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Getting Your House Back in Order ~ How long?

Regal Bee — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:30:14 GMT

Just curious.....how long does it take to get your house back in order after the holidays?

I started taking down all my vignettes today and will leave the tree (just one this year) up till New Years. It will take me about a week to complete my new "feel' for the house.

I always enjoy this time.....it feels fresh and new. How about you?

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gardenman — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:41:17 GMT

My Christmas stuff comes down surprisingly quickly. I'm usually done by noon. It takes several days to get everything out and up, but maybe four hours to take it all down and pack it away.

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Fiero Woman — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:23 GMT

I like leaving my Christmas up for as long as possible and I enjoy every minute of it. Not in any hurry to put anything away. Season is way too short for me.

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joannecha — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:33 GMT

We took all indoor decorations down this morning. It’s too stinking cold to mess with outdoor decor as west Michigan is in on the yucky cold snap that is likely to sit on top of us for at least another week. We have a Direct TV installer coming next Tuesday to install new receivers and I want everything around and behind the TVs all cleaned up and dusted well before he gets here. I bought a few new ornaments this year, which means that some old ones are going in the trash or will be donated to a thrift store. Everything’s back in its place.

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nana59 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:48:28 GMT

Everything is already back in the basement........

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FrostyBabe1 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:49:15 GMT

My only decor is my Christmas tree. I'll take that down on New Year's day. It usually takes about an hour.

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151949 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:06:18 GMT

I try to be extremely careful when putting things away . I wrap everything in bubble wrap and pack it tightly etc so nothing gets broken when my klutzy DH manhandles them into the cupboard.For this reason it takes me a day to take down the tree and a day for everything else. Since my housekeeper is coming on wed the 3rd I plan to get it all down and away the 1st & 2nd. then she can make everything nice and sparkling clean the 3rd. then by my birthday on the 5th my home will be back how I love it.

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traveler — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:10:47 GMT

Son is closing on condo tomorrow and his stuff is all over our place. So my stuff will stay up until after he has moved out and we are back from visiting mothers out of state. Probably end of January. But I agree about the space and freshness.

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Tigriss — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:10:58 GMT

Given that some stores had Christmas stuff out in the summer, and on the 23rd I was in the Dollar General and saw Valentines stuff out already. So, the season seems to be lasting longer and longer. Who says you can't put lights up before Thanksgiving? Do what makes you happy. You can change your tree into a "love tree" for Valentines, a "shamrock tree" for St. Patrick's, and so on.

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Bri36 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:28:40 GMT

It takes me a full day or two half days. I clean as I go

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:33:05 GMT

I don't put a lot of stuff out, so a few hours.

Our tree is old, so old that you have to stick the branches into the slots around the trunk of it.

About 8 years ago, I decided I wanted a shorter, smalller tree, so I had my husband saw about 3 foot off the trunk pole. I put the smaller branches in and now I no longer take it apart or take the lights off, I have my own version of a pre-lit tree. I hate stringing the lights. Now I just take the ornaments off and the tree goes into one of those huge contractor trash bags until next year.

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Mominohio — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:44:17 GMT

I don't usually undecorate until after New Years, and even then, I have a lot of greens and pine cones, and vintage snow themed things that will go out and stay out till maybe mid March.

So I don't get back to 'normal' until well into spring, as I don't really have spring decor and very little for Easter.

While the Christmas decor is still up, I often start cleaning out closets and drawers (which I've been doing this week).

But to answer the original question, I don't pack up all that came out Thanksgiving weekend (winter themed things will stay out and other will be coming) so I'd say the packup of Christmas will take one to two days.

Goes much faster now that I store everything from a room in that room, inside decorative trunks, and storage benches and ottomans. I use very little packing materials, just lay things in, in layers with towels in between each layer, and have had zero breakage this way, so far. The holiday decor takes up a fraction of the space it used to when everything had it's boxes, tubs, and everything was wrapped in paper or bubble wrap.

A few very fragile things still go back in their own boxes, and all garlands and candle rings go in tubs and into the basement.

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Allegheny — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:15:08 GMT

It takes me two days, from the day I start until the tree is down and all ornaments are packed/put away, includes any other interior decor. However I don't even think about it until the 12 days of Christmas are done. The exterior decor will wait until it warms up a little outside.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:33:23 GMT

I asked DH if we could take the tree down and put everything away on Christmas day. He's not ready yet.

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Bridgegal — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:28:21 GMT

We took down the tree yesterday and packed away all of the inside decorations. The cleaners came today and the house is clean and 'normal'. We'll leave the outside decorations out for another week or so. It's too cold to mess with them now and if it's still this cold in a couple of weeks, they'll stay out and we won't turn them on. Not doing it in this cold.

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Bridgegal — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:28:58 GMT

@Regal Bee wrote:
Just curious.....how long does it take to get your house back in order after the holidays?

I started taking down all my vignettes today and will leave the tree (just one this year) up till New Years. It will take me about a week to complete my new "feel' for the house.

I always enjoy this time.....it feels fresh and new. How about you?

Pretty tree.

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DREAMON — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:44:39 GMT

I start after New Years and it takes me about 3 days for inside and out .

I like mominohio leave up pinecones, snowmen, and greenery till the beginning of March.

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luvdoodles — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:48:22 GMT

Hey I have that same rooster lamp and same shade. I love it. Your tree is pretty too. A lot of work ahead of you, your home looked beautiful.

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Snicks1 — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:43:41 GMT

I have everything down already, most boxed back up, still some left to tuck back under the stairs. All told, maybe 5-6 hours so far. Another hour should do it.

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chrystaltree — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 23:51:31 GMT

My Christmas things stay up through Jan.6, it takes about as long to take it down as it does to put it all up but I don't mind, I relive the holiday as I put things away.