a container, then slide out the top bin-drawer and find it’s lid.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:08:20 +0000

i love that idea of a dresser! i dont have a basement so i need something that i can have around and not have it look like the ‘wrapping center’! plus i could keep someting simple on top of the dresser that can easily be removed/replaced while wrapping presents! so excited! will i actually do it? doubtful, but it’s fun to think about LOL

By: Daisy

Daisy — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:19:04 +0000

I’m curious to see your solution to the giftwrap dilemma, too. I keep gift bags; the smaller ones are folded inside a large one, and they are in two categories: Christmas and Other. The tissue is folded neatly in a third bag. But the wrapping paper? It stands in an old wicker hamper and looks (gulp) a lot like your box. sigh.

By: JenR

JenR — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:51:59 +0000

We have an old dresser in the basement … top drawer is ribbon, bows, and tags; second drawer is tissue paper, third drawer is gift bags, and forth is boxes. The gift wrap lives in a tall kitchen garbage can minus the lid. If the dresser had a fifth drawer, I would probably use that for the gift wrap and ditch the garbage can - although it does make is easy to find what you want.